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Lyn Alden
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This weekend I finished the (very) rough draft of my hobby sci-fi novel manuscript.

115k words, 45 chapters, front to back readable.

Written in two months, but thought about for years which made the writing come out faster. It needs a ton of revision work, especially since fiction writing isn't my expertise.

Most people have to edit/revise down their manuscript, but I envision this being filled a bit more to 120k+ words.

For reasons I can't say due to spoilers, the third act was the hardest for me. For most writers, the second act is the hardest, kind of that "meh" middle. My middle was tight and fun and easy to write. But due to a couple nontraditional story structure elements, as well as the most technical action sequence in the story, the third act was *really* hard. But I managed to figure it out and am quite satisfied with it.

Now I have to revise and optimize it all.
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Petr · 92w
GM! โ˜• โ˜€๏ธ ๐Ÿซ‚ will be looking forward to it!
SATSY · 92w
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profk · 92w
Congratulations!!! Canโ€™t wait to read it.
Dawlat Moustafa · 92w
You think
Q · 92w
Gm congrats on reaching this milestone! I am very intrigued and look forward to reading it when itโ€™s available. Wondering when the novel takes place temporallyโ€ฆ๐Ÿค”
Fascinating · 92w
Good morning ๐Ÿงก Congratulations on reaching this milestone, especially in such a short time! 115k words in two months is impressive. I admire the courage to include unconventional structures in the third act; that should make the narrative truly unique!
Hoos37 · 92w
Congrats Lyn ๐Ÿ‘
๐”ผ๐•ฃ๐•ช๐•Ÿ ๐”น๐•ฃ๐•’๐•”๐•”๐•  · 92w
Really looking forward to reading this. Congratulations on finishing draft 1 ๐Ÿ˜
Trey · 92w
I canโ€™t wait to see what youโ€™ve created Lyn!
djmeistroโœ๏ธ ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ’Šโšก๏ธ · 92w
Good morning
Mark ๐Ÿขโšก๏ธ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ’œ · 92w
GM Lyn โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ’œ
PRACTICAL SOBRIETY · 92w
That's just insane productivity. Well done.
Luke · 92w
Good morning Lyn โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ“–
John Whittemore · 92w
Rewriting is always the tough part. Canโ€™t wait to read it, Lyn!
roya เญจเญง · 92w
Congratulations on finishing the rough draft Lyn! ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿฅณ
Artur · 92w
GM
Horszt · 92w
Hope to read it soon to give you a honest review ๐Ÿ’œ
MyLibrarian · 92w
Wonderful!
BrianFitzwater · 92w
GM
Willheim · 92w
The hardest thing I've ever seen a writer do is decide to actually say it's done and release it to the world. Too many times I see them get caught up in revisions. Good luck with the hardest part!
Kristian · 92w
Congrats!
genXeral · 92w
Looking forward to it, Lyn Congrats!
Theory of Everything · 92w
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Peter M · 92w
Here we go! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฟ
BitcoinBelle · 92w
Congratulations ๐ŸŽ‰ Good Luck with revisions!!
Linda Mehrens · 92w
Congrats! And canโ€™t wait to read it.
Javier โ‚ฟorrayo · 92w
This is fascinating, canโ€™t wait to read what you are writing. Iโ€™m sending a DM !