The Writing Moment

I’m progressing through another revising/editing pass on my latest manuscript. I’m on page 70 so it looks at first glance that it’s been slow progress. But I’ve cut sixty pages.

Makes me laugh that I’ve cut that much, but I had a lot of background/collateral stuff in the ms. Now that I fully understand the story, I’m slicing away.

Painful, though. Each time I open a chapter and begin reading, I follow with a wince. *smile* Then I pull out the scalpel. I hope it’ll all be worthwhile by the time I reach ‘the end’…

Again.