January 12, 2005

We now pause for a moment of intense giddiness

I just wrote the three hundred and fourth page of my novel.

Yes, 304. Which means I cruised past the 300-page milestone this afternoon. As you may imagine, I'm feeling rather giddy at the moment. Insanely pleased with myself. Don't worry. It'll pass in time for me to write again tomorrow. It's not like I finished the damn beast, after all.

But the end is in sight. End of the first draft, anyway. Homestretch time, baby. Maybe another forty pages to go? Or sixty? Not much more than that. And then comes the revision. And then more revision. And then...well, yeah, revision.

But 304!!!

Okay. That's all. Just wanted to share a bit of the glee.

Posted by cari at January 12, 2005 06:40 PM
Comments

Hooray! I know how it feels to hit a writing milestone. Way to go! Write Cari Write!

Posted by: Steph

wow, that's great!

Posted by: froggy

that's just totally rockin'

Posted by: Jackie

Congratulations! That's fabulous. 304 is my favourite number! :)

Posted by: alison

Congrats, lady!

Posted by: Jenn

Kudos. And huzzah!

Posted by: Iris

Congrats!

Posted by: Gina

Awesome Cari, It's great when people can excel at things they are passionate about. (Yes, I know that ended with a preposition, but it's too late to figure out how to correct it!) Keep it up!

Posted by: Johanna

congratulations! What an amazing accomplishment!

Posted by: Mary-Heather

That's my girl.

Posted by: Rachael

Whoop whoop! That's a huge milestone! You amaze me.

Posted by: Em

Congrats! I think a yarn purchase is in order as a reward.

Posted by: kate

Hurray, Cari, well done! & have fun doing the rest of the pages you need.

Posted by: marrije

Congratulations!

Posted by: Faith

Great job! I'm so excited that your first draft is sorta kinda almost done. The revision process seems rather scary--I mean, how do you know when you're done revising?--but finishing the first draft is really the biggest milestone besides being COMPLETELY FINISHED, if you can determine that you've revised enough.

Posted by: susan

Woo hoo! Awesome news.

Posted by: mindy

Holy crap! That's amazing ... I can't even imagine. Good on you, Cari!

Posted by: Carrie

Woo!

I just starting writing..something. It may be a book, a short story, something. But I attribute a lot of it to all the lovely writing ladies around me. =)

Posted by: Amber

CONGRATS!

Posted by: max

YEAH! WAY_TO_GO!!!

Posted by: Kristine

That's fantastic! Congratulations.

Posted by: teresa

Congratulations! Keep it up, babe.

Posted by: David

You are totally inspiring. I am really going to get my book out!

Posted by: LeAnne

Yea, Cari! You SO rock. My poetry thesis was not even 100 pages ~ and I had all that white space. Wow. I'm looking forward to reading this book!

Posted by: maggi

incredibly cool. keep on writing. :)

Posted by: melissa j

Hey congratulations! And thanks for sharing the glee! Glee! Glee! The world needs more glee!

Posted by: amy

wooot........ trois cent quatre! c'est magnifique!

i assume you were wearing handknit socks at the moment this occurred, no?

Posted by: carolyn

rock on! i know that giddy feeling. i'm handing the final version of all 326 pages of my dissertation on monday. unlike you, though, i'm ok sending this baby off without thousands of revisions :-)

Posted by: rebecca

A bit late to the party but HUZZAH! That baby's got some tofu on it!

Posted by: valentina

congratulations, I dont write in fiction terms but I know what it is like to hit a threshold in my research writing and it deserves a toast!

Posted by: stinkerbell

I'm completely impressed. I have trouble writing a 3 page paper! Go you!

Posted by: Vicki

Hey, congratulations! I have a MSS nearby, too, and there's almost nothing like having a really good, productive writing session. 304 rocks!

Deb

Posted by: Deb