#first draft done

Daily word count: 2,145

Comrades,I will probably not be updating my daily writing word count for the rest of the month… because!

I started in September, got consistent in December and tonight, in June…

I have just finished my first draft!

576 handwritten pages!!

An estimated 91,000 words!!!

Thank you to those that have commented and been supportive and liked my posts. You’ve all bolstered my spirits and soothed my soul when the self doubt monster reared its ugly head. The inner critic, the relentless imposter syndrome - maybe you can’t kill those voices, but you have to turn the volume down, ykwim?

I’ll of course be posting 2nd draft nonsense because it helps me to yap here.

Ok ouch.

Well, all, my estimate of done by the new year was apparently too generous! Just finished up this first draft of Prince for Hire. Some stats for you!

Taglist (and let me know if you’d like to be added/removed--will be posting a lot of deleted scenes during editing): @whimsyqueen, @on-noon, @cactusmotif, @paradisiacalshroud, @houndsofcorduff, @stuffaboutwriting, @t-lane-writes

Original estimated word count: 80,000

Actual word count: 136,420

Current word count of stuff I deleted: 50,913

Average words per day (including deleted scenes): 965

Date started: 14 June 2022

Date ended: 24 December 2022

Total time with document open: 3147 hours

Chapter count: 45 + 1

Adherence to originally created blurb and WIP intros: sketchy at best

YES! PINEFEST IS DONE - i mean, it still needs an edit, and then a Beta but first draft is DONE! with time to spare! so now i can concentrate on the DWBB!

*more crazy dancing here*

And the first draft is complete! It’s so rough but there’s something to work with. And to say I’m chuffed is a huge understatement. I set out to write a thousand words a day. I never expected to get to 40,000 words and a full first draft.