Day 2: it's hard

Draft 2 Goal: Increase Conflict and Suspense

Daily goal: 4,140 words/day.

Today: 4558 words (I'm not ahead of goal though- I just keep adding more to the book)

34 Pages Edited so Far

I thought this challenge would be easier than the 'writing 50k in 30 days' challenge (laughs and cries at the same time)

I did 10 hours of editing today.

Honestly tho- I love this work. Even if I am frustrated. I can't believe I'm done and now I'm writing more instead of chilling out, smh.

Why is an editing sprint harder than a writing sprint?

I find things from earlier editings that I need to redo.

I see my book as a huge intertwined web of everything that happens. And so when I change something in one part of the web, it might mean I have to go back and change other things that happened before it. Every tap on the silk can be felt everywhere in the web.

I changed some key details from yesterday's section, and it took hours. I don't have enough time to make things perfect so if I think of better changes, I'll keep ripping things out and replacing them. I do think it's getting better.

I think the beginning of the book will be the hardest to edit, because the set-up is the weakest part of my book. The middle lacks a lot of conflict and suspense though, and will be a close second. The end will likely be the easiest.

K I'm gonna go watch something mindless and pretend I'm a zombie.

Hugs,
Madi

PS: I saw a groundhog in my airbnb's backyard today and it wagged its tail like a chonky little dog and I didn't know groundhogs were really a thing (they don't live in the Western half of the US) and I want to name them all Lasagna and hug them.