The thing to remember is it's a first draft. It doesn't matter what is looks like--it will be edited from whatever stage it's in many many times until you get to the final product. I know people who start with the dialogue then go back and fill in...

Congratulations. Looking forward to reading it. Enjoyed The Language of Trees. My husband's family is from upstate NY, so was nice to read something set there.

Regina, I adopted an interracial baby at 45. Somehow, we kept putting off having kids because we "couldn't afford it." Then suddenly I went to medical school at 39, and lo and behold, there was no "good time" to have a baby with 8 years in...

Congratulations, Jennifer! It's good to see so many of us SheWrites women making our goals!!!

28459 words. Going well. Having to do a little research along the way, so didn't get as much accomplished as  wished.  Also supervised my 11th grade son's English paper on gender studies due today, which he wrote last night and I proofread at 2...

Voted for our sisters on SheWrites.

You got my vote!

7584 so far!

Love the marriage brant!

I'm on track, even with working full time! I also talked my son into submitting his short story rework of THE SCARLET LETTER into the story of a veteran who's come home to the surprise of his wife having had a baby by another man.