Project Longhand

Today I started to input the book into the computer, even though I'm not completely done with the rough draft - or as I'm calling it, the "yellow draft," since it's written on yellow paper.

Writing this far longhand has been interesting, but I'm pretty sure I won't be doing it again, at least not this much. It certainly got me going, and I've written a bunch in a short amount of time. But I feel pretty far from the story. One area that has suffered is the organization of the chapters - they're different sizes because I had little to judge by as I worked. So that's going to have to be cleaned up when I revise. And then there are the additions and changes to the plot I want to make.

The experiment isn't ending - I'm taking it in a direction. I have Dragon Naturally Speaking on the computer, and I'm going to see how well it understands the book.

And me.