The weather took a nasty turn this week and with it, my writing streak. Until Sunday, daily word count averaged in the low 1000’s. For the past few days, it’s back to 250 a day land. Sometimes a twist in the road can be wicked.

With roughly11 scenes left and 10-12,000 words unwritten, the final word count looks destined for the low 90,000 range. As long as the story flows and is uniformly clear, a little less works for me. However, I suspect that the 100,000 estimate might happen anyway during revisions. A top down walk through revealed very few pruning candidates, but shed the light on some spots where the story needed additional details.

October is very doable, at least in terms of finishing the draft. After that an expert team of volunteer readers convenes. Right now the group stands at five. I’m considering a sixth in case of scheduling conflicts. Five can do it, though. That’s enough people who haven’t dealt with me talking through the story.