...I still need to do a proper grammar-sweep, 'cause I'm sure I've mis-used a few commas and I know the plural of Triss' name is "Triss's" half the time and "Triss'" the other half of the time.
Other than that, it's in a state where I wouldn't be embarrassed to show it to an agent. The relationships/motivations are fleshed out, the transitions have been smoothed, and I have a solid grasp of the MC's "voice" where it just flows naturally off my fingers. Like this observation:
The corner of Jackson’s mouth twitched up. It wasn’t a smile, it was more like a dog showing fang just before it gives a warning growl.
You never cease to amaze me - just the morning you spent on it...I spent 15 hours editing mine and I know it's much much shorter than yours. However not that I correscted the fatal flaw I think it may, or may not, be done
ReplyDeleteWell, I only edited the first 5 chapters... so, 12,987 words. I only added around a thousand words to what was there before, mostly small pieces like re-writing chunks of paragraphs, adding single lines, etc.
DeleteI think I'm mentioned this before... I absolutely suck at multi-tasking... so, if I've got a lot of things going on at once, I do none of them very well at all.
BUT, at a singular task, I can focus/work like no other.
Well done! Any time spent reworking, editing is good in my book. I always have such a hard time with this step as I start Over thinking things...and then it just spirals down from there. blargh.
ReplyDeleteOver-thinking? I swear, they should make a medication for that... I'd buy it by the case ;)
Deleteyay! i wish i was more motivated to put effort into my wip.
ReplyDeleteYay! ...but you have just about the best excuse in the world ;)
DeleteHope the new little one is starting to fall into a sleep schedule you both can live with!!