My 5 Step Process for Revising My NaNoWriMo Manuscript

or, I’m Pretty Sure I Don’t Know What the Hell I’m Doing

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February 2, 2015

1. Realize I’ve spent too much time marathoning Masters of Sex and pull out manuscript to re-read for the first time. Think, “Huh. This sounded so much better when I was writing it.” Nod off and go to bed.

2. Ignore manuscript for two weeks and read books about one night stands instead.

3. Receive encouraging messages from NaNoWriMo and start over, with a notebook, a red pen, and two or three shots of Vodka.

4. Make notes to myself like, “Develop this or drop it” and “Must figure out S & R’s relationship” and “What is the issue here?”

5. Occasionally, once in a while, every so often, note, “Huh. That’s pretty good. I don’t remember writing it. Not at all.”