Well, I just finished correcting the entire book. It was a momentous task. First I started with the note my editor had made and then I went and reread every chapter over again. I added a bit here and there, but I feel like most of what I did was fix paragraphs that either had boring, repetitive or awkward structure to them.
Overall it was a tiring process, both physically and emotionally. I thought that my biggest problems would just be my grammar and syntax, but that seemed to be just the tip of the iceberg. It turns out coming face to face with the first chapters of my book were more daunting than I assumed they'd be. I remembered them being really good and entertaining and as I wrote the book I would often think to them as a standard for the later chapters. Well when I reread them I found that they were less than great. They were actually pretty rough. I mean I understand why they are, after all they were written about a year and a half to two years before the rest of the book. On one hand it's great that I've grown so much as a writer, that I've fallen into a certain groove with my writing. On the other hand it's a big blockade to know that I need to bring those chapters up to the quality to the ones at the end so that the book feels balanced.
Anyways, I think I fixed them up pretty well, they need to be looked over a bit more, but basically the book is coming to a state that is close to publishing material. I'm not sure what my next step is going to be. I know I need to go over the book again and work on making everything uniform and just make sure that I'm satisfied with the story elements. It's all just a bit grumbly, but once this gets closer to publishing I think I'll be happy with the amount of work I've put into it.
Well, I'll type back later.
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