I have officially, finally, thankfully finished a short story that I call 12. My first serious, completed bit of writing.
[Wait, you thought I had actually finished my book? Yeah, I'm going to get back to work on that...this weekend. I promise.]
A little smidgen of background: I mentioned 12 when I asked y'all to pick an idea for me to start working on. I don't remember why I put it in the running because I always planned for it to be a short story. But anyways. According to Microsoft Word, I first created the document on September 10, 2009. When I was avoiding More Blessed, I would open it up and write for a little while.
As of Monday, the word count was about 1,250.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the word count was about 3,900. First draft, finished! Now: editing!
As of Tuesday night, the word count was exactly 3,780.
The only reason that I was able to write more words in that one day than I had been able to over the past two years? A midnight deadline. I submitted the story to my school's student literary journal which is super exciting. I've talked before about needing motivation and/or deadlines to inspire me to write. I definitely get just how much I rely on procrastination to get things done. So hopefully this will help me actually finish other stories too :)
I can't post the story itself but I'd like to share more than that old, still mostly relevant summary. So here are some things that I had in mind while writing 12.
I'll be sure to let the world know [in April, I believe] whether or not the story gets published!
even if it doesn't get published, you can publish it yourself on Amazon or CD Baby (which I believe has a book division!)
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