Hey, look what I finally made!

[apocalypsos]

Heroine Addiction, chapters done:



Meaning I sat my ass down in the cafe with some chai, plotted out the rest of the book, and figured out how many chapters it'll take. And also confirmed my expectation that it'll probably end up being more like 120k. So even if I don't write anything else today (I will, I swear!), I've gotten that much done.

I came up to my parents' house because it's rainy and it's gross and I wasn't all that keen about staying in my apartment all day long, but my mother's watching the U.S. Open and I'm going to fall asleep if I keep watching this.

Oh, and you know how I woke up to a special on the History Channel about pizza? I came up here and my mom was making my favorite maple walnut cookies. Stupid diet that's actually working. The universe is taunting me. *grumbles*

Comments

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

Okay, I have to know, and you've probably already posted about this already, what is your plotting method? As a pantser, I'm amazed that you know how many chapters your novel will be. How do you do that?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, it goes a little something like this: I make a list of scenes that I know need to be in the book or want to see. Once I write down about thirty-five or so, then I write them down on index cards and put them in order. Then I rewrite the list in order and with numbers and elaborate around it. Works every time. :)

[dragonsinger.livejournal.com]

Wow! That sounds like a pretty cool method. I am impressed.