Okay, Lounge. I did it. I finished my first draft.

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5. Dang. For a second there I had to check I didn't trip into the writer's group.

Well, every day I warm up with a little writing exercise. It could be anything, including posting rants on DU. Even though I have a long-term project I'm working on I thought I needed to make some money to help out the hubby. I need to check the diary to be sure, but I think I started about three-four months ago. It started with a unique idea for a character and I took it from there. What started as a writing exercise to flesh out the character just kept growing. Sometimes I was really bored with what I was watching on t.v. so I entertained myself by expanding on the story.

Research was easy with google searches (I'm sure I need to do a better job with the flight times and type of planes) but for the most part, what made the writing so easy was that I lived the experience through the character and I didn't even know what was going to happen from one day to the next. I sometimes woke up with anticipation in the morning just to find out.

Cannot tell you how many items and things the protagonist/anti-hero encounters comes directly from items close to home or personal things that meant something to me at one time.

I am now giving the draft to my high school nephew to copy edit and format for submission as I begin the process of writing the proposal. My nephew, like many kids his age is upset about not finding work, but he is gifted when it comes to writing so I offered him the job. win-win. Though I have my sister checking out some chapters in case they're too harsh for him.

Anyway, I'm clearing off the cork board and looking forward to my first rejection letter. I'm really going to be disappointed if I don't get at least twenty of them in the first two months.

it is technically a first draft.