I think the thing I'm finding frustrating about the work I *am* getting done, since I don't have any readers to give me direction on the work I am *not* getting done (cutting, cutting, tightening, cutting, killing off my darlings, cutting), is that refitting the dialogue does not shorten the work overall. It does provide a nip and tuck here, and I know there's a whole scene or two I can ditch outright, when I get there ...
Even so, this repair work doesn't provide the same satisfaction that
60-page whack several months ago: its obviousness, its enormity, its loss of weight, relief of bulk.
Yet I must settle down. Must realize - not all work can be showy and fantastical like that. Sometimes ... it's just grinding.
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It's a great story. I know when you've finished with the faceting, you'll have a brilliant gemstone!
Thank you, Leila - now if only I could stay on task on ANY one thing today. Heh.
Yeah - if I really wanted to: I would.
*Runs off to start an underwater basket-weaving class*
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