I Wrote a Novel (First Draft Done)!

Well, I have officially written a novel now! I just typed the last scene of the first draft of COMPENDIUM, and I can check writing a novel off of my bucket list. I'm super excited, but I know how much effort is going to have to go into the second draft, so I am at the same time daunted by the prospect of revisions. Still, it feels amazing to have made it all the way through the first draft, which I have heard (and hope) is the hardest to finish. At 95,100 words and 425 manuscript pages, I truly have to pat myself on the back for having come this far. I suspect that the final draft that gets submitted to agents/publishers will be over 100,000 words because I have already thought about additional scenes that may need to be added on the second go around. Either way, at this point, I just have to savor the victory of getting through the first draft and give myself a little bit of time to decompress before I begin revision. I do think that I am going to print out the entire book though, so…