This has been a fascinating experience. The novella is the second piece I've written with the New Model Process, though I did also apply it to the revisions of Escapement. I realized today that I was enjoying the revision process. Both
It's a weird feeling, like suddenly noticing the sky is blue. So many people have slapped me upside the head with this over the years, from
We'll see where that leads me, but for the moment I'm unconscionably pleased. Today's lesson for me is the reminder that writers are like sharks: always moving, always growing, never dying til they grow still. The reader is free to draw their own conclusions, of course.