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Random info unworthy of a title Here's a log of the word counts for each of my drafts (major drafts that is--I do many more smaller drafts). Looking at this list, it may seem like all I do in drafts is add (or in the last couple of drafts, cut) but I do lots of cutting and changing each rewrite. E.g. draft 2 was 5000 words longer than draft 1, but I probably added about 10,000 words that draft, cutting another 5k. Draft 1 - 56,500 (begun: Sept 06, finished: Feb 07) Draft 2 - 61,470 Draft 3 - 89,700 Draft 4 - 106,600 Draft 5 - 131,800 Draft 6 - 141,500 Draft 7 - 132,600 Draft 8 - 130,400 (finished: Dec 08) I went on to make more changes during the copy edit stage than I have with any other book. Even at the final proofing stage (which is only for double checking for typos) I added two entire paragraphs. I could have tinkered with this book for years. Music sneaked in as a kind of character in this book. Here are all the songs mentioned: A Kiss to Build a Dream On, Louis Armstrong Islands in the Stream, Dolly Pardon and Kenny Rogers Lady, Kenny Rogers Wicked Game, Chris Isaac Short People, Randy Newman Chain of Fools, Aretha Franklin The Way that You Walk, Smashmouth Theme from The Godfather It's Been a Long, Long Day, Paul Simon Dream a Little Dream of Me I'm Going to Go Back There Someday Goody Two Shoes, Adam Ant Just a Gigolo, David Lee Roth More Than a Woman, the Bee Gees Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head Danny Boy That's Amore, Dean Martin I Am a Child of God, an LDS hymn Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler Summer Lovin', Grease Some of the titles I considered (I was going to name the main character Ginny and played with changing her last name): The Actor and the Housewife The Lost Art of Kissing How to Kiss A Kiss in Three Acts Kissing the Actor Kissing Friends The Romancing of Ginny James The Romancing of Becky Jack (if I ever write a sequel, this will be the title) The Loves of Ginny Jack The Miracles of Ginny Jaggie The Miracle of Becky Jack Ginny Gem and Her Men Ginny Kinney Ginny, Mike, and the Actor Man Arm Candy Kismet Return to main actor and the housewife page |