Saul Pierce
November 11, 2006 11:16 AM
Final Flourishes by Saul Pierce
It was the last day of February and Saul had 48,971 words in his novel. That meant there were 1,029 words left to go and all he had left was the wedding of Sir Echo and Princess Elly. He'd intended just to say 'and then they were wed and lived happily ever after' but that was only ten words.Around Valentine's Day, Saul had figured out how to make the Quill record what he was actually saying instead of something vaguely similiar, and that had been cool for a few days but then he ran out of ideas, so he turned it back to screwy recording and that had gotten him to this point.
Now, though, he didn't want to risk it screwing up the happy ending that was imminent, so he turned it back to accurate recording. The problem, of course, was that he still needed 1,029 words even though the story was essentially over.
So he went on about the wedding. How many layers the cake had, how pretty Elly looked in her dress, and who had come. That got him almost 500 words, but that still left him with 532 words to go.
So he added some stuff how lovely Elly was walking down the aisle, and how perfect their kiss was on the altar, and that the priest declared them husband and wife.
Fifty-three more words to hit the goal of 50,000.
"And they lived very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very happily ever after."
There! 50,000 words. He was done.\n\n
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