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Yay!
*Dances*
I did it! The first draft of Never Say Die is finished. My word count stands at a smidge over 78,000 - that's 16 chapters in all. And my body count didn't get too high after all. Um...correction, the good-guys body count isn't too high ;-)
I have some serious editing to do before I can even let a beta near it. I must make a decision on the Wincest thing. The main pairing is het and I originally decided to write the Sam/Dean relationship as gen. But the way the story evolved I'm not sure that was the right choice. I'm not a big fan of "if you squint" and there's a bit too much subtexty stuff in this one. I must either edit some of it out or make the pairing overt.
There are a couple of gaping plot holes that need papering over (Note to self - Dean's miraculously disappearing wound!) and I have no idea where the Matrix references came from at the end. It was just what came to me and I went with it. But it's going to need some changes. The quote is totally appropriate for the plot but the character who says it isn't likely to be that familiar with the movie. Or I need to get rid of the reference completely. Maybe there's a different movie quote that will fit.
But Yay! Draft 1 is finished.
Plan of action now: I have about ten days to get my initial editing done. Then I leave for Asylum Con and with any luck Sue will read it for me while I'm there. Then I can do my final edits after the con and start posting this monster.
I did it! The first draft of Never Say Die is finished. My word count stands at a smidge over 78,000 - that's 16 chapters in all. And my body count didn't get too high after all. Um...correction, the good-guys body count isn't too high ;-)
I have some serious editing to do before I can even let a beta near it. I must make a decision on the Wincest thing. The main pairing is het and I originally decided to write the Sam/Dean relationship as gen. But the way the story evolved I'm not sure that was the right choice. I'm not a big fan of "if you squint" and there's a bit too much subtexty stuff in this one. I must either edit some of it out or make the pairing overt.
There are a couple of gaping plot holes that need papering over (Note to self - Dean's miraculously disappearing wound!) and I have no idea where the Matrix references came from at the end. It was just what came to me and I went with it. But it's going to need some changes. The quote is totally appropriate for the plot but the character who says it isn't likely to be that familiar with the movie. Or I need to get rid of the reference completely. Maybe there's a different movie quote that will fit.
But Yay! Draft 1 is finished.
Plan of action now: I have about ten days to get my initial editing done. Then I leave for Asylum Con and with any luck Sue will read it for me while I'm there. Then I can do my final edits after the con and start posting this monster.