NOTES FROM THE WRITING NOOK: Mid-Revision Crisis

Okay, so the only crisis I’m feeling is just knowing how much more work I need to do. So far, this revision has been pretty easy (knock on wood). I had a pretty solid story structure going into writing, even if I had to stop partway through my Zero Draft to rework chapters because some of the plot points ended up being too similar once I fleshed them out.

But as I’m about halfway through Scene-Level tasks, I’m feeling that resistance to keep going. I mean…I know I will. But I guess it’s just the slog of it all. And also knowing that the page-level revisions will probably take the longest. That’s where I’ll be working on refining dialogue, getting rid of passive voice, adding in more setting details, working on the overall flow. Not to mention any weak sentences, word choices, and all that fun stuff.

Right now, I’m aiming to wrap it all up by the end of April, but I’m not sure if that’s too ambitious or not. It might be…but I think having that as a goal, even if I have to shift things, helps to keep me going on those days when I just don’t have the energy to open up my manuscript and get to work.