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[owlectomy]

I didn't anticipate, when I started my revisions, just how much work I would have to do adding new pages - the result being that the first 44 pages have expanded by 25%.

I have no idea whether things will keep going at this rate; I suspect that 25% is a little high. But it does make things a little more complicated. I have a System. I have a Spreadsheet. These things do not account for the steady page creep I'm dealing with here, not accommodate it.

Result? I need to be working about a page a day faster. And I need to be taking the weekends seriously as writing time and not playing-Rock-Band time. Well... not JUST playing-Rock-Band time, anyway.

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[erinbow.livejournal.com]

In my last revision (responsive to an editorial letter from my agent, as I don't have one from my editor yet) the first chapters expanded much more than the rest of the book. (Though the whole thing did expand.)

Just a single data point, may not mean much.

But -- courage! And remember to take enough time away that you don't end up hating your story.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's helpful even if it's just one data point. It was a bit daunting to think I had 180-ish pages in front of me rather than 140-ish.

[erinbow.livejournal.com]

I also found that the last half of the book went much faster than the first half -- indeed, much faster than I had ever dreamed possible. (I'm a very slow writer.)