So this is the plan.
I’m going to cut Division of the Damned down from 160,000 words to 120;000.
To be honest, it was a bit pie in the sky for me to expect a printing house to accept a manuscript of that size from an unknown author but I wasn’t to know and that’s that.
I mean it’s good, but the “Nu Shakespeare” it is not.
So there’s only one course of action to be taken, well two actually but I’m not going to bin it so therefore, I’ll have to cut it down.
The problem is, which parts do I delete?
Unfortunately the plot is so intertwined with itself that it’s like a four metre wide crossword puzzle and I’m only allowed to pull out the naughty words. What to do, what to do?
Obviously there were certain parts that I knew could be discarded straight away, so they went in the first day. Never the less, I’ve had my work cut out patching up the wounds of the pieces that are a germane to the story.
Basically it’s going to take longer than I thought.
It’s down to 125,000 words with a sprinkling of random vowels and phrases now but I’m not happy. Ideally it would be nice to drop it to 110,000 but, well I’m being ridiculous there, that won’t ever happen.
My next large project, the dinosaur book is going to ceiling at 90,000 and that’s that. No ifs and buts, 90’s the limit, take it or leave it Gingerboy!
Alas, that’s all in the future because for now, I’m tied up in the realms of the SS, vampire soldiers and do-gooder Russians and Werewolves.
I hope one day to see you there too.
Take it easy
Reg :-)
PS. What do you think of the layout? It’s dark but not overly so… or am I being a divvy?
14 Kommentare:
Right then divvy............. no just kidding. I like it much better and it fits your new style better.
Hurrah !
So back to black it is then?
Just joshing there... ;-)
Nice post as for me. It would be great to read a bit more concerning this matter. Thnx for posting this information.
NO to the black josher !!!!
Anonym ???????????? strange post.
Come on Tee, not everyone can speak perfect English like us can... DOH!
Genial brief and this post helped me alot in my college assignement. Thanks you as your information.
I wasn't knocking his English matey I was just confused as to who he was !!
AND you will come back with he's ANON right?
Yeah :-)
He's Anon Tee.
Happy babes?
Yeah ta but who's ..... genial brief and this post helped me a lot in my college assignment :-).
You certainly get some different types on you blog.
We're not fussy Confused, we take 'em all :-)
I go under many alias's my little chickadee. Ha ha.
Knock! Knock! Can I talk now? :P
Well... since you're the one asking for an opinion... my personal one is:
it's certainly a big improvement but it makes you look kind of old fashion...
I never liked carpet-wallpaper.. :S
Hugs, Reg.
Vanessa.
The thing is, I want it to look old because the story that I originally started my Blog for is set in the 40's... do you get my drift?
I loved the black actually but I think I was in the minority on that one, lol.
Yeah, but you can be antique and not necessarily old-fashioned. For example here in Ireland almost every bar looks antique, people really like that here, but they don't look OLD...
See what I mean? ;)
There are a lot of free template sites out there, do some digging in your spare time and freshen this up.
(Or leave it if you like it.)
Hugs,
Vanessa
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