The Days Are Just Packed     
The ongoing saga of David D. Levine's writing and other adventures.

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9/29/04: Hacking away, again

Word count: 99822 | Since last entry: 974 | This month: 8772

Wrote another full scene, in which Jason continues hacking on the FFL's mail server to try to find out who it was who set him up by providing the biocomputer documentation. A couple of big revelations coming soon. (They'd better be soon, I have to finish this chapter by Saturday!)

I sometimes wonder if these hacking scenes are interesting. Some readers really like them, and I know that this is an area that I can write as few other writers can (well, except for those who have been technical writers, and there are quite a few of those). I'll leave them in for now, and if feedback indicates they are boring I can trim them back.

I see that I will probably pass 100,000 words tomorrow. That's quite a milestone. There's probably 500-1500 words left in the current chapter, with 3 chapters and an epilogue after that, so we're still looking at about 115k-125k words for the completed first draft. That's within reason, though I'll have to focus on trimming down rather than adding as I revise.

Onward!

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