The End of the Beginning

December 13, 2007 – 1:55 pm | by Trey

As of about ten minutes ago, and after just under two long…long…really long…years, the new novel is finished.

Yeah, it sucks, and yeah, it needs a ton of work, but the first draft is finally done.

I had the idea during the daily chemo back in December 2005. So I assumed the idea sucked because of chemo-brain. Then I did a big chunk of the writing during the thrice-weekly chemo in 2006. So I assumed the writing sucked because of chemo-brain.

But somehow, it doesn’t blow as badly as I thought it might. The first draft is ragged and unpaced, unfocused and chaotic, but it’s done.

Now what the hell do I do?

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  1. 4 Responses to “The End of the Beginning”

  2. By anonymous on Dec 13, 2007 | Reply

    Well, I’m not a real writer or anything, but I would take a break, crack open a beer to celebrate, and start on the revisions in a week or so. Just my $.02, adjusted for inflation.

  3. By anonymous on Dec 13, 2007 | Reply

    Oops, forgot to say who I was. Damn LiveJournal.

    Stace
    http://www.lytspeed.com

  4. By anonymous on Dec 14, 2007 | Reply

    You crack open a Corona, with lime (you ARE from Texas), kick your feet up for a night, kiss your wife and thank her. Then you write a short story or two and look at the novel fresh again later.

    I think.

    Jared

    ps – Congratulations.

  5. By anonymous on Dec 31, 2007 | Reply

    Hurry up and finish it, man! Looking forward to reading it!!

    Jean (Lu’s longtime ghost friend!)

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