I’m now at 11,335 words — whew!
I need at least 50,000, maybe 60,000 but at least I’m seeing the total starting to build.
The book, “The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing” has been a really helpful guide although I haven’t followed it to the letter. What I love is the chart called “The Novelmaster,” which shows the word length, number of sections and viewpoint characters the novel should have. Again, I’m doing this loosely but it looks like I need 60,000 words, two viewpoint characters and approximately two–thirds of the sections from the main character’s perspective.
My other goal is to set up a web site for the novel. I need to do more research, buy the domain name(s) and get working on set-up.
Lots to do. Crime Writers conference is next month!
Diane Carmony 