Always

Even on a final pass, it's tough to do it all in one go. The fact I started this yesterday afternoon and have put a bow on it just now is pretty good going for 26k words. I think I may watch Wake Up Dead Man again tonight as my reward. /end

Editing, for me, at least, is very much an iterative process. Trying to get all the way through a c. 20,000-word scenario in one sitting on a first edit is impossible unless the writer is godlike in their self-editing abilities (and even then...). /4

Still, it's done - it just means that I'll have to do some work on the solstice to make sure that the contract for the maps and handouts goes out on Monday. No rest for the wicked, eh? /3

The top sections always get more, especially if there are repeated breaks between edits (conventions, illness, etc.), because I need to reread from the beginning to refresh my memory so I don't introduce new errors. /2

World building fails and collapses under the weight of too many theories, too many imported ideas. World building is an emotional response to the engine of your imagination as much as an intellectual response. Make yourself continually in service to your world by actually building it and feeling it.

Fingers crossed we’ll reconvene soon to finish everything off… /end

“Bear is driving. How can that be?” And “Why are we walking like this?”