Gala
Only other writers will appreciate this. Please, break out the bubbly.
I've completed the first pass of a major revision. This means I redlined the entire manuscript. That's 121,000 words, and over 500 printed pages.
There were some deaths and other challenges along the way, but I kept working on this manuscript throughout.
Now the best part. I was merciless in deleting anything and everything that didn't buzz. I knew I'd do this when I fleshed out the 120k words. But I thought I'd eventually cut much more.
Only 40k got omitted; I have a solid 80k I'm happy with. Now the really fun part I've been living for. I know what I have, what I want, where I'm going. I get to make it so.
:ack
I've completed the first pass of a major revision. This means I redlined the entire manuscript. That's 121,000 words, and over 500 printed pages.
There were some deaths and other challenges along the way, but I kept working on this manuscript throughout.
Now the best part. I was merciless in deleting anything and everything that didn't buzz. I knew I'd do this when I fleshed out the 120k words. But I thought I'd eventually cut much more.
Only 40k got omitted; I have a solid 80k I'm happy with. Now the really fun part I've been living for. I know what I have, what I want, where I'm going. I get to make it so.
:ack