Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Tag: Revision

  • January Deadlines

    It’s January 1st, but I feel none of the optimism I’d been expecting. Probably because taking down Christmas is so much more depressing that putting it up. Also, I hosted a dinner party last night, and one on Saturday night, too. It has been go, go, go and I am very happy to settle back down…

  • Cutting Up the Book

    Today I can see perfectly with both eyes again! And no headache on the horizon:) So of course I am ready to dive back into my manuscript to make the changes for the Wild Rose Press editor. She wants a big cut, and she’s right about that. But it’s not as much as I thought.…

  • Done!

    Finished! 75,000 words. I am fried. So glad it’s the weekend. And Al is away at NASCAR race. Gonna treat myself to girly things and regroup.

  • Page Count

    364 revised. Now ready for Act 3–the back end of the book. Everything here is pretty solid so I may be done much quicker than I thought, which is good, because I have a lot of work to do after I finish revising. I’ll have to read it again for continuity. I always mess up…

  • Cleaning up the mess in the middle

    Yesterday I spent six hours cleaning up the mess in the middle of my WIP. Among ideas and scenes deleted: someone moves to another town, someone goes shopping, someone goes on a date. All of these scenes would have been fine if they’d moved the plot forward. But they didn’t so they had to go.…