So, I finished the first draft of my book (woot woot!), I have given him the month off and now is the time to start moving on to the second phase of the draft. The problem is that I have never reached this step in any of my previous projects. I'm used to a 1,000-word schedule a day, but the issue is a completely new monster that I feel very insecure about. My draft ended in around 180k, and I have a cut that I will make from the beginning (an arc that did not go anywhere) to reach 140k. I know that I will have to cut a little more, and when reading my draft I see pages and pages to be cut, but this whole process is really overwhelming.
Before making the cuts, I did my homework and compiled a document with a numbered list of problems and things I want to correct. Its 22 pages long. I am struggling to try to find a system on how to make an effort and hack this. I guess my real question is, where the hell do you start and how do you measure progress? I am a great cartoonist and an editor of the poor. The large volume is one of the problems, and I am almost considering reducing the draft to a more considerable number so that everything is not so daunting.
And also, there are tons of doubts after reading that first draft for the first time. It's messy, I know it should be, but that doesn't make it easier. Nobody has read it either, I can't ask anyone to read something so long, so even if it's really worth investigating.
Any ideas or advice would be appreciated!
So, I finished the first draft of my book (woot woot!), I have given him the month off and now is the time to start moving on to the second phase of the draft. The problem is that I have never reached this step in any of my previous projects. I'm used to a 1,000-word schedule a day, but the issue is a completely new monster that I feel very insecure about. My draft ended in around 180k, and I have a cut that I will make from the beginning (an arc that did not go anywhere) to reach 140k. I know that I will have to cut a little more, and when reading my draft I see pages and pages to be cut, but this whole process is really overwhelming.
Before making the cuts, I did my homework and compiled a document with a numbered list of problems and things I want to correct. Its 22 pages long. I am struggling to try to find a system on how to make an effort and hack this. I guess my real question is, where the hell do you start and how do you measure progress? I am a great cartoonist and an editor of the poor. The large volume is one of the problems, and I am almost considering reducing the draft to a more considerable number so that everything is not so daunting.
And also, there are tons of doubts after reading that first draft for the first time. It's messy, I know it should be, but that doesn't make it easier. Nobody has read it either, I can't ask anyone to read something so long, so even if it's really worth investigating.
Any ideas or advice would be appreciated!
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