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Thank You For Summing That Up!

By On April 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Job Hunt, Movies, Writing

I’ve managed to start in on Lesson 2 of How To Revise Your Novel in earnest this last Sunday, which is going through the novel and finding out just what I promised so that I can see if I broke or ignored any of them. I made it to page 25 of my 400 page manuscript–almost to the end of Chapter 2. It’s not a lot of progress, strictly speaking…

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Goal Reached

By On March 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Writing

Last week I promised myself to get through Chapter 20 in my revisions. This week I’m proud to report that I did. I’ve noticed my writing has noticeably improved over the first chapters I wrote and the points in which there have been story inconsistencies or character problems have been fewer than they were at the beginning of the novel.

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*Huff* *Puff* The first revision update. Whew!

By On March 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Writing

Yeesh. I went into this revision process raring to go, and now I’m barely in the midst of Chapter 10 (out of 24) and am huffing and puffing. Well, Holly did say this was the hardest part, I suppose. But I need to set a goal.

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And So It Begins

By On March 6, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Writing

I’m about to begin my revision of Vergence: The Last Rebellion. As I type this, my 401-page manuscript is printing out, one page at a time. I have only written 60,000 words, so those of you who have done this before can probably surmise that I am printing this with some pretty wide margins. 1.5 inches all the way around and double spaced, to be precise.

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