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2.00: “Abhurite And Thunder”

It’s Saturday and I ought to be a little upset now that the mid-term break is almost over, but I’m doing fine, partly because yesterday afternoon, I finished up the editing on the second draft of The River.

It looks structurally the same. The corrections mostly have to do with continuity errors and just plain bad language. The changes are meant to make it all flow a little better, catch the rhythms I’ve been missing, remove the awkward bits, and bring in more focus thematically.

Things look quite good for now. Sure, it doesn’t aspire to greatness, still, but at least it’s significantly improved and far less embarrassing to read.

I’m supposed to tell you where it’s going to go from here, but the truth is, I don’t really know. I’m just going to let it sink in a bit and wait to see what happens in a couple of days. Maybe I’ll spot something in a book I read that’ll show me what to do next. Maybe some feedback will come in and I will figure out what I can work on. Maybe I’ll poke around and suddenly get a massive lead of some sort. Well, I don’t know.

But at least it looks good for now.

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