Unrealistic

Yup, I knew that plan to do the rewrite of the book in a weekend was unrealistic from the get go. But I did do 125 pages, and I think I might have cut about 10. That's not nearly enough, but it's showing me that I can definitely cut the longer sections by at least half. That's better than nothing! The problem with this book is that my style is to write short and add the flesh and bones during a rewrite. That's not working well with this book since it's too long to begin with and my tendency is to add all the similes/metaphors/prettiness now that I'm done spitting out the initial draft. I have to change my style for this portion of the writing process for this particular book. Not an easy thing to do.