Well, squiders, I’d like to say I’ve been hard at work and have made great progress on my revision, and that everything is going fine and I am close to meeting my goals.
I would very much like to say that.
Unfortunately, the truth is that Life has really gotten in the way over the last few weeks and I haven’t had much time to work.
(Well, I take that back. Yes, my time has been limited, but I’m also running into the problem I had the last two years where I’m so stressed that when I do find a bit of time I can’t focus and instead play phone games or something useless.)
It’s all very frustrating, because I can see myself falling into the issues of the previous years and goddamnit I want to get things done!
Now, all that being said, I have made progress. I have spent a lot of time thinking about the revision, which, while not the most useful thing, isn’t too awful.
I’ve also spent some time writing some related scenes about the changes, to see if they fit with the themes and larger narrative, and so far so good, so I think we’re good to move forward.
The next step, I think, is to make a list of each chapter (and their summaries) and map out what changes need to go where.
I still haven’t figured out how to do the actual revision without rewriting from scratch (it’s easier for my brain to add the changes in if I’m writing everything out, but it takes longer and I would like to figure out how to just edit where I need to edit), but I think maybe I need to print out the chapters that need the most changes and map them on paper, and then I can just put them in.
Progress! Just not as much as I wanted.
I also bit off more than I can chew for the month, I think, which is adding to my stress. Hopefully I can just prioritize things, however, and that should help.
How’s your March going, squiders? Reaching your goals?
