It’s short, full of holes, and messy. It also needs at least two sub-lines lain in before I can properly finish the Thrilling Conclusion. Therefore!
Ladies and gentlefriends, we have a draft!
Ghost Ship, First Draft
85,285 words/100,000
What happens next is that I compile the chapters, print out and read the whole thing, inasmuch as there is a “whole thing,” note the places where those lines need to be lain, do that, then print out the new “whole thing” and do a rolling edit.
What happens before any of that, though, is that I fall on my nose.
*thud*