As I read and notate my way through the last ten or so chapters of my first draft, I realize that my misgivings about the ending and the general wrap up of the story were entirely justified.
Some of the chapters are incomplete. Some of the scenes are in the wrong order. Some of them have been partly rewritten and now no longer work with the rest of what was originally written in those scenes. I'm starting to think some of the later chapters also need to be moved around; and a plot line I had decided to drop needs to be put back in, which will require rewriting chapters 38-45.
Overall, I'm still pleased with the way the story is going. It will need quite a bit of work, and I'm not really looking forward to reading through the last several chapters, but I'm determined to get this over with so I can begin reworking the manuscript.
Here's to you, second draft - you have to be better than the first draft(pretty sure it's the law).
Some of the chapters are incomplete. Some of the scenes are in the wrong order. Some of them have been partly rewritten and now no longer work with the rest of what was originally written in those scenes. I'm starting to think some of the later chapters also need to be moved around; and a plot line I had decided to drop needs to be put back in, which will require rewriting chapters 38-45.
Overall, I'm still pleased with the way the story is going. It will need quite a bit of work, and I'm not really looking forward to reading through the last several chapters, but I'm determined to get this over with so I can begin reworking the manuscript.
Here's to you, second draft - you have to be better than the first draft(pretty sure it's the law).
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