Okay, maybe it was a silly deadline. I mean, 150 pages left to re-write when I had how many days to do it?
But, as usual with me and a writing deadline–I’m done. Early. This is why I do deadlines.
And the new total is (drumroll please)………………146,858 words!
Much more manageable than 256,000, wouldn’t you say? And it’s infinitely better. Helps that I know who the characters are when I introduce them now. Hanna is talkative from her first appearance, Donte is no longer trying to be the con-man I envisioned when I first wrote him in, and Taro–the con-man aspect has moved where it belongs. *grin*
I love all my characters. But Taro makes me grin.