First day back at the job that earns the paycheck. Single thought today: having this book to look forward to helps me get through rotten times at work. Yeah book!
Didn’t do too many edits today. Thinking too hard on a moving train causes motion sickness. I’ve added a favourite quote of mine up front (I’m a quotes junkie. If you’ve been reading other things here, I’m sure you’ve noticed.) I like to think of edits to be more of revisioning or perhaps recasting. Throwing away the bad parts, fleshing out the good and perhaps expanding on them. I have a not-so-typical writer’s syndrome of ‘under-writing’ what I mean to say, assuming everyone knows what I’m thinking. Most writers I’ve met, or have read their writing tips, often say to cut 10%. Not I. Adding 10% is probably a better bet. Clearer, anyway.
It was hard to get even this much (little) done today on the story. Does it only get worse?
