Sinking up
Thursday, April 25th, 2013 01:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizvogelIn the past few days, I've finished the last scene to be filled in on ...And The Kitchen Sink, which was possibly even more anti-climactic than the other fill-ins. That's okay; it's not the climax. All these scenes loomed large because I'd left them open in case I needed to Do Something with them, which meant I felt like I ought to Do Something with them. But for anyone reading them without that background, they should work just fine as the small transitional pieces and/or bits of color & characterization they've turned out to be. I didn't hit the 500 words per day quota on the last couple of days, but that's all right; it's served its purpose.
I still need to add a brief reference to the pirates. Writing the relevant line isn't a problem; I've already got several to choose from. Finding somewhere to put it may be the hardest thing I do on this book.
I'm now in the midst of a final read-through and line-edit before I hand it off for a proper beta reading. Having a hard time keeping other voices out of my head during this process, particularly the kind that like to promulgate rules for their own sake. This is not a rules-following piece of prose, and it's not supposed to be.
Also, line-editing is tedious, and I'm out of practice. ;-) This may call for the same grab-self-by-scruff-of-neck-and-throw-self-at-work that the original writing did.
Also also, I think the word "done" has so many flexible meanings when it comes to a novel that I'm disinclined to apply it. Have I really gotten that jaded already? :-)
I still need to add a brief reference to the pirates. Writing the relevant line isn't a problem; I've already got several to choose from. Finding somewhere to put it may be the hardest thing I do on this book.
I'm now in the midst of a final read-through and line-edit before I hand it off for a proper beta reading. Having a hard time keeping other voices out of my head during this process, particularly the kind that like to promulgate rules for their own sake. This is not a rules-following piece of prose, and it's not supposed to be.
Also, line-editing is tedious, and I'm out of practice. ;-) This may call for the same grab-self-by-scruff-of-neck-and-throw-self-at-work that the original writing did.
Also also, I think the word "done" has so many flexible meanings when it comes to a novel that I'm disinclined to apply it. Have I really gotten that jaded already? :-)
