I have finished revising up through Chapter Six, and now I'm for bed. Some last-minute research and a brief stint of panic while it appeared my data stick had corrupted slowed me down a bit, otherwise I would have been asleep much sooner! I also did some rearranging in chapters 7-12, actually cutting some stuff and consolidating 10 and 11 into one chapter. So I only have 5 more to get through by tomorrow to meet my goal, but that's still a tall order.
Looks like I'll have to do another assignment for the Circle.
In my defense, I've probably written several thousand new words (it's hard to keep track since I'm replacing stuff as I go, and my word counts aren't changing that much). And I'm spending every waking minute of free time on this: lunch breaks, evenings, weekends into the wee hours. So it's not like I'm slacking off, I've just underestimated the amount of time it will take me to get through a certain number of chapters.
The good news is, most of the MAJOR changes I'm making occur in the opening act. So if I can get through this, a lot of the later material will just need an edit for language/style, but not massive redrafting. I hope.
Looks like I'll have to do another assignment for the Circle.
In my defense, I've probably written several thousand new words (it's hard to keep track since I'm replacing stuff as I go, and my word counts aren't changing that much). And I'm spending every waking minute of free time on this: lunch breaks, evenings, weekends into the wee hours. So it's not like I'm slacking off, I've just underestimated the amount of time it will take me to get through a certain number of chapters.
The good news is, most of the MAJOR changes I'm making occur in the opening act. So if I can get through this, a lot of the later material will just need an edit for language/style, but not massive redrafting. I hope.
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