Alpha Slip (novel preview)
Alpha Slip
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May 2009
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[...] Continue to: Alpha Slip – The First Three Chapters [...]
Wow, that’s a brilliant beginning. Had me completely. Can you keep it going?
Liking it Ruz. Excellent fast-paced first draft.
Thanks Dad, thanks Rory! I’m going to TRY to keep it going – I have 25,000 words done so far, which is about 1/3rd of the book. Maintaining the pace is going to be difficult though – I definitely feel that what follows on from the first three chapters isn’t up to the standard of the opening.
Still, that’s what 2nd and 3rd and 4th drafts are for, right?
[...] I really wanted to have another short ready to post here before the end of the month, but I haven’t even stopped to look at anything but Alpha Slip since May. This isn’t the quickest I’ve ever written a novel, but it’s the quickest I’ve ever written a novel that I liked. I’m thinking this draft will probably end up at the 80k mark. Then the second draft (which will be the first I release out to close friends for opinions) will be about the same – I can see at least 10-15k worth of rubbish that needs cutting, but there’s also a TON of secondary characterisation I completely forgot to include in this draft, leaving most of the characters as thin as a sneeze. If you missed my chatting about Alpha Slip entirely, I posted the first three chapters here. [...]