The SVU Connection

Flight Facts

This page is a collection of facts, figures and other goodies for anyone interested in Flight. (If there is anything else you would like to see contact me through the comment page or via e-mail and let me know.)

Notes and Editions:
*all files are in .pdf format
Original Notes for the story
*A note about the notes: I create my paragraphs with the first line flush to the edge and each subsequent line in the paragraph indented. I have no real reason for this aside from the fact that it just helps me see the shape of the story better. The notes are also written as if I'm talking to myself at times, so they may not make a lot of sense throughout the document. Mostly, this is just for myself, but I'm making it vailable for anyone who might be interested.
Original Version of Part Three - because it is has been edited to the point that it is a completely different book and I figure a person or two might be interested to see how I had originally got to relatively the same ending.
The First Draft (complete with spelling and grammatical errors)
"Edition 1" (edited story, but retaining much of the original storyline and flow)
"Edition 2" (the whole story as a single .pdf file)
  • Flight Stats:
    Initial word count: 371,700
    “Edition 2” word count: 448,477
    Began writing: Friday February 16, 2007 7:23:54PM
    First completed: Thursday September 27, 2007 1:43AM
    Last update: Wednesday September 17, 2008 2:54AM
    Body Count: 18
    Pages: 849
    Paragraphs: 17,145
    Lines: 38,634
    Characters: 2,021,915
    Number of pages before M$ Word phailed: 541
  • Number of Times Used:
    Olivia – 3904
    Elliot – 4181
    Cragen – 704
    Monday – 54
    Tuesday – 91
    Wednesday – 39
    Thursday – 45
    Friday – 68
    Saturday – 52
    Sunday – 57
    flight – 16
    SVU – 136
    coffee – 112
    tear(s) – 60 (182)
    hate – 184
    love – 221
    detective – 444
    bastard – 60
    “everything’s fine” – 19

Song List(songs mentioned in the book)

  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles
  • American Pie – Don McLean
  • We Fall Down – Donnie McClurkin
  • Irreplaceable – Beyonce Knowles (not available)
  • Lately – Stevie Wonder
  • SexyBack – Justin Timberlake
  • Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude - Bach
  • Nocturne Opus 72 No. 1 in E - Chopin
  • Etude Opus 10 No. 1 in C - Chopin (not available)
  • Clair de Lune - Debussy
  • White Christmas – Otis Redding