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2nd Draft = 1st Draft – 10%

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Stephen King calls that The Formula in his excellent book titled On Writing. The first draft of my first attempt at long form writing is 43,838 words, so if I do what Mr. King says, I’ll have a novella (prose! fiction!) starring the character I get asked about the most often at comics conventions.

Whether it will remain at 39,454.2 words after additional and inevitable rewrites is a mystery to me. But for now, I’m happy that I got this far, and wonder what it will look like to me after it stews in its own juices for six weeks or so…

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