So the first draft of First Sight is done. Finally. I feel like it took me forever to finally get it done, but in reality, it took about two months. And I learned something about my writing during that time.
The biggest thing I noticed is that I tend to write short. I wrote the first draft of my other novel almost 10,000 words shorter than the second draft. And I'm pretty sure more words will be added when I finish the third draft.
My draft of First Sight is super, super short. It's 29,000 and change. I know, that's not even half of the average length for a YA fantasy novel, but I was mostly focused on getting the core bits onto paper in some sort of order. So that's what I did. I'm sure that if and when I go back to work it again, it will grow quite a bit.
Another thing I noticed by completing this draft is that my first drafts really, really suck. I'm talking majorly. I know that all first drafts are in need of work and generally suck, I also know that mine are really bad. Granted, this first draft is a little more cohesive than the original first draft of my other novel, but still, it's terrible.
Or maybe I just think that cause I spent the last month hating the whole thing. *shrugs* Who knows. I guess I'll figure that out if I ever rework this story.
Anyway, the draft is done. Now it's time to move on to my next project.
