Today, I started the real work. The real rewriting. I’m on page 20 of 180. I’ve cut something like fifteen pages, yet I’ve added about 700 words (most of the page cutting came from formatting changes–which may still not be correct). I added a short scene and deleted a different … Continue reading →
PBOTL First Pass Revisions are complete. I’ve also constructed the timeline. Yes, I know some people do this first, but the Bear dictated to me, so I didn’t know the timeline until it was finished. Nine and half years of timeline it is, too. I’ve tried to fix a few … Continue reading →
I have just under 12k to go on this first pass. Then the real work begins. My time line is closer, but I still don’t have it fully captured. I have a little tweaking to do to make sure it’s correct. I should finish the first pass tomorrow and get … Continue reading →
Less than 100 pages to go on the first pass. Alas, I am not strictly following Holly’s One-Pass Revision. Or, perhaps I am, but I’m not good enough yet to do it in one-pass. (grin) I’m in the Manuscript Slog, but I need more practice to be able to handle … Continue reading →
Everything appears to have gone well. The anesthesiologist wanted to do general, so that’s what we went with. He promised happy drugs, and he delivered. I remember them wheeling me toward the operating room, but I never saw the place. Next thing I knew, I was waking up in recovery, … Continue reading →
I’m lead off knee for the orthopedics circus tomorrow. With slicing and dicing scheduled to begin at 7:30am, I’m making a wild guess that I’ll be home under the care of Nurse Nancy by 10am. Any takers on the pool? I hope I recover well enough so I can send … Continue reading →
Took advantage of an unexpected opportunity to do some revisions this morning before work and managed to snag Holly to work with her. While she was executing traitors, I was learning about talking heads (in two sentences, Holly summed up half the problem I detect in this novel). It’s all … Continue reading →
Took out a few words and added a few words today. I’m reading margin notes and skipping some of them–not sure how to mess with them or am not ready to yet. I’m doing the easy things on this pass. The obvious stuff. I suspect there’s way too much telling … Continue reading →
Made it to 23,991 of 95,321 in PBOTL‘s editing today. Lest we get too excited, this was the easy stuff. I didn’t find any fixes requiring significant work on my part to this point. We’re nearly two years into Inuit’s odyssey. Note to Self: Do not, no matter how tempted … Continue reading →
Have I mentioned I like this bear? OK. So what if nobody else likes her; I do. I’m on page 165 of 373 (I double-spaced the printout for easier commenting), and I like the story. I’m making notes to fix things. Next time through, I’ll do it on the machine, … Continue reading →