A couple of months ago, I sent out a
bunch of copies of my lasts manuscript to beta readers. It’s hard to edit your own stuff, and anytime
you spend 5 years working on a project, you become way too close to it to see
what really works, and what doesn’t.
Some of my betas have gotten back to me,
red pens and questions ablaze. They’ve
questioned things about characters and events, about the necessity of certain
scenes, even about little nuances in the premise. I’ve listened to every suggestion I’ve
gotten, and even though I may not use them all, the fact that they’ve taken the
time to read through and critique my work means that I’ve taken all the
critiques very seriously. So, to the
beta readers who have gotten back to me, thanks!
Some of the beta readers haven’t gotten
back to me yet, and it’s cool, I get it, life is busy. I thank you anyway for taking an interest.
So now comes the painful work of making those
big structural changes that need to be made, and putting together the last
draft I’m doing without professional help, be it from an editor or a psychologist. Hopefully, I can have that done by the end of
the month. No pressure, right?
I can’t thank you enough, all the people
who volunteered to help make this the best novel it can be. As promised, I will thank everyone who got
back to me individually in the acknowledgements page of the final finished
draft.
Cheers!
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