Tag: frozen dreams

It is speeding up, a little.  I need to make the timeline just a little bit less compressed, though.  Maybe put some stuff in earlier chapters? I dunno.  How did people do this, before computers? Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Thirteen: 16 Chapters / 37,305 words.

Kind of at the halfway point here at Frozen Dreams, folks.  Kind of weird, seeing the manuscript form.  Kind of weird, thinking about the really difficult parts coming up. Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Twelve: 14 Chapters / 30,864 words.

We’re getting there. Up to 83 pages in the Frozen Dreams manuscript now.  Starting to build up steam, too.  I’ll need to put more stuff in earlier, stoke the fire up a bit more. Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Eleven: 13 Chapters / 28,994 words.

I’m coming to the conclusion that I need to smack my Frozen Dreams hero around a bit more.  Dude’s a arcanopulp post-apocalyptic detective, right?  Only stands to reason. Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Ten: 12 Chapters / 26,703 words.

Although I’m debating about splitting this last chapter of Frozen Dreams into two chapters and expanding them out a bit.  I also have to decide whether to go to a certain location.  It’s a really bad idea, but since when has that ever stopped a protagonist? Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Nine: 11 Chapters / 24,708 Words.

More chapters, and fewer words, than I expected.  Although, no, actually it’s a little bit above a target number of 60K words for the whole thing.  Scrivener is I think estimating that Frozen Dreams will probably hit about 180 pages or so, which isn’t bad.  Respectable, even. Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Eight: 10 Chapters / 21,224 Words.

Yeah, this part of Frozen Dreams is definitely going to need some plot work.  Gotta remind myself more that this is a first draft, not the magnum opus. It can still be a little clunky.

Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day SEven: 8 Chapters / 17,420 Words.

I didn’t really need to really work on Chapter 7 for Frozen Dreams, because I already had.  Feel free to pass around this Patreon link to anybody and everybody, by the way.  Feel free. Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Six: 7 Chapters / 15,262 words.

Got the wordcount for the latest chapter of Frozen Dreams up a bit, this time.  Things are also starting to move along, here.  I must remember to put my hero in still more trouble, because that’s adventure, right? Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Five: 5 Chapters / 9,844 words.

Let’s see if this loads.  My area’s internet has been in and out for the entire day. AND WHY YES THAT HAS BEEN A JOY THANK YOU FOR ASKING.

Continue reading Frozen Dreams Working Draft Process, Day Four: 4 Chapters / 7,729 words.