Phew, editing my earlier books is a lot of work! This one in particular has a lot of dialogue between the action sequences… not intrinsically a bad thing, of course, especially when paced well… but I was doing a lot of info-dumping that I now get to work into the story, rather than just saying it happened.
Ah, the glories of “Show, don’t tell”. Good advice, of course, but often easier said than done!
But that’s okay. The story is still moving along, and I think I’m going to really enjoy rewriting a few of the chapters totally from scratch, just to get the flow and action done right.
In other news, working at a game store to pay for my editing costs is always harder around this time of year. My hours ramp up, and sure it’s going to net me way more money for the next month, but the flip side is that all that money is going to go to Laurier University for my studies for the next several months/years (plus editing costs, of course!), so it’s kind of hard to be excited about it, you know?
Who knows, maybe I’ll buy myself something small and nice before tuition comes to vapourize all my money. Like a nice mug or something.
Hope everyone is having a great week!