I only wrote 113 new words today but that also finished a chapter. The tricky thing, when I hit a scene that was in the original novella, is that I can’t just plunk it into the new text. I have to cut stuff and add stuff to make it fit the new flow.
So though I usually aim for 2000 words a day, I’m not fretting on days when I get nowhere near that as long as my forward progress is still good.
And now…Chapter 30.
My husband is reading along and seems to really be enjoying it. I read the chapters that were posted in the clear and am very intrigued. I’m so tempted to bug him for the password and read along too, but I know that I won’t have time to make comments and that you’re probably not looking for new readers anyway!
Actually, I like having readers go through in waves since I make changes to earlier chapters based on responses. And the comments don’t need to be particularly complicated. Sometimes even, “Still reading!” is useful.
In that case, count me in! If you’re keeping track, I haven’t read the novella.