I thought it would be painful to cut big chunks out of my book, but having taken fours months or so off from it I can see what's good and what clearly needs to go.
I'm quite proud of myself actually. I've taken a paragraph out here and there and whole pages in one section. Still, the most effective cuts so far have probably come from shortening sentences. I don't know how I thought I could get away with some of the rambling sentences I used to describe the action and the scene in one long-winded breath.
It's all progress, progress, progress, though it is slow. I would like to read at a faster pace, but it's taking a while to get through the story with all of the editing that I'm doing along the way. But halfway through the book, I still like it. That's the best news of all.
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