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I have spent this week scribbling with red pen on my manuscript. Ten chapters down, and I am at a crossroads.

I have made one discovery: the title The White Raven is all wrong for this book. The previous title I had used – Thought and Memory – is the right title after all.

And I seem to have several superfluous characters. They worked for the previous version of the book, and while I really love them, I think I may need to excise them. It’s going to make for a lot more work and rewriting, but I think this version of the book will be better for it. It also pretty much means that most of the second half of the book will be thrown in the trash.

And I still don’t know if this is going to result in something that I’m going to be able to send to agents or publishers. But I guess even if it doesn’t, I’ll have learned something.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

And the desk starts to get messier

Two chapters of The White Raven decorated with red ink today. And some more of my story background and mythology worked out.

I really had forgotten how much fun I have editing. I was having a ridiculously good time today. All I need is a manuscript and a red pen! Of course, I am in the section of the book that doesn’t require massive changes. Give me a handful of chapters more and I’ll probably be complaining.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.