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I crossed 28,000 words of the re-write\/editing project! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it’s going well. I’m excited about some events that take place in the story: it really does build up to a proper climax or two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this rewrite, I’m seeing that my chapter breaks aren’t well placed within the story. I’m sure I can do better! I should also examine the number of subsections I have, which mark changes of scene. I don’t know if they should be chapters or not, but I do think it is useful to announce location\/place\/participant changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a crisis\/subplot that feels really relevant to the main character, but I’m unsure whether it plays out at the right time within the story. I’ll have to examine it again. It may be possible for it to occur at the same time, but be explained and examined by the characters later in the story…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are some nouns that I’m renaming from the first draft as I write, and I’m trying to rename them consistently throughout the book. (Since the book is being re-entered, I can’t just do some sort of global search and replace yet.) This is the sort of thing that I was diagramming in a mind mapping program earlier this week, but a simple table or set of tables listing characters and the names of things (departments, hallways, offices, whether the cafeteria is called that or if it is a staff lounge, etc.) would also help me maintain continuity. So would an editor, but I’m not there yet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m also doing fun internet searches for things like, ‘how many words can I type without injuring myself,’ because the all-meeting era of work meant that I really was NOT typing all day, every day, and my arms have their doubts about this. I’m still learning the ergonomic keyboard. I am learning to take breaks more regularly, and to use my amazing headphones to have a few lively dance numbers in the kitchen, so my blood circulates, and my body remembers life beyond my office chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary: I’m enjoying this, I’m glad I’m doing this, I’m gaining some new perspectives on how to improve it. <\/strong>Also, I believe this revision is now a higher priority than writing my fifth (!) novel(la) in November for NaNoWriMo, so I’ll keep at it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I crossed 28,000 words of the re-write\/editing project! I think it’s going well. I’m excited about some events that take place in the story: it really does build up to a proper climax or two. During this rewrite, I’m seeing that my chapter breaks aren’t well placed within the story. I’m sure I can do … <\/p>\n

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