I’m already running low on coffee

For those reading who might be new to this particular party, I have set myself the goal of writing an entire, full length novel that is of publishing standard in just two weeks. Full details can be found here.

As for my progress on this oh-so-important first day, I’ve created a bit of a table to help visualise the uphill battle I have to get through;

PLOT	From start to finish, the plot is nailed down. Like a boxer going twelve rounds, the details are a little fuzzy. But the outline is solid. This is the bit I’m most excited about because I think the story will be the strongest part of the book.
CHARACTERS	Still ironing them out. Main protagonists are formed and are on the page. Antagonists…not so much. What I am happy about are my male and female leads. I’m doing everything I can to avoid the cookie-cutter tropes and have already got my female protagonist in a God-awful, heartbreaking situation. Will she get out of it? I’m not saying…
THEMES	See plot above. The overall theme is solid. It doesn’t need polishing so much as angle grinding though
BOOK COVER/DESIGN	Pfft. Get out of here. Come back in about ten days for this one.
FRONT & BACK MATTER	See book cover/design
WORD COUNT	This is the big daddy. I can have all the themes and story lines I like, but if it’s not on the page, it’s not a novel. I will be ending the first day with about 5,000 pretty good words. Not as far as I would have wanted, and it’s as close to a first draft as you can get, but it’s a start. Isn’t it?
EDITING	Editing? What’s that?

At the time of writing, it is 9:40 at night and I really want to make another pass of my work before the early hours. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll have more details to share and perhaps by day three, have a first draft of a chapter to post up.

On a serious note, the finished book will be available to purchase and I’ll post some links when the day rolls around in just under two weeks. All royalties will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Society. I am making no money whatsoever from this endeavour. Link to their website is here if you want to see some of the important work they do.

Thanks very much for reading this. I’ll leave you with a visual clue as to what the setting of my romance novel is;

Leave a comment if you know what it is 🙂