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4th draft - nearly done

317 pages out of 350 now edited in the fourth draft. Somewhat slower than I expected – partly that I’d not put in as many hours, but mostly because I’ve been rewriting more than I thought I’d have to. It’s worth it though.



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Progress

In the fourth draft I have
- identified and fixed three significant inconsistencies/plot holes
- identified a load of places I’ve used “seem” and “feel” and updated the sentences to use stronger phrasing
- searched for every -ly adverb and culled a load of them.
- so far done a general edit up to page 131 (out of 350) with lots of turning telling into showing, cutting phrases to make it punchier, and a fair few typo and grammar corrections.

220 more pages to go on this draft … I had a week off over Easter so need to make up for lost time.



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Fourth Draft underway

I’ve just finished revising the first chapter of the fourth draft; I re-ordered some paragraphs to make sure it started with more of a punch, and cleaned up a few little sections (mostly cutting unnecessary fluff). Twenty-seven more chapters to go on this revision.

I guess Draft 5 will be when I need to read it aloud and check for the rhythm and feel of the passages.



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