The massive edit

I printed the draft one sided so that I could use the backside for longer passages of writing. There are still some chunks ( at least in the first third) that need quite a bit of work. The first part of the book (30 pages of this draft) is now pretty tight. I still enjoy reading it - it flows well. My wife commented on a few passages being well written. That makes me think that maybe I do have a little writing talent.

A number of factors have delayed the editing, but of late I’ve been making more steady progress. I HOPE that I can get the rest of this edit completed within the next month or so. Though, I’ve come to realize that setting deadlines is sort of pointless. Anyways - odds are (even after publishing) that not many people will read this book - so what’s the point of rushing through this?

Another point: Having 60 pages with all of these edits - I’m worried about losing these pages do to some unforeseen accident - namely some great pitcher of water being spilled on the pages - running the ink and ruining the text. Wouldn’t that be bad? YES - it would.

There are times when I have to force myself to work out a few sections that are particularly rough. I think they’ve become so rough because they were added to over the past drafts - but never blended well together. My first thoughts when hitting these sections is to put the text down, or flip to the next page. Neither are great for getting this book done.

One last point: I find that the dialogue for the most part works well. Beyond a few grammatical points or continuity issues I only modify the dialogue for plot and character development issues