It Begins

Yeah, I know I said I’d start editing Assignment Day this week. I decided on Saturday to go ahead and get started. Let’s just say I didn’t have much else to do that day and ended up going through the first ten chapters or so. I’m back to getting a sense of the storyline and feel for the characters, meaning this is going to be a readthrough where I don’t make any substantial changes. Once I’ve read through it all, I’ll take the time to assess what I feel are the weak points and nail down the nagging thoughts about it that are harder to put into words. Then I’ll fill in the missing parts, change some of the existing story, and take out what doesn’t need to be there. That all means I’ll probably have at least two more readthroughs in this process, followed by a final one for proofing. These books don’t write themselves, you know.