Stephenie posted a new blog message over at her MySpace page. She has finished the rough draft of Breaking Dawn! YEAH! AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!! This doesn’t mean that the book is finished, though. It means that the ROUGH draft is finished. For those of you that write fan fiction, it means that the beta readers haven’t even looked at it yet… and we’re not talking about ten pages of a fan fic! We’re talking about 775 pages of a novel that needs to be edited. So PLEASE don’t start pestering her about having the book come out early since it is "done." She reminded us that it took her about a year and a half to two years from rough draft of Twilight to getting the book on the store shelves. But she says not to panic! She and Little Brown will do everything they can to get the book out by the fall of 2008.
She also gives us some really great statistics to compare all the books. Twilight was 475 pages on the computer and 498 pages in book form. New Moon was 528 pages on the computer and 564 pages in book form. Eclispe was 611 pages on the computer and 629 in book form. And, as I already said, Breaking Dawn currently checks in at 775 pages on the computer!!! This is before editing, though, so that number will probably change. Still, she guestimates that the book will be around 800 pages. WOO HOO!!! WAY TO GO STEPHENIE!!!
If that’s not a great Christmas gift to us fans, I don’t know what is!
Alphie
(Many thanks to i_dream_of_edward for the heads up on this!)
Yes! 1st message! Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!!!!
OMG OMG BREAKING DAWN!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!! *screams*
OMG!!!!
Geez. Stephenie Meyer says NOT to panic?!?! I CANT wait til the fall of 08!!!!!
OMG OMG OMG-BREAKING DAWN IS ALMOST DONE!!!!!! YAY!
Woah mama!!!! Stephenie, you go grrl, you lean, mean, writing machine. That is impressive. Now enjoy Christmas and have a Happy New Year!!!!!!!
*cue insane fn girl squeeling*
This is great, go Stephenie. Good luck with the editing, I know how much it sucks. Oh nd BD will be out so sooon. THis is my fav. Christmas gift.
Exciting news! The more pages the better. I’m looking forward to every word from Stephenie Meyer!
800 pages!!!! YES!!!! Wow. I can’t believe Stephenie told us all that!! She’s totally the best author to be a fan of. YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!
Yay, I think this is probably the best Christmas gift Stephenie could ever give us. =D
Thanks so much for everything. Now you should take a nice break, you truly deserve it. And I love the fact that it’s probably going to be the longest books. I LOVE long books.
Happy holidays!
Don’t change narrators
bella is the best narrator if you change it we will miss everything
if you do have 2 change the narrator then make it edward so we don’t miss the wedding
This is without a doubt the best Christmas present we obsessed fans could ask for! Now we just have to be patient enough for fall 2008!
Thanks for the hard work, Stephenie! Have a very merry Christmas, a happy new year, and enjoy spending some much deserved time with your family!
i’m so happy to hear the news!
that’s an awesome christmas gift to hear about it lol.
800 pages of twilight bliss!
Yes! This is just amazing! I can’t wait until Breaking Dawn comes out.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
:):):):):)
that is THE best christmas gift i could eve get i ope they get it done SPRING instead of fall
AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! im so excited for the books to come out, i can not wait, i reeeeeaaaaallllyyy want to read it so badly, i wanna read it i wanna read it i wanna read it iwanna read it
thanx to stephenie ive compleated all my reading asignments cuz all i do now is read read and read ^_^
That definitely just made my day! Cant wait for it to come out. Happy Holidays!
ahhh this is the best christmas present ever!!
OMG!!! I freakin love stephenie meyer!! i cant wait for Breaking Dawn!! 800 pages of pure enjoyment!!
Thanks so much stephenie! Have a merry christmas and a happy new year and i really do hope that all of the editing and all that other stuff goes great for you!!
Freaking good news!!!
Happy Holidays to every one!
YAY! I’m so excited! We’ll be able to read it before the film comes out aswell!
YES!!!!!!!
800 pages!!!!!!!!!!!
IM so excited!
i mean a year isnt that long! kinda
but yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
im so happy
merry christmas to all
and hannakah and kwanza and to every holiday you celebrate!
OMG…do you guys know what that means…800 pages of Bella and Edward’s adventures of their wedding, being changed into a vampire…well that’s my guess but YES!
At least the rough draft is done.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEAR!!!!!!! 2008 ISN’T THAT FAR BEHIND!
I don’t think I will ever get out of Forks. I am chomping at the bit for Breaking Dawn. I am counting down the months.
