A mental mistake. Revising today, the draft surprised me; things I thought I’d changed yesterday weren’t changed. WTH, over? Didn’t I change that? And that? Was that all a mirage, a dream, work done in a different reality.
Realization came belatedly, no, I was in the wrong draft. While working on the latest draft yesterday, I’d opened a previous draft to look something up. Well, it was the last doc closed yesterday, so it went to the top of the document list. Without thinking today, I opened it up, went to where the doc said I left off, and commenced revision. Wasn’t until I glanced at the page number and realized I was twenty pages behind that I finally seriously applied critical thinking to the moment and understood what happened.
What a rube. What a mistake. No harm; just time. But damn, I thought I did some good revising today. Hope I’ve learned a lesson and don’t do that again.
Michael Seidel, writer 
Hi Michael. Was it easier to make the same revisions, or did you rethink some of the ones you made and do them differently? Hugs
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The changes were about the same, although slightly more refined. Second time around, I’d had more exposure to the character’s situation and thinking, and knew more about them. But the wording, structure, and pacing all ended up looking virtually the same. Thank you for your interest. Hugs
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