all work and no play makes alisa a dull girl

It's only Tuesday of my revising week, and I've spent much of today "unwriting": going over my draft and marking all the sections that are unecessary, repetitive, irritating, or just plain horrible. By the time I make all of these edits my 50,000 word manuscript will be approximately twelve pages long.

Rest assured, there are low moments in the writing of every book, where I turn to my manuscript and say "seriously, why do you suck so badly?" Natural, yes, but still cranky-making. Plus, I've...