update 38. (Patreon)

WHAT I DID.

if last week was monumental for being the biggest update i’ve ever written, this week is monumental for being the smallest—my word count literally went down. it might sound odd, but i’m actually happy about it.

as you might know, i recently completed my first draft of chapter eight. my routine from here (if you’ve been with me long enough you’ll know) is to do two rounds of edits, code and then send it off to beta-testers. usually at this stage, i pile on a thousand or so words, mainly consisting of sentence bridges or scenes i completely forgot to write and left blank in my document (it happens more than you think, truly embarrassing if i do say so myself). 

however, i’ve actually heard that you’re supposed to shear off words when editing. i never understood that until recently, when i was reading my work last night with a puzzled look going ‘why is this sentence here? it does absolutely nothing.’ and so, as i’ve been polishing up the chapter, i’ve been taking off a couple hundred words here and there to make it more refined. i’m actually a lot happier this way. instead of having to dig through a hundred words to get to the point, you get there in half the time. of course, my usual writing style is still very prevalent. honestly, you won‘t miss much at all. in a way, it’s a secret for everyone who reads this update—we know what i’ll have improved and i, for one, will be happier for it.

i’m over halfway done editing and i expect to run through the second round much quicker than the first, so hopefully by the next update i’ll be onto coding (and then sending it out!!). judging by the timeline, we might be in for a halloween ish update.

STATS.

355,442 words (-1.1k)

SNEAK PEEK.

“Does it really matter? It’s not like you can change the past.”

K grits their teeth. “Do I not deserve to know why you risked your life for me?”