The Author's Progress

[rj_anderson]

I've just finished Chapter Five of Touching Indigo, which might not sound like much at first. But since my chapters average 17-18 pages, that brings me up to approximately 23,200 words.

I'm nearly a quarter done! Woo hoo!

*shades eyes with hand, peers hopefully at the creative horizon*

There's a city shining in the distance. I can almost read the words THE END written over the gates...

Comments

[faerie-writer.livejournal.com]

"It just feels like the most natural length to me as a writer."

Funny, how writers all have different takes on what feels natural. :)

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Funny, how writers all have different takes on what feels natural. :)

Oh, I know. It's been very hard for me sometimes to give myself permission to do things differently from other writers whom I greatly respect. It's so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that their way must be the "right" one -- that since it works so well for them, it's what I ought to be doing as well. But when I try to adopt another writer's methods, more often than not it ends in creative disaster. I think I'm just going to have to blunder along and find my own way. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Interesting - I agree that it takes more doing than you expect, to trust your own stylistic choices. You feel the need for some sort of validation - but at the same time, you never quite lose that stubborn sense of 'it works better *my* way.'

[shoebox2.livejournal.com]

Uh, that was me, by the way. :) LJ has the disconcerting habit of kicking me off at random.