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Aug. 23rd, 2007 07:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellarien4000 words in the last three days, give or take. The temptation to take the night off is almost overwhelming, but I still have another 5.5K to go before I'm caught up. (I missed 12 days of the first month of the second ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
thing_in_150 round due to vacation and jet lag, so that's 6K words to make up, plus this week's quota.) I'm at close to 40K altogether, and I think roughly the right number of things have happened, but I'm not sure if I've done enough incluing around them. This one is definitely going to require multiple passes; this worries me, because I have almost zero experience of rewriting at that kind of level. Usually it's been -- if anything -- a pass or three to fix typoes, tighten the prose, and maybe trim an unneeded scene or two. The A.L. ended up at six drafts, but that involved attempting to file off the serial numbers and then putting them back, and a lot of learning as I went along; when I started the first draft, I had not yet been socialized to believe that switching viewpoints in mid-scene was bad. (I was rather annoyed when I did internalize that one, because it spoiled me for reading some things I used to find perfectly fine; I understand that some people find "head-hopping" discombobulating without needing to be told, but for me it's strictly a learned aversion. I still can't tell the difference between 'good omni' and 'bad omni', so I have to stick strictly to tight-third these days.)
thing_in_150 round due to vacation and jet lag, so that's 6K words to make up, plus this week's quota.) I'm at close to 40K altogether, and I think roughly the right number of things have happened, but I'm not sure if I've done enough incluing around them. This one is definitely going to require multiple passes; this worries me, because I have almost zero experience of rewriting at that kind of level. Usually it's been -- if anything -- a pass or three to fix typoes, tighten the prose, and maybe trim an unneeded scene or two. The A.L. ended up at six drafts, but that involved attempting to file off the serial numbers and then putting them back, and a lot of learning as I went along; when I started the first draft, I had not yet been socialized to believe that switching viewpoints in mid-scene was bad. (I was rather annoyed when I did internalize that one, because it spoiled me for reading some things I used to find perfectly fine; I understand that some people find "head-hopping" discombobulating without needing to be told, but for me it's strictly a learned aversion. I still can't tell the difference between 'good omni' and 'bad omni', so I have to stick strictly to tight-third these days.)