Forty-five pages/12.5K words to go on this revision.
Unless, of course, I go bonkers and decide to start over at the beginning again. I just so want this to be as good as it can possibly be.
All right-- final push.
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Barb - Jul 27, 2009 5:55:01 am PDT #1890 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Gudanov - Jul 27, 2009 6:01:14 am PDT #1891 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Good luck with the final push.
Amy - Jul 27, 2009 6:19:36 am PDT #1892 of 6690
Because books.
When you're done with this round, Barb, I would really let it rest at least a couple of days before you consider going through again. You're not going to have any perspective if you jump right back in, you know?
Barb - Jul 27, 2009 6:25:31 am PDT #1893 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
I may not even do that, Amy-- I may just shove it into email to my agent because if I know someone else has it, I'll be able to resist temptation to tinker even further. I mean, all she had wanted in the first place were some small fixes here and there, but given the time of year and the fact that I really hadn't gone through it with a fine-tooth comb in over a year, I decided to go ahead and go whole hog with it.
But I know I have to let it go, because if it does get bought, that's going to be at least one more revision pass if not more, so I have to keep that in mind.
Gudanov - Jul 27, 2009 7:16:14 am PDT #1894 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Now that I think about the rocking on chapter four may slow down the next time I work on it. I have a metric buttload of backstory in the draft coming up immediately. I have to pare down everything I can get away with.
Barb - Jul 27, 2009 7:52:31 am PDT #1895 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Thirty-five pages to go and one of my characters is just absolutely breaking my heart.
WAAAAHHHHHHH
Gudanov - Jul 27, 2009 5:05:18 pm PDT #1896 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I just found a typo. It should be 'The man gave Martin a bow' not 'The man gave Martin a blow'. Boy, one letter makes a big difference.
Barb - Jul 27, 2009 8:05:41 pm PDT #1897 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Ooph, Gud. Those are always problematic. Because spell check won't catch those.
ImememeN, I am DONE.
The last 35 pages took longer than I expected, but I was being very careful to make sure all the loose ends and references were tied together, nothing left hanging. Best part, though, is when you read through and you realize those threads all pulled themselves together, seemingly without much effort on your part.
The Girls in the Basement, hard at work.
I'll let it rest a bit and maybe skim some specific bits tomorrow, then Wednesday morning, off it goes to Madame Agent.
-t - Jul 27, 2009 8:07:29 pm PDT #1898 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
All right, Barb! Woo!
Beverly - Jul 28, 2009 12:54:49 am PDT #1899 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Go Barb! Ehhhxcellent!
Gud, it will be tomorrow before I can have a look. (looks at clock) Well, later today.