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Draft Eight Is Finished!

Posted on 2016-06-30 Written by D. Lee Jackson

I have finally finished the eighth draft of my sci-fi novel, Tapper.

Man, that feels good to type. 🙂

I wound up with 32 chapters and a word count of approximately 99,000 words. The word count is down somewhat from the seventh draft, but only by around 700 words. Every time I’d find a section to cut or tighten, I’d find another bit that needed additional material. That’s just the way it goes, I guess.

Anyway, all 32 chapters are posted on Scribophile and are available for critique. I may wind up with 33 chapters, since chapter 31 is a 5,000+ word behemoth. It works as a single chapter, but it’s the longest chapter in the book. I’ve already asked for assistance in finding a good split point, in the event that I do want to change it.

Now begins the task of creating a sub-revision of draft eight, based on critiques. I want Tapper to be so highly polished that its shine blinds LibreOffice‘s “Export as PDF” function when the time comes to submit a completed manuscript to an agent.

Questions? Comments? Please feel free to use the Contact page. Thank you for reading!

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Hello, and welcome! My name is Lee Jackson, and I'm the composer of "Grabbag," the theme to the video game Duke Nukem 3D, plus music for Rise of the Triad and Shadow Warrior (the original). I've got four albums out, with tracks on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp, and SoundCloud! Read More…

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