revision pass accountability, week three

week three!!

last week: ch 12–22, pacing. cut 2,900 words. turned a love triangle into a misunderstanding, which is honestly all it was

this week: ch 23–34, the ending. the part i've rewritten most and still don't trust

also i finished that debut with the moonlight girl i was worrying about. it's really good. i'm fine about it. mostly

5 replies

NNell Fairbairn1 wk ago
it's ok to feel weird about it even if it's good
SSophie Tremayne1 wk ago
Honestly two books with a similar idea isn't a bad thing. Shops and readers like having more of something they enjoyed.
CCallum Reid1 wk ago
Doing a pass on chapter 6. Cut the three scenes without the gull in them, on the editor's orders. She also wants a scene where the gull goes to the dentist. Not doing that one.
MMarcus Delaney-Webb1 wk ago
Not a full pass, but I was reading back chapter 14 and found my detective walking through a door I'd bricked up in chapter 9. Then he looks out of a window that faces the wrong way. Continuity is clearly not my strength.
JJordan ElleryYesterday
pass two is DONE. all 34 chapters, 7,900 words cut overall.
taking a week off from it now and then starting draft three