Two days ago, I finished writing the first draft of my YA fantasy work-in-progress. I’d been working on it every day for the past year and a half, but it had been on my mind since 2022. Although this book is my third work-in-progress, it is only the second one with a complete manuscript. The… Continue reading YA Fantasy First Draft Finished!
My goal for 2025 was to write the first draft of my young adult fantasy novel. I didn’t finish writing the entire book, but I have written over 67,000 words. I planned for it to be around 80,000, but I’m just now entering the last quarter of the storyline. I still plan for it to… Continue reading What I’ve Learned While Writing My YA Fantasy
My New Year’s resolution this year was to write a completed first draft of my young adult fantasy work-in-progress. This is the same fantasy project I mentioned in a post back in 2023. I wrote the first two scenes without any idea whatsoever of where I was going with it, even within the current scene… Continue reading Plotting My Fantasy Project
For those of you who don’t know, November is National Novel Writing Month. Obviously, the goal is to complete a manuscript by November 30th, usually totaling 50,000 words. I, on the other hand, am doing the opposite. Here’s why: I have been working on my YA fantasy novel for over eight months. Although I am… Continue reading NaNoWriMo – No
Allison Burton 