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Posted May 8, 2025 by Xhin

Editing Outline

  • Make the full reverse outline.

  • I think doing the major cuts should happen first -- gheechef and manflight come to mind, also quite a bit during that second part of the first day. Anything related to the arena, which should just be cut altogether.

  • Organize my notes / checklists better -- separate by category, cut duplicates or anything that's pointless now, get projects sorted out from notes, etc.

  • Start really working on the little tweaks -- the stuff in the list above, all the excessive exposition, anything marked red, etc. work useful exposition back in in another ways.

  • Pacing issues -- I do like that the first part of the book is slower before the midpoint and then it gets fairly hectic at the end, but there are definitely things I can skip over in the beginning, and the action heavy scenes need to be longer to account for their reading speed. The climax in particular is over way too quick, though I do like the way it wraps everything together without exposition.

  • Extra descriptions where needed. See also: adverbs, show vs tell.

  • Internal dialogue where needed, ideally to replace some of the lengthier descriptions when I want to maintain tension. Also some stuff to sort of reinforce the fact that Bismuth is making decisions early on, not just being led around on a leash.

  • Start hammering through each character in turn -- backstories, timelines, etc to really beef up their dialogue and provide proper motivation for everything that they do.

  • Tightening the prose up

  • General proofreading.

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