Well, it took me a little while (darn my school load!) but I’m finally done editing Chapter 24 of Video Rage. And since the second installment of the Reborn City series is 37 chapters long, I’m about two-thirds through the second draft.
So excuse me while I do a little happy dance…
Still here? Cool.
I think the hardest thing about editing VR is that a lot of it is rewriting. When you’re doing a first draft, you think that a lot of what you included (including dialects in the narration) is just genius, the best thing for the English language since Shakespeare put quill to parchment or Hemingway put pen to paper or Stephen King put typewriter keys to…you know. And then you leave it alone for several months so you can look at it with fresh eyes, and then you think to yourself “What the f*ck was I thinking writing this crap?”
But I’m glad I’ve been able to take a second look at this. If I thought that the first draft was okay, I’m sure the second draft is going to impress maybe a few readers. That’s the hope anyway. In any case, I think after the second draft is done I’ll send VR to a certain science fiction writer I’m acquainted with who took a look at RC for me. I’m pretty sure his opinion on things will be very useful indeed.
Well, I’m hitting the hay. Big day tomorrow with lots to do, and I want to be well rested for it. Good night, my Followers of Fear.
Rami Ungar The Writer 
Uh, minor typo in the headline. You spelt draft D-R-A-F. Good progress, by the way. Keep it up!
Oh dammit! How did I miss that? Honestly, sometimes my keyboard doesn’t register when I hit a key. It’s annoying, to say the least.