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My echnos twitter is still up, but if those who are following it want to nuke it, go ahead. I won't be updating it anymore.  

Decided that I needed a representative twitter...so, had hoped to use carolyngray, but it was taken.  So, carolyn_gray it is.

Today at lunch, got through 9 more pages of rewrite.  I am shredding words left and right--so much fun!  So FRIGHTENING!  209 pages down, 404 to go!  LOL.  Pages. 404 pages. Ouch.  But, it is going well, still no sign of a revision letter either. Yet. Good. WHEW!!!

I want to get this done so I can get back to ballet boy fic, argh...but it will be all the better.  There is much to learn from rewriting, that's for sure.  Oh I groan, I groan, at how I wrote this damn thing...aaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  LOL.

lgbtfest is preying on me...BUT!  I have it figured out, and, there WILL BE FLASHBACK COMMITTED!!!!

Heh.

To work, kids, to work.  FOLLOW ME!

Comments

[fictional-one.livejournal.com]

How far did you whittle the 209 pages down?

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly, or maybe not, I am taking ALOT of crap out. And toughening up the characters quite a bit. LOL. It is alot of fun, really is. About to dive more into it here in a few seconds.

[fictional-one.livejournal.com]

I'm really wondering how that works when you don't have the revision notes yet?

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, this fic was written so long ago, that with time passing, I can just SEE how much needs to be improved, taken out, strengthened...I let my editor know I was doing this and she was all for it. I am not changing the storyline, just making it stronger, the characters stronger, taking out the overkill--there is lots of that.

When the revision letter comes, then I will have a much cleaner manuscript. My editor gives me alot of leeway, honestly--my mystery one though? She was KILLER...she went through EVERY SINGLE LINE and I had to justify it ALL. She was awesome! My current one is not quite the vicious. LOL!!!

[fictional-one.livejournal.com]

Just the thought of an editor imposed re-write makes me cringe. I think that's one reason I pick my own writing apart and have re-written the same scene a dozen times. I'd rather take longer and beat the extra words off the page before I send it off.

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

LOL but they will still find things to change, trust me...all editors do love to edit after all!!!

Heh heh.

:)