Evenings are NEVER "lost" to a book--they're just relocated to a better and more interesting plane of existence--lol! Seriously, though, I know what you mean. I was that way this morning, reading well past my usual cut-off time. I just didn't want to go about my day.
Let's see...I finished the editing on the first chapter, which included adding probably 500-1000 words. Keeping track is difficult because I'm also cutting out parts and moving them into a separate doc, since I'll be using those scenes later on.
I feel a lot better about the whole novel now, though. There was some important exposition that needed to be established in this chapter, which began its life as a short story, where I'd short-handed some world-building stuff. In a shorter format, I could get away with that, but in a novel, not so much. Anyway, I feel the narrator/protagonist is MUCH stronger now, and I think I've demonstrated some important plot elements without doing an info-dump. Readers may have a different opinion, however. That's what editors are for. ;-)
ETA: Because I'm a big lout and forgot to say THANK YOU! Thank you so much for hosting us this month! As always, you were gracious, interesting, and fun to interact with. *hugs*
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Let's see...I finished the editing on the first chapter, which included adding probably 500-1000 words. Keeping track is difficult because I'm also cutting out parts and moving them into a separate doc, since I'll be using those scenes later on.
I feel a lot better about the whole novel now, though. There was some important exposition that needed to be established in this chapter, which began its life as a short story, where I'd short-handed some world-building stuff. In a shorter format, I could get away with that, but in a novel, not so much. Anyway, I feel the narrator/protagonist is MUCH stronger now, and I think I've demonstrated some important plot elements without doing an info-dump. Readers may have a different opinion, however. That's what editors are for. ;-)
ETA: Because I'm a big lout and forgot to say THANK YOU! Thank you so much for hosting us this month! As always, you were gracious, interesting, and fun to interact with. *hugs*