Revision Ho!

So-o, on Thursday I ‘fessed up to having typed “the end” on the “beginning-to-end” of the final The Wall Of Night manuscript.

I believe it’s the most important milestone in getting a book into readers’ hands — but as indicated Thursday, now it’s ‘game on!’ for the next round, which is basically revise-revamp-repeat.*

This is probably my favourite part of the writing process. To quote Haruki Murakami — and by extension, Raymond Carver —  (with approval):

‘ “I take time to rewrite … Rewriting i...