I see that light!

Life interferes again. I expected to be near done with my read-through of THE VASE by last night, but instead I’m only about half-way through. I took the better part of the night helping my little son understand his Math homework. He’s struggling with division problems, and every time I thought he got it, he didn’t. But by ten o’clock or so, I think he did. Which left me only about an hour to read.

But I don’t just take up where I left off. I have found it necessary to reread what I read the day before because it turns out that if I made any changes the day before, those changes might not sound as good as they did then. So if they do sound as good the next day, then they stay. And I can feel good about that. But often they don’t and I change them back or make another change. And then I have to see if those changes pass inspection the next day.

So it’s not just a read-through, really, it’s more like seeing if my manuscript passes the inspection. I would say it takes at least twice as long or three times as long to read it through under that mode.

But it’s the most fun because the revisions are minimal compared to working on a draft that hasn’t undergone major changes yet, and you can see the light at the end the proverbial tunnel.

And hey, I see that light!