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I'm dilly-dallying. I am. *sigh*
I viciously murdered my darlings yesterday, and there is more on the menu today.
But I have four chapters, each with a single POV and a plan for streamlining the timeline of the story for the next, oh, hundred pages. I'm hacking and slashing so hard, I've lost all perspective.
I'm afraid I sacrificed narrative tension for structural cohesiveness, but I can always give it another pass later. In fact, I suspect I'll need another word cull after this one, but just getting something I'm not ashamed of on paper is something.
I even had the hubby read the first 50 pages of the draft, plus the four chapters I hacked and slashed it into, and he said it was improved. (He never really over-praises my work. I think it's not really his cuppa, what with all the slashing of man parts. :P )
He also said that fears of it being too derivative of the X-Men have been allayed somewhat in the re-write. It has more of crime novel feel to it, I think.
Anyway. I may well be out of the loop (if I know what's good for me) until after St. Paddy's Day.
Then I will be back to beg for beta readers. :) Be warned.
I viciously murdered my darlings yesterday, and there is more on the menu today.
But I have four chapters, each with a single POV and a plan for streamlining the timeline of the story for the next, oh, hundred pages. I'm hacking and slashing so hard, I've lost all perspective.
I'm afraid I sacrificed narrative tension for structural cohesiveness, but I can always give it another pass later. In fact, I suspect I'll need another word cull after this one, but just getting something I'm not ashamed of on paper is something.
I even had the hubby read the first 50 pages of the draft, plus the four chapters I hacked and slashed it into, and he said it was improved. (He never really over-praises my work. I think it's not really his cuppa, what with all the slashing of man parts. :P )
He also said that fears of it being too derivative of the X-Men have been allayed somewhat in the re-write. It has more of crime novel feel to it, I think.
Anyway. I may well be out of the loop (if I know what's good for me) until after St. Paddy's Day.
Then I will be back to beg for beta readers. :) Be warned.