Words

So, I have been redrafting my story and with each draft it gets bigger. When I finished my original draft in September, it stood a little over 27k. I was aiming for 50k and so to get to 27k was ok. My first redraft gave me an extra 10k, leaving the total at 37k. I am slowly getting closer to the magical 50k. Now I am on my final redraft, the plot has been finalized, I'm editing it so that it all makes sense to the reader. I reckon that I will hit 50k if not more.

Got an idea for my second novel. Its been kicking around for a few years in my head. I still need to work on the plot. It was originally conceived to be a film and so I have broken down the film synopsis into the book. Problem is it reads like a film and film is a different medium to books. With books you can get into characters minds, tell the reader what is happening. With writing a film, you tend not to be able to do that, as its something you show. So you write things like this.

SAM cries as she sees her dead lover.

Now in a book you can go something like this.

Sam looked down. Lying motionless at her feet was Charlie, her lover. The gun was warm in her hands. She retched and threw up into a nearby bin. What had she done. She loved him. She killed him.

Now apart from the name Sam. None of this will make it into my book. For starters its set in space, and is all about a little girl lost.

See you.