Did half an hour of editing, finished Chapter 7. This chapter wound up being almost 100% rewrite, rather than "mass deletion-style" edit, and is actually being cut into two separate chapters. I always knew the meat of the editing work would be here, which is probably why I stalled here every time I've tried to tackle it so far.
Got my file set up and my author's notes ready for Chapter 8 so I can dive right into it tomorrow. This chapter is going to be a lot of rewriting, too - I know I said I'm trying to avoid major structural edits, but this part needed it badly, and I've had the re-written outline for this part finished for a while now. I knew where I wanted it to go, and now I'm making it go there. Great hunks of text are being deleted, and it feels pretty darn good.
And now, sleep.
Got my file set up and my author's notes ready for Chapter 8 so I can dive right into it tomorrow. This chapter is going to be a lot of rewriting, too - I know I said I'm trying to avoid major structural edits, but this part needed it badly, and I've had the re-written outline for this part finished for a while now. I knew where I wanted it to go, and now I'm making it go there. Great hunks of text are being deleted, and it feels pretty darn good.
And now, sleep.