Thread by @philippa_east

Having read my #EditLetter, now I #AmEditing 🤩
A new thread…
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First up, while reading through my lovely editor’s letter, I have been making notes on *her* notes as I go.
This week, I also wrote out my own broad-scale to-do list, to summarise for myself the main changes I need to make.
Again, some bits are still a bit fuzzy in my head…
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…But I feel clear enough at this stage to dive into the MS itself.

STEP ONE: SAVE AS NEW WORD DOC.

(Heaven help those of you who edit your original manuscripts 😱😱😱)

ps For the record, “Draft 2” really means draft about 5 🤣

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Now I can go in big and brutal, deleting whole sections (MY POOR DARLINGS!!!), moving whole chapters, etc.
I’m also highlighting in blue sections I’ll need to revisit & rewrite properly.
For now, it’s moving the big bits of furniture and leaving blue signposts for future-me 🤣
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I’ve worked on the MS for two days so far (about 4 hours total 🫠).

I’m about 100/369 pages in, but like I say, this is just chopping and changing big stuff, and I still have LOADS of those blue sections to properly re-write.

My deadline is 3rd April (with some wiggle room).
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I’m at work at the psychology practice all day tomorrow, so won’t get any writing / editing done then.
But then I’m on leave for two weeks, so hopefully will be able to make plenty of #AmEditing progress then.
Tune back in this weekend when I’ll be back at it!
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