Weekly Progress Update:

Weekly Progress Update:

Not too much to report. Progress was mediocre, but present. It’s extremely tedious to re-edit numerous times, to say the least, but also enjoyable in some regard. It’s been a few months since I wrote Madness now and I forget minor details or particular scenes I’m fond of. So, coming across them again makes me experience them as if for the first time.

I’m planning to reach the half-way point by the end of this month, meaning I have all of September and October to complete the other half – which is certainly doable. It just comes down to devoting the time. This round is especially slow. Some pages take me 15-30 minutes each to review, meaning 300 pages can easily turn into a 75-150 hour project.

Needless to say, I’m eager to be done editing. It’s killing a lot of my drive to get started on the next novel – which is just pissing me off.

Carrying on that topic, there’s one week left in my ‘August Scoring’ for the decision of the next novel I work on (Prequel, Spin-off, or Book Three). So far, the Spin-off has a bit of a lead and the Prequel has no chance of succeeding, even if it receives the maximum score every day for the remainder of the month. I’m okay with that. There were certainly days where the Prequel was the prominent story in my mind, but not often. I’m still looking forward to writing it, just not next in line.

We’ll see if Book Three pulls ahead. Overall, I’m not using only this scoring system to determine which novel I write next. It was mainly a way for me to make a decision each day, rating the novels in order or prominence then seeing who stood the victor at the end of the time period. This successfully removed my impulse decision and showed me what I constantly leaned towards the most. So, while it won’t actively mandate my decision, it is certainly an influence. There’s honestly a fair chance that by the time I finish reviewing Madness, I’ll feel it completely necessary to jump into Book Three.

Who knows?

I’m behind on Skirmishes by two weeks, with the third coming up on Tuesday. I may get caught up in the next week, but I’m not sure. As mentioned, my current drive to write is dampened by the bear of a task that editing is. I do need to get caught up, though.

That’s it for this week. Hopefully by next week I’ll be able to say I’ve reached the half-way point of Madness‘s last round of edits. I’m enjoying the book itself and am definitely making improvements, so the heavy investment – and its toll – are worth it. I hope!