Revision, Revision, Revision

It's been a long time since I have posted here, because it has been a long time since I have worked on The Silver Girl. I have a new book percolating in my mind and it has sort of stolen the energy that I usually dedicated to Dana, Chaurisse, and the rest of the folks involved in TSG. I have one month to get a sort of spiffied up version in to my editor, so the deadline is getting me back in the swing of things.

Most of the revisions that have to be made are on the end. I agree that it's not all that satisfying, so I am trying to work on pacing and just trying to figure out what the heck really happens. I think my initial idea of status quo plus salt and pepper isn't going to cut it.

I also have the issue that I draw out the climax into three chapters. My editor wants it into one chapter, but I really can't see how I could acheive that. To compromise, I have mercilessly cut the chapters down, so now it's three short chapters. I hope that will fix the pacing problem.

I cut about 1600 words-- ten pages-- out of a section that was only 37 pages to start with. I really think it makes things go faster. Of course, I lost one of my favorite lines in the whole book, but maybe I will find a place to put it organically later.