Thanks Stephanie for the update. Have a Merry Christmas and enjoy the time with your family.
WOOOOOOO!!!!!! YES!!!!!!! You ROCK Stephenie!!!
Merry Christmas everyone! And Happy Holidays!
OMC! This is the B – E – S -T.
And for anybody who doesn’t know – it’s Stephenie’s birthday tommorow!!!!
NO GIFT CAN TOP THAT.
haha rejoice time!!!!
Guys!!! i am having some thoughts about bella turning out to vampire…..
What if she is immune.. i mean when James bites her the venom got out on her system then Edward sucked it out, what if that was like getting a vaccine????
Yay! Next year is quite possibly going to be my best year so far! I’m so excited for the book!
Christmas dreams do come true!!
I screamed when i read the news. I know, a bit irrational, but who cares! It’s Breaking Dawn! Breaking news!!
By the way, does anyone know the answer to my question? Stephenie Meyer is publishing Breaking Dawn in Bella’s point of view, and the Midnight Sun in Edward’s point of view, but what’s she doing afterwards? Does anyone know?
If you don’t then that’s fine. Just wondering.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh exclamation point!
Sweet mother that is sooo fantastic!! Woot woot!
I can pratically hear the screaming fans from here
Happy holidays indeed!
800 pages…W-O-W…I think I may have to submerge myself in an ice bath now…don’t mind the drool…
WOOHOOO!!!!
MY GOSH WE LIKE….are at a harry potter level now. hahaha when it comes to book pages that is. THAT IS SO AWESOME. way to go stephenie! man that must take alot of time.
YAAAAY! Awesome 800 pages! I can’t wait! I just hope she won’t stop after BK!
Merry Christmas and happy new year
That’s terriblee.
Wait. One. Minute.
I need to scream:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AHAHAHAHAH!
I’M SO EXCITED!!!!
800 pages rocks!
This is so AWESOME!
YOU ROCK STEPHENIE!
*concentrates on breathing* in out in… AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
GASP! *faints*
YES!!! Amazing, thanks so much Stephenie, can’t wait for the release! Happy holidays!
Okay **Hyperventilating** Yay!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, breath… I am so excited!!! Wow, 800 pages, good job Stephenie!! I can’t wait! I’m so glad that there are so many pages because I don’t have to wait as long for the next one!! **Screams**
Thanks for all the hard work, Stephenie!!!
800 pages of perfection…august can’t come fast enough
Merry Christmas!
I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE!!!!! BUT I THINK THAT THE GUY THAT PLAYS CEDRIC ( IN HARRY POTTER) WILL RUIN THE MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HE SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO PLAY EDWARD
*SQUEAL!* I always tell myself not to squeal like a fan girl, but I can’t help it! This is the best news since…since…since…
Well, you get the idea. Way to go Steph, and have a merry christmas everyone!
800 pages *sigh*
per-fect
next year needs to get here FASTER!!!
/800 pages/? That’s almost as much as the thickest HP book (by about 80 pages, but whatever^_^’ ) Alleluja, amen, praise Carlisle!
I think Stephenie just beat out Santa in making people happy this holiday season…
That’s utterly amazing! I can’t believe how much she’s written! I write in my free time since I’m still in school and writing that much in the amount of time that she has had with 2 little boys is phenomenal! I’m really glad she has that kind of talent! I can’t wait for it to come out! Amen is right! This is my favorite Christmas present EVER! YAY! GO STEPHENIE!
What? Christmas is in two days? Screw that! Stephenie just finished the rough draft of Breaking Dawn!
Fall 2008 can’t come soon enough!
*Jaw drops to the floor* Yay! I can’t wait the rough draft is done, there still is all that editing and stuff but still this makes me feel like Breaking Dawn is so close!
*SCREAMS* YAAAY!! so awesome. cant wait…….(even though i still have to for probably a whhhhhhillle)
Merry Christmas,I really like the characters you think there good to make the movie!But I don’t like the character who is going to play Edward.Robert Pattinson isn’t going to work.Edward is good looking and he is white and more.I’m not saying that the character who is going to play Edward isn’t cute because he is.I really like your stories?
Have a wonderful time with your family!
levis, why is this “terrible”? I think it’s AMAZING
*big huge fangirl squeal* 800 pages of Edward!!!!! thats another really good thing happening next fall!!!! fall needs to come fast!!!!!