Novel Month 2017 – Day 3, evening

Another day, another chapter. This one went on longer than I anticipated, but I finally got into a groove halfway through, and I didn’t want to stop.

Anyway, The Soulstone Sorcerer is starting to live up to its billing as sword-and-sorcery fiction. Rather, it’s almost like a satirical deconstruction of that subgenre, in that it centers on a group of gamers who accidentally find a way to travel to your “typical” RPG fantasy land. Lots of worldbuilding ahead, so expect me to slow down soon.

This session’s word count: 5,808 (seriously?)
Total word count: 15,893
Daily average: 5,297
Last year’s cumulative total: 10,945

Novel Month 2017 – Day 2, early evening

Another big writing day, as I finished Chapter 2 of The Soulstone Sorcerer. I’m planning on somewhere in the vicinity of 30 chapters for this one, about the same as Nocturne. Maybe a little longer, but we’ll see. Either way, we’re off to a fine start, I think.

This session’s word count: 4,710
Total word count: 10,085
Daily average: 5,042
Last year’s cumulative total: 6,160

Novel Month 2017 – Day 1, early evening

And we’re off!

I was really worried about this one. See, I have a tendency to start out slow when writing a new book, especially one where I haven’t done too much in the way of worldbuilding beforehand. I fully expected to put in about 2000 words and call it a day.

Well, that didn’t happen. Apparently, I was more mentally prepared for The Soulstone Sorcerer than I originally thought, because I finished all of Chapter 1 and the opening scene of Chapter 2 today. It’s pretty dull so far (I think that’s why it was easy), but that’ll pick up soon. I have not yet begun to write.

This session’s word count: 5,375
Total word count: 5,375
Last year’s cumulative total: 2,650