14,897 · 8:35pm Sep 17th, 2019
That's how many words Chapter 24 for What They Expect to Give currently has. That's about 38 pages. And I'm still not done.
I did KINDA find a natural stopping point about 3-4k words ago, but I'd rather just get it out as one update. I've been kinda wanting to reach this point since I first started this story. Er, I mean, I want to reach all the things I've been planning for this story, but this was a huge milestone I reached. I didn't want to break that up in parts.
Still, editing this will be a real beast. I might have to set this aside for a week after I finish it just so I can refresh my mind. I also need to add more sensory details and tighten up some passages. The way it reads right now, it's like a foundation lacking adornment. Needs more spice!
In unrelated news and stream-of-consciousness rambling: I finally finished season 6 of Star Trek The Next Generation (it only took my three or four years to get there?) Hanna on Amazon Prime Video is a ridiculous but otherwise entertaining show. I already appreciate it more than the movie. I'm annoyed that Rebuild of Evangelion isn't on Netflix. True Detective season 3 is almost unbearably slow. Aaaannd.... oh, Smite on PS4 went cross-platform. Which matters to me only because now I can play with my husband using the Nintendo Switch. (Our second playstation's HD busted. We ordered a replacement, but of course, it got lost in the mail.)
I don't want winter to come.
