I was up until 2:00a.m. last night, or this morning if you like, doing the last edits for the short story. This time I worked on each paragraph individually, rephrasing and adding where it lacked. Then re-reading from a couple of paragraphs before.
During lunch I did another read and replaced one of two words here and there. I’m happy with the final result. I’m surprised that I was able to find a happy solution to the writing and not edit until there was nothing left.
The final word count is 2118. I just hope that the story is just as scary as the draft. Overall, I think I spent about 8 total hours editing the story. Which isn’t too bad.
Now I need to complete and edit another story for the end of the month.
5 responses so far ↓
nymeria87 // May 15, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Congratz! Let us know how the contest goes for you!
Don // May 15, 2008 at 1:51 pm
[ducking]
Ever see Final Destination. I believe there’s one of those monsters roaming around for people who get congratulated too early.
nymeria87 // May 15, 2008 at 4:00 pm
that’s why I’m only congratulating you on the submission. Horror authors are so paranoid…
Unfocused Me // May 15, 2008 at 9:29 pm
That’s great! This is for the Writer’s Digest Short Story Contest? Good luck!
Don // May 15, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Yeah, it is (Writer’s Digest Short Story Contest). They have last year’s winners up, so I’ll have a read at those.
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