I read through my story once, fixing up the grammar, filling out the continuity, rewriting a few sections that obviously needed it. From there I wrote up some ‘artifacts’, basically small out-of-story vignettes that flesh out the story a bit without being part of the strict narrative. Because I have three plot lines I broke the story in three and read each plotline from beginning to end. Within that edit I polished the chapters and tried to make them each exciting, worth reading, well-written etc.
Now I’m on to my final beginning-to-end, nothing skipped, edit. This is, hopefully, the edit where I sit back and enjoy the story. I’m not sure it’ll quite work out like that, but it’s coming together. Once I finish that I’ll have a few friends read it and then…
Well, we’ll see. One thing at a time, eh?
Until next time, Adieu!
