This is a huge milestone for me. I finally passed the 100,000 thousand word mark, and as always with each update, the final goal has changed. This time its up to 150,000, which essentially puts me at the 2/3 mark. Work continues and the chapters seem to get longer. I planned only 8 chapters for Myra, but ended up with 10. For Sam, I again planned 8 chapters, but now I'm at nine with an additional add on chapter that I won't get into here. Sam's chapters seem to be a bit darker than the other characters so far, with about 3 to go, I will see where it takes me.
The book is now slated to have 41 chapters and I am currently working on chapter 30. I've also come up with what I think will be an intersting way of structuring the chapters. It will be like reading 4 novellas at once or you can read them individually. The jury's still out on that. I also need to come up with a title for the first book. Kingdom of the Falling Star is the name of the series, but each book will need it's own title.
On another note, I've started planning the second book and have uped the POV character list from 4 to 8, so far anyways. Some may be cut and some may be added, but that's part of the fun.
Anyways, I've stuck to my timeline and have been writing over 5000 words per week. At this rate, I'm hoping to be done the first draft by early november, that's if the book doesn't get any bigger.
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