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[edencycle] Closer than I thought...!
Feb. 24th, 2013 05:17 pmIn the process of editing/revising A Division of Souls, I've been preparing a few chapters ahead of time so I can just pick up the next one when I get to it. The preparation has mainly been taking the last version (2011), shifting scenes if need be, and saving them as a new chapter for working on later. It works out well for me, as this is quite similar to how I wrote it in the first place (mapping out a few following scenes before I write them), and any shifting has already taken place. This way I can revise a chapter in a week or two. Added to this, I've been dedicating my weekday writing sessions solely to this project, so I've been getting quite a bit done. This dedication has worked so well that I even want to pick it up on the weekends when I should be working on other things (not that that's a bad thing...).
The other week while preparing the next batch, I suddenly noticed I only had nine chapters left to go and I'd be finished! WOO! Of course, once this is done, then I'd go through one more time specifically for grammar and flow (as well as some serious Find/Replace work on a couple of names). But the fact that it's only the end of February and I'm this close to being done with this round of rewriting/revision makes me extremely happy! This means two things: I get to jump in on revising The Persistence of Memories (probably my favorite in the trilogy), and more importantly, SUBMISSION TIME! I haven't submitted a manuscript anywhere for quite a few years, and I haven't submitted anything from the trilogy since probably 2004, so I'm very excited about this. Yes, even if it does get rejected! It's been WAY too long since I was at this point.
I have to say I've kicked my own ass repeatedly on this revision, and it was worth it. I did some serious overhaul of the first few chapters (as mentioned before, some of the passages hadn't changed much since the original 1999-2000ish versions), killed off quite a lot of deadwood and wrote a hell of a lot of improved sequences to take its place, and in my opinion, made this the best damn version it's ever been. And in the process I've learned a hell of a lot more about my own writing than I ever expected. That ain't bad at all.
All that said, if I keep up the speed I'm at, I think I should have everything done by the middle or end of March. Another month to do the cosmetic fixes, and I should have everything ready to go by May.
Here's to hoping... :)
The other week while preparing the next batch, I suddenly noticed I only had nine chapters left to go and I'd be finished! WOO! Of course, once this is done, then I'd go through one more time specifically for grammar and flow (as well as some serious Find/Replace work on a couple of names). But the fact that it's only the end of February and I'm this close to being done with this round of rewriting/revision makes me extremely happy! This means two things: I get to jump in on revising The Persistence of Memories (probably my favorite in the trilogy), and more importantly, SUBMISSION TIME! I haven't submitted a manuscript anywhere for quite a few years, and I haven't submitted anything from the trilogy since probably 2004, so I'm very excited about this. Yes, even if it does get rejected! It's been WAY too long since I was at this point.
I have to say I've kicked my own ass repeatedly on this revision, and it was worth it. I did some serious overhaul of the first few chapters (as mentioned before, some of the passages hadn't changed much since the original 1999-2000ish versions), killed off quite a lot of deadwood and wrote a hell of a lot of improved sequences to take its place, and in my opinion, made this the best damn version it's ever been. And in the process I've learned a hell of a lot more about my own writing than I ever expected. That ain't bad at all.
All that said, if I keep up the speed I'm at, I think I should have everything done by the middle or end of March. Another month to do the cosmetic fixes, and I should have everything ready to go by May.
Here's to hoping... :)
