Yeah, I’m still having trouble getting moving on this book. I’ve done edits today instead, so my chapters are all edited through chapter 15. (I generally edit as I go, but these are what I’d call copy edits, and some very limited line edits.)
I even timed them just like I did on my last book. It made a huge difference in how focused I was able to stay. I mean HUGE. I’ll be doing this from now on. Every time. It made that much of a difference.
| Chapter | Read Time | Edit Time |
| 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 14 | |
| 3 | 10 | |
| 4 | 17 | |
| 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 18 | |
| 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | 12 | |
| 10 | 14 | |
| 11 | 12 | |
| 12 | 15 | 16 |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | ||
| 15 |
12.75 = Average minutes per chapter reading time
26 = Number of minutes it took me to actually make the edits*
*I highlight stuff that needs fixed or changed on the file by sending the Word docx to my Kindle email address where I read it on my Kindle. Much easier to “see” the story (and mistakes) that way and not get lost in the writing phase again and start rewriting stuff that’s just fine the way it is.
Chapters 13–15 aren’t on the chart because I did those the night before last and don’t consider what I did the final edit.
Chapters 1–12 are done, completely, unless the next 20,000 words I write requires me to go back and change something—which I’ll avoid unless it becomes unavoidable. ;)
I’ve been done with the editing for a while now, but I still can’t seem to get started on the writing. The stuff I read was so good that now I’m afraid I can’t follow up—ugh! I know how that sounds, but I really liked what I read, and if I don’t like it, how can I expect anyone else to like it? :P
I need to start writing RIGHT NOW, or I face missing my personal deadline. In fact, that ship might have already sailed, but I’m not quite ready to admit defeat.
Somehow I need write 6,582 words in the next 3 hours. :o
Knowing my average pace—and even my above average best pace ever pace, there ain’t no way that’s happening, so I just need get as many words as I possibly can before I have to call it a night 3 hours from now.
So… see ya! I have important things to do.