I hope. It feels like it, at least, with this story. I’ve really overblown my estimated word count, which can be a good and a bad thing. I usually aim for 100k words for a solid story. Gives me room to flesh things out, and a lot of revision wiggle. Right now, with a scene or two left to finish the first draft, I’m clocking in at 126k. And it will take me about, oh, at least 8k more to wrap things up in a satisfactory manner, I feel. So, good, because I’ll have a lot of material to work with, and I like this story and the world created around it…plus the potential for lots more story beyond this ending. Bad because when I get that much written, I wonder how much is actually worth keeping, and how much have I just padded things? I tend to overwrite, give too much detail, drag out conversations, etc.; so much of my revising involves chopping and cutting in the worst way.
Anyways, I feel comfortable enough that I’m not going to lose the end-game momentum that I can let a few details leak out.
Working title: Heaven’s Gates are Rusted Shut
Premise: An infamous poacher is hired to hunt down the avatar of a kingdom’s god, while various factions struggle to gain control of it for their own ends.
Anyone want to try a beta read whenever this thing is made halfway presentable? (Which, I should warn you, is usually a month or so after the first draft is done)
I see that smile.