My tweets

• Wed, 13:52: The handsome and hardworking @monsterhunter45 explains how writers get paid: http://t.co/JH3b6OiJuX
• Wed, 20:35: The scene I couldn't write because of Reasons has been replaced with a reaction shot instead. This story should make people laugh, not cry.
• Thu, 11:25: Another editing pass, in which I make the narration More Alex. The dude rambles. A lot.
• Thu, 11:34: The audiobook version of this will probably give the poor narrator fits. I apologize in advance. #countingchickens
• Thu, 11:37: It occurs to me that I could print this out and do my edits while exercising on my stationary bike. That would be actually smart.

In light of the guidelines of I Am the Abyss...

Which state, in part: "Something to note: if you are half-finished with your story but October 1st of this year is coming up fast, you can submit the story in partial form. While we much prefer the finished version we understand busy schedules and if the idea is exciting enough and the portion we read well realized enough we just might accept it based on those strengths alone."

I think I'm going to try to bang out a first draft of this thing and see how that goes. I was pretty much going to abandon it, since the deadline is October 1 and that's coming up fast, and the wordcount is high...but if I can bang out 2000 words a day (which, if I'm actually working, I can do in four half-hour sessions), I'll have the first draft done in less than a week.

I'm now 3000 words in and pretty pleased with the thing. So I guess we'll see.