Status Report
Sep. 5th, 2004 06:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonHere's the latest on The Rewrite That Will Not Die 2: The Winnowing:
Chapters completed: 16 (though that's actually through revised chapter 17)
Revised page count: 607 (marked down from 635)
Revised manual word count: 149,220 previously 156k
Revised Word line count with a zero stuck on the end word count: 148,290 previously 154,860
So, I'm feeling good about me these days. Much of the cutting has been language fat, but the chunks of text I've removed have not felt like they hurt the integrity of the story. On the contrary, they bogged the flow down, so good riddance. Sometimes all it takes is asking myself the question: is this necessary information to the story I'm telling now? That puts a good perspective on what can stay and what should go.
I cut over half of one chapter and stuck what was left on another, so I'm back to my original chapter count (from the first draft) of 33 chapters plus epilogue. And I feel real good about getting this sucker below 150k. Since I'm not even halfway done, I dare to hope that perhaps I might get it down to 145k. That's still too long, but a heck of a lot better than 156k. If I can get it down further than that, huzzah and hallelujah.
Now, back to the salt mines...
Chapters completed: 16 (though that's actually through revised chapter 17)
Revised page count: 607 (marked down from 635)
Revised manual word count: 149,220 previously 156k
Revised Word line count with a zero stuck on the end word count: 148,290 previously 154,860
So, I'm feeling good about me these days. Much of the cutting has been language fat, but the chunks of text I've removed have not felt like they hurt the integrity of the story. On the contrary, they bogged the flow down, so good riddance. Sometimes all it takes is asking myself the question: is this necessary information to the story I'm telling now? That puts a good perspective on what can stay and what should go.
I cut over half of one chapter and stuck what was left on another, so I'm back to my original chapter count (from the first draft) of 33 chapters plus epilogue. And I feel real good about getting this sucker below 150k. Since I'm not even halfway done, I dare to hope that perhaps I might get it down to 145k. That's still too long, but a heck of a lot better than 156k. If I can get it down further than that, huzzah and hallelujah.
Now, back to the salt mines...