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Working Away
Mar. 29th, 2014 09:00 pmI finished typing in the found novella a couple days ago, making little changes along the way. I've a short list of adjustments I want to make -- mostly fleshing out the world and giving the secondary characters a little more depth. It's nice to know I need not then go back to slash things I like for the sake of coming in under a certain wordcount. While I certainly believe work should be edited and tightened, I believe equally that tightening for the primary purpose of hitting a certain number can weaken rather than strengthen some stories.
My other goal in editing is to lay groundwork for future stories about these characters. I don't currently have any planned, but I certainly want to have the option. Besides, it's a good project and a distraction while I await beta feedback.
In other news, I'm greatly looking forward to Saturday -- the first day I won't have to teach, see clients, be on call to drive someone somewhere, or clean storage units since March 16. I'm a little on the tired side, but not yet dejected-tired. Dev and I are both pretty worn out from the one-thing-after-another months of November to present, compounded by crappy weather that made everything more difficult than it ought to have been. And, of course, I'm getting the urge to Go Somewhere again, but am forcing myself to wait until Wiscon.
My other goal in editing is to lay groundwork for future stories about these characters. I don't currently have any planned, but I certainly want to have the option. Besides, it's a good project and a distraction while I await beta feedback.
In other news, I'm greatly looking forward to Saturday -- the first day I won't have to teach, see clients, be on call to drive someone somewhere, or clean storage units since March 16. I'm a little on the tired side, but not yet dejected-tired. Dev and I are both pretty worn out from the one-thing-after-another months of November to present, compounded by crappy weather that made everything more difficult than it ought to have been. And, of course, I'm getting the urge to Go Somewhere again, but am forcing myself to wait until Wiscon.
