monkeybard | Edit, edit, edit...

I spent most of yesterday re-reading, editing, and tweaking my NaNovel. It's now up to 71,500+ words, and I'm glad to say I don't think it'll quite reach 72,000. The bad guys have ceased twirling their mustachios; the 2ndMC is now more accessible to the reader and more sympathetic; and I discovered I'd instinctively done something a writing teacher on the NaNo forums recommends to his/her classes. Go figure. I'm feeling a little ~~smug~~ clever about that last bit. ;)

I have one chapter left to go. That's about 18 pages (7500+ words - I never used to even think about word count. How funny the effect NaNoWriMo has had on me.) in this case. I anticipate serious tweaking, but I could be wrong. I know I did some work on this section previously, so it's a case of seeing what I did, whether I like it, and if it's satisfactory.

Oh! and today is the cut-off for the anthology to which I submitted. Only nine more days to wait until they make their final decisions. ::crossing fingers:: I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but it's hard not to, you know?