The Human Division Writing Update

The weekend went well, with about 14,000 words total for Saturday and Sunday. I’m hoping for about another 6,000 or so today and then The Human Division will be done.

For those who are wondering, no, this is not atypical for me. My writing speed tends to ratchet up the closer I get to being done, on account that nearly everything but the typing — the plotting, the characterization, the story beats — is done, and all I really have to do is get the words down without tripping over myself.  If anything I have to be careful not to go too fast, otherwise I’ll have a copy editor want to kill me for having to correct all my errors.

I’ll talk about this more later (i.e., when I’m done with the thing), but I’m really very happy with the way The Human Division is turning out. Structurally it’s really unlike anything I’ve done before, and different from most things out there, and the stories I’m telling, if I may say so, are turning out to be fun to write (and hopefully to experience). It’s been a hugely interesting process so far.

Back to it for me; talk to you all later.

18 Comments on “The Human Division Writing Update”

  1. The fact that you’re having fun writing it is a good indication it’s going to be a fun read. I’m looking forward to picking it up when it gets all collected.

  2. I’d love to know how to get work as a copy editor. Even if you don’t need much, it seems the perfect way to get to read good stuff before everybody else.

  3. My 8th grade honors students are setting their word count goals for NaNoWriMo this week. How wonderful that I can now casually mention, “No pressure, but John Scalzi wrote 14,000 words last weekend.”

  4. I don’t know how to say this politely, but screw you and your wordcount. I can’t even get it up to 1,000 words a night anymore. :P

    Super pumped that I get to read something new from you, though!

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