So the One-on-One tutorial through Stanford's OWC program is totally awesome! (Gosh, you can tell I was a teen in So. Cal. during the 80's, right?)
Anyway, my instructor has given some incredible insights into my story and I've been busy chopping 10,000 words! Yikes! I was apparently a bit long-winded towards the beginning of my story and needed to get to the action a bit faster. So, I used some "Literary Spanx" (as my instructor called it) and condensed the first 60 pages down to 40. She reread some of the sections and gave a few more suggestions of what to chop and edit a bit more. Some of my favorite lines have been chopped so I am trying to deal with that right now but it builds character, right? :)
I've also been able to get up to 50,000 words on book 3 - so, two-thirds through it approximately. For some reason, I am concerned that this book will be more challenging to get up to 75-85K. I'm not sure why that is the case. Right now I've written all the major scenes and will need to go back and add some more detail and flow. I am hoping to get to 60,000 words this weekend.
I prefer to do fast drafts to get everything down and then go back and edit. Of course, the editing is very difficult for me. Yuck! I hate it…I mean, it is a wonderful opportunity to grow as a writer. Yeah, that's what I meant.
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