- It has been a while but I started tackling LR again.

It wasn't as bad as I thought. One beta thought the story was 'meh' but so far, I think there is a potential.

I've also divided the 20k MS into 9 chapters; allowing readers to take a break and let them know there is an immediate end is a good thing, I think.

It's still an awkward length though...but first, I'll finish this revision, send it out to critters--I do need to catch up on that one--and see if I need to write Part 2 in second protagonist's POV.

- OST Progress: Revision 1.6 - Final Edit


OST Progress: Revision 1.1 - Rewrite ( done )
OST Progress: Revision 1.2 - Read over
OST Progress: Revision 1.3 - Line Edit - MR and 5 senses
OST Progress: Revision 1.4 - Merge and Flow (using Nimbus font, large text size)
OST Progress: Revision 1.5 - Read aloud
OST Progress: Revision 1.6 - Final edit

9 / 14 (pages)(64%)

OST Progress: Revision 1.7 - Read aloud

I'm nearly done with the final edit. Despite the short length, it's still taking me some time. I'm trying to read the sentences backward (from the end to the beginning), but I find myself changing not as many words as BW piece.

I did come across a few and made the wording a bit stronger, but I sincerely hope I'm not missing anything.


I'll give it a good read next week once I finish the edit today.

- OST Progress: Revision 1.2 - Read over


OST Progress: Revision 1.1 - Rewrite ( done )
OST Progress: Revision 1.2 - Read over

0 / 3461 (words)(0%)

OST Progress: Revision 1.3 - Line Edit - MR and 5 senses
OST Progress: Revision 1.4 - Merge and Flow (using Nimbus font, large text size)
OST Progress: Revision 1.5 - Read aloud
OST Progress: Revision 1.6 - Final edit
OST Progress: Revision 1.7 - Read aloud

I've just finished my third rewrite. I think the story is much tighter: I got rid of some characters and scaled the tone way down. And I hope it works, considering it's a short story not the original conception of a space opera.

I'll read over and highlight any section I don't understand, then I'll start the line edit.

I still have LR to revise...as well as SS, Cindy, SMS, and possibly GB to rewrite.


It's a good thing that I chose a short piece to revise this time; I do feel I'm moving at a much faster pace.

- It seems I never posted about this sci-fi short. It's 3000 words or so long, and the draft was done last year.

I wanted something far shorter than BW--that means LR will need to wait before I rewrite it--and something other than fantasy.

So far, I found few paragraphs I liked...but I can see how characters feel jerky and unnatural.

We shall see how this one pans out.

Jin out.

- It clocked at 9930 words. It's in a submission pile now.  Yay.

- BW Progress: Revision 4.6 - Final Edit

BW Progress: Revision 4.6 - Final Edit

9915 / 9915 (words)(100%)

Three rewrites and series revisions later, the story now stands at 9915 words. I'll give it a final read aloud tomorrow--need to find a park or a place not too cold and not too quiet--before I submit it sometime later this week.

I think I learned much but I won't know the result until later.


Hope it's better. I should kill my anticipation and prepare myself for another rejection though.

- BW Progress: Revision 4.6 - Final Edit

BW Progress: Revision 4.6 - Final Edit

6029 / 9926 (words)(60.87%)

Words get taken out, then different words get added.

Still, it's under 10k...


Waiting for one rejection now...

- BW Progress: Revision 4.6 - Final Edit

BW Progress: Revision 4.6 - Final Edit

4199 / 9975 (words)(42%)

It's going slow but I expected that; I'm looking at each words, after all.

I've caught a few awkward sentences, and I'm sure there are more. And yet, I just can't wait to wrap this story up. I had this story since last year July, it seems. -_-

But it's a learning progress, I think. This edit really does make me re-consider each noun and each verb.

And lastly, I'm hoping to cut the original 10145 words to 9100 words, if possible. I've already cut 175 words so it's looking good. As long as it's under 10k, I'll be happy.


So far, no news from two submissions from last year; I shall assume rejection though perhaps I should send them an email.