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I figured I'd take a break from Xor for just a little bit. 'The Dead Civilization' still needs tons of work... I'll probably end up re-writing some of it. You know, being an author is kinda tough. You may write something, but it seems like 50% of the time it doesn't stay that way... or else just gets tossed. I'm re-writing my Prologue chapter to the whole saga right now... I think that I've finished it. Some action--lots of talking and discussion. A few quirky ideas introduced to perk the reader's interest, and some action to get it all started. I got a critique the other day for the original 'Prologue' chapter; that was really good. Very fruiful, in my opinion. It opened up some new ideas for me... including the idea of using a different approach to the whole story.
Everything is coming along well... now if I can just put this huge jumble of ideas into something resemblant of order. Ha! Good luck, I tell myself. But at least I'm learning. Slowly, but steadily. The learning process sure is painful, though. I'd be glad to skip it. But then, there are benifits. If I just knew everything by instinct, I wouldn't really know anything about what I'm doing. Whereas when I'm learning new stuff and trying to apply it, sure it's slow! But it definitely gets alot more ingrained. And it helps show me once more just how powerful God really is... that helps shrink the whole thing down to size.
Don't off-topic ramblings just amaze you?
Just curious, how many words is The Dead Civilization?
ReplyDeleteWell, at the moment, it's a little hard to tell for the whole book. Currently--without editing--13,621. That is 6.5 chapters' worth, and all that I have written of 'The Dead Civilization'. I think that as a generalizaion, each book in the series will probably be 80,000-90,000 words. So, 'The Dead Civilization' will probably be somewhere in the middle of that number, once it's finished.
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