A Finished Book?

I finished my novel! Now, I just have to rewrite it. It’s not really finished, I just reached the end. The novel has some fundamental flaws in structure and an imbalance in content that needs to be reconciled. On top of that, I started writing in 2007, wrote for about six months infrequently, then wrote maybe two or three thousand words in 2008. The balance of the book was written in the past couple of months. To say that my writing from 07 doesn’t exactly jive with my writing in 09 would be an understatement. So, right now I’m focused on rewriting the book so that it actually makes sense and feels like a connected novel. The novel totals about 65,000 words, which is a little shorter than what I’d like, but I’m guessing that the rewriting will take it up considerably. The chapters towards the start come in at about 4-8 pages, whereas the chapters at the end are 25+. That could simply be a matter of combining chapters… but that’s not where the real problem lies. The detail level is just not the same throughout the book. So… I’ve still got some work to do.

But then… in true JD Amer fashion… I started another story. Not sure if this one will be a novel, or end up simply as a short story, but as soon as the first was over the second began. We’ll see what happens.

I was hoping that I’d be writing mostly about the business of trying to get a novel published, but before that, I’ve got a long way to go.