Rewriting

I finally finished the manuscript for Yarn2Go. I let it sit for a day and then began reading it over. My plan is always the same. I'll read it through once just to see how the story goes and then I'll go back and start fixing it. It's always the same plan, and I never keep to it. My finges get itchy to start rewriting when I should really wait to see how a scene plays out. So, already have things scribbled on pages (I always read a hard copy) and yellow sheets with additions.

Something really weird happened as I was reading it. I came to a section I had no memory writing. I guess I must have really been in the flow when I wrote it.

Now the real fun begins - the actual rewriting. Some manuscripts have just needed some tweaks, but this one needs a lot more than that. My original deadline was June 1, but I've been given a few extra weeks. It is both scary and exhilarting to think about rewriting this manuscript. I feel like the Little Engine That Could about to go up that hill. I keep telling myself I think I can, I think I can. Maybe I should change that to I hope I can, I hope I can.

Let the rewrite begin...