The Novel Diary: Week 48
Word count: 40,082.
My revision of “Paths” is taking longer than I anticipated. Regardless of the reasons (which, amazingly, I cannot think of any), tonight I put in a good two hours of rewriting and semi-productive crafting. I wrestled with a segue for 40 minutes. In place of something I felt was corny and amateurish — which had an unfortunate meeting with the “delete” button — I want to insert something new and weave it seamlessly into the subject of the next graph. I read and reread the proceeding text to find a rhythm and strike inspiration, but was not feeling it. I decided to move on and made a note to return in the future. (We shall meet again, segue.)
Ah, the joys of rewriting. I will say, though, I grow fond of axing entire paragraphs. When making line edits I often write “needed?” and draw an arrow to questionable sentences or graphs. At the time I am unsure what to do with them, but when I get down to brass tacks I cannot resist the urge to highlight and delete. Click. Drag. Tap. Problem solved. If I question its importance it needs to go. So far I have axed 603 words — and I have yet to finish one timeline and move on to the second.
The novel has taken a backseat, but I am being productive. Hooray, productivity!
My revision of “Paths” is taking longer than I anticipated. Regardless of the reasons (which, amazingly, I cannot think of any), tonight I put in a good two hours of rewriting and semi-productive crafting. I wrestled with a segue for 40 minutes. In place of something I felt was corny and amateurish — which had an unfortunate meeting with the “delete” button — I want to insert something new and weave it seamlessly into the subject of the next graph. I read and reread the proceeding text to find a rhythm and strike inspiration, but was not feeling it. I decided to move on and made a note to return in the future. (We shall meet again, segue.)
Ah, the joys of rewriting. I will say, though, I grow fond of axing entire paragraphs. When making line edits I often write “needed?” and draw an arrow to questionable sentences or graphs. At the time I am unsure what to do with them, but when I get down to brass tacks I cannot resist the urge to highlight and delete. Click. Drag. Tap. Problem solved. If I question its importance it needs to go. So far I have axed 603 words — and I have yet to finish one timeline and move on to the second.
The novel has taken a backseat, but I am being productive. Hooray, productivity!
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