I wrote this, or started writing this as it was far, far from finished, during 2007's NaNoWriMo. I wrote over 50K; in fact, I may have written over 70K. (I haven't been keeping track of my final word counts per year.) Most of what I wrote back then was Rhea's stuff: her background, her scenes, her parts of the story. There wasn't a lot of the boys in it except as it related to her. I knew then that I would have to write all the inbetween stuff with them later, and that's what I started doing back in August for Camp NaNoWriMo. I had a hard time stuffing my inner editor in a box then, too, which made my word count during that time pretty abysmal. So, as far as finished product, this is probably it so far.
Having said that, I've decided to be a NaNo Rebel this year, and instead of starting something that I won't finish, I'm going to focus on finishing this. So, more will be coming and it will be way, way rougher than this stuff is because I AM going to put my inner editor in a box and tape it shut. Not sure about the final word count, but I promise it won't be as long as The White Winds!
AS for how I'd like you to look at it, definitely more of a "I want to do something more as a writer", with a really critical eye towards Rhea. I think you've been doing that already, really.
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Okay. Word count vis a vis finished draft.
I wrote this, or started writing this as it was far, far from finished, during 2007's NaNoWriMo. I wrote over 50K; in fact, I may have written over 70K. (I haven't been keeping track of my final word counts per year.) Most of what I wrote back then was Rhea's stuff: her background, her scenes, her parts of the story. There wasn't a lot of the boys in it except as it related to her. I knew then that I would have to write all the inbetween stuff with them later, and that's what I started doing back in August for Camp NaNoWriMo. I had a hard time stuffing my inner editor in a box then, too, which made my word count during that time pretty abysmal. So, as far as finished product, this is probably it so far.
Having said that, I've decided to be a NaNo Rebel this year, and instead of starting something that I won't finish, I'm going to focus on finishing this. So, more will be coming and it will be way, way rougher than this stuff is because I AM going to put my inner editor in a box and tape it shut. Not sure about the final word count, but I promise it won't be as long as The White Winds!
AS for how I'd like you to look at it, definitely more of a "I want to do something more as a writer", with a really critical eye towards Rhea. I think you've been doing that already, really.
I appreciate this sooo much!