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davidgillon) wrote2015-09-16 03:34 pm
davidgillon) wrote2015-09-16 03:34 pm
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#Pitchwars Editing 14-15th Sept
Deleted 5700 words from the novel before breakfast yesterday, mostly as I hadn't actually been to sleep at that point, though the deletion was genuinely a morning thing, say 7:30 to 9:30.
Somewhat easier than it sounds as I just zapped everything not in the core Points of View. Surprisingly only needed about 100 words to patch over the deletions.
I was initially resistant to losing part of it, about 1600 words, as it completes a secondary character's arc (one of the bad guys), but I figured out a way to feed all that into the epilogue, in a way that actually makes the epilogue work better, so bye bye wordies....
I need to stop letting it affect my sleep, but with mentors in the US being up late does have advantages. I fell asleep about 12pm, slept until 3AM, woke up because my hips were splayed out again and not happy about it, and noticed KT had just posted a comment, so was able to have a chat conversation with her before trying to get back to sleep. I did get a homework assignment out of that, but seeing as it's read the Walker Chronicles, which I already like, plus the Jane Yellowrock books, which I've looked at, it's not too onerous. Ultimately I got a reasonable amount of sleep, but not really enough to make up for an entirely missed night.
Somewhat easier than it sounds as I just zapped everything not in the core Points of View. Surprisingly only needed about 100 words to patch over the deletions.
I was initially resistant to losing part of it, about 1600 words, as it completes a secondary character's arc (one of the bad guys), but I figured out a way to feed all that into the epilogue, in a way that actually makes the epilogue work better, so bye bye wordies....
I need to stop letting it affect my sleep, but with mentors in the US being up late does have advantages. I fell asleep about 12pm, slept until 3AM, woke up because my hips were splayed out again and not happy about it, and noticed KT had just posted a comment, so was able to have a chat conversation with her before trying to get back to sleep. I did get a homework assignment out of that, but seeing as it's read the Walker Chronicles, which I already like, plus the Jane Yellowrock books, which I've looked at, it's not too onerous. Ultimately I got a reasonable amount of sleep, but not really enough to make up for an entirely missed night.