More pruning

On August 6, I started noting how many words I pruned each day from the second draft of my novel, Leave Society , pruning on the screen and on paper in the morning and just on paper at night.
August 6: 67 words August 7: 99 wordsAugust 8: 62 wordsAugust 9: 234 wordsAugust 10: 244 words
Here is most of what I pruned on August 9 and 10, from my four-part novel's third part, which is called Year of Mountains:
-"Yes,” said Li. “Japan’s government has been promoting forest-bathing since 1982.” 
-began pla...