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Slashing… and mortifying realisations

I’ve been tackling draft three of the book. This is the slasher one. I added about 7,000 to the word count with the second draft, filling in gaps, adding scenes and so on. I knew I would add to the word count – for one thing a character who was pivotal to the plot only… Continue reading Slashing… and mortifying realisations

Published January 30, 2016
Categorized as writing Tagged editing, novel, writing

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