by Ira | Jan 6, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
800 days. Boom. I’d *totally* forgot that this milestone was today, and it couldn’t be more appropriate. There’s this advice out there that you “shouldn’t fall in love with your first draft.” I’ve heard it before from several...
by Ira | Dec 15, 2015 | Challenge, Journal
And it’s under 10,000 words! The first draft is done, guys. I’m not entirely sure if the last couple scenes are working as well as I want them to, but hey, they’re WRITTEN. Now I get to READ it and see what’s actually working and what...
by Ira | Dec 22, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
The first draft, of the first book…is done. Two days early. My god, what have I done? I love, to, that I finish this milestone on 420…if only I were a pothead, I’d smoke a bowl to celebrate. No, as it is with my sore throat and my droopy eyelids at...
by Ira | Jun 5, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
It’s done. On Day 220, he finished the first, very very rough draft, of the first pilot he’d ever written on his own. And, I love it. It’s my baby. Very fragile and unfinished right now, but it is complete. It is out. 108 pages (jesus! right?). So...