Finished!

[msagara]

I've finished the first draft of CAST IN FURY.

I'm curious, though. For me, when I say I'm finished a novel, what I really mean is I've finished the first draft of the novel that I've been working on. I still have to go through it, line-edit, revise, fact check (and, honestly, it is not an understatement to say I am not very good at this last part ), tighten, clarify, etc. The book is not actually ready to head out the door (or in my case, be thrown out the door in frustration, because at a certain point, moving commas does not help) but to me -- it's finished when I have a complete first draft.

What stage in a book is finished, for you, if you write them?

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[jennifer-dunne.livejournal.com]

Finished = finished the first draft, and any large structural flaws discovered while writing said draft. At this point, the story has been told, and has been pinned to the board like Schroedinger's butterfly, forever fixed in a single reality.

Polished = ready to send to editor