This last week has been awesome. In just about every way.
But especially regarding editing progress! I'm kind of on a role, have edited a good amount every day, and gotten through a huge chunk of text. I've organized and edited quite a few chapters-worth of material, and gotten through I think like 30k words. That means of course....
...That I'm three-quarters of the way through! I have around 50k words left, and I expect it to go pretty quickly, seeing how the last 50k went. I'm on a very productive streak right now. But the last part is also more recent, so the writing should be more according to my present level. Of course my present skill level in writing may not be amazing anyway, but at least it's waaay better than it was two years ago. Way. Better.
I now run the risk- and I feel I was doing this over the weekend, when I went through a huge mass of text in one sitting- of just reading instead of editing. Which is good in that I find my own writing decent enough to enjoy reading, but also bad because I'm not thinking or reading as critically when I do that, I think. So I'm going to try not to do too much at once (who thought I'd ever have this problem) so I won't fall into an easy and lazy habit.
Many major things need to be solved- like major choices made by characters- there was something that impacted many chapters that was caused by Taim, but I don't remember the reasoning I put behind it when I wrote it, since it doesn't seem to make sense now. These types of things I've made notes of (something Scrivener has been awesome about and is very handy for) and will review my original story notes and figure out solutions for my second edit. That may be the procrastinator in me, but I don't want to stop my momentum now and I can't wait to get the preliminary editing done.
So I'll see you next week! And hey, I'm even getting to bed before midnight tonight! What a grownup.
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Problems I'm Thinking About:
-logistical consistency
-character development
-messy writing and being too wordy(one of my main problems. It's horrific, really.)
-Pacing, especially regarding action and suspense for emotional scenes.
-making sure characters agree both with their own reason in their decisions and actual logic.
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