But guess what? The rain just couldn't stay away and returned today. 😕
Anyway, this week I got stuck into the third draft of my latest Revision Project because this story has been eating my brain since I finished the second draft.
As you might remember, I wasn't entirely happy with how the story turned out because there was something missing. So, as soon as I started the next draft, I cut paragraphs, chapters, an entire POV character, and moved things around. A lot of things. I also added a bunch of new stuff to strengthen the plot. Of course, that also means that this novel has now become yet another novella.
Yep. This seems to be a running theme this year. But if it makes the story better, I'm happy.
Here's how this week turned out:
- Monday: 21/117pgs (38,857w)
- Tuesday: 35/113pgs (37,545w)
- Wednesday: 58/96pgs (31,992w)
- Thursday: 76/92pgs (29,758w)
- Friday: 93pgs / 30,097w
As you can see, it took me all week to complete the third draft but I'm not surprised because this turned out to be a complete rewrite. Seriously, I ended up replacing and changing SO MUCH! The bare bones of plot and character is still the same, but it's very different now. Much better!
Phew.
I feel like this is how I originally envisioned this story. Man, that first draft was quite a mess, but it's always exciting to turn a story around.
Anyway, the third draft is (finally) done! Yay. 😊
Now I'll put it aside until Monday and read the whole thing all over again on my Paperwhite. Can't wait to see how all the changes fit together.
Asides from working on this, I finally got the chance to catch up on some washing. And that's about it, because even when I wasn't on my laptop working away, I spent ages thinking about and taking notes for this story.
Like I said, it was eating my brain. 😳
I need a few days off so I'm looking forward to the weekend. We actually have the Federal Election tomorrow and I'm hoping Australians do the right thing and vote these crooks out.
See ya!
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