Rough Draft: the Good, the Fair, and the Ugly

Dorlana Vann ♦ September 17, 2013 ♦ Leave a comment

After reading through and making notes to the rough draft of my novel, I scored each chapter on how well I believed it flowed and how much work was still needed. Right now, I’m on chapter 6 (Fair) and I really like how this tiny bit of information has helped me as I approach each chapter. Here are the results:

9 out 30 “Good”

1 out of 30 “Good but slow in beginning”

3 out of 30 “Good but short”

6 out of 30 “Fair”

6 out of 30 “Needs Work”

3 of them I didn’t mark for some unknown reason.

2 chapters really stood out: 23 I loved  & 27 I hated.

By the end of the 2^nd draft I hope to have at least all the “Needs Work” at “Fair”. And all the “Fair” to “Good” And all the “Good but short” chapters only “Good.” It would be so cool if all the “Good” were changed to “Awesome” – lol – but I’ll take have to take it one draft at a time.

Here is the breakdown:

1. Good
2. Needs work
3. Needs work
4. Good
5. Fair
6. Fair
7. Needs work
8. I didn’t mark
9. Good but short
10. Good
11. Good but short
12. Good
13. Good
14. Good but slow in the beginning
15. Fair
16. Needs work
17. Good
18. Good
19. Good but short
20. I didn’t mark
21. Needs work
22. Fair
23. Intense – Awesome!
24. Fair
25. Good
26. Fair
27. Lousy chapter – Needs lots of work
28. Good
29. Needs work
30. Didn’t mark

Regarding the title of this post  – yeah,  I’m a Clint Eastwood western fan

Love and Laughter,

Dorlana 🙂