Hack & Slash

[queenoftheskies]

Well, brain won.

Kinda.

At least for now.

But, I told it...if we're going to add something new, some of the old stuff has to go away.

It said OKAY!

So, we pulled Out of the Darkness out of mothballs this afternoon and took the hatchet to it.

46,390 words we cut out of it!!!

Woo-hoo! Good for us.

It now stands at a still whopping 142,362 words total, but, I expect to lose more words--especially to tightening--as I edit.

The new words will, of course, add more, but I still think I can whittle that sucker down to a more appropriate 125,000 words by the end of the game.

So, look for the counter to go back up before it goes down, but here's how it stands now.

Out of the Darkness

142,362 / 125,000 (113.9%)

Oh, and no, we didn't get rid of the words. Most of them will be relocated by humane methods to Xanali.

Comments

[cammykitty.livejournal.com]

congrats on your compassionate word slaughter!

[cicadabug.livejournal.com]

Holy crap! How did you manage to take out 46k in one go?!?

I've been trying to shorten the damned novel for a month now, and for all my massive efforts I've only managed to remove about 800 words from the dratted thing...

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

I targeted the beginning, before a certain point in the story and also several specific plot threads. Made it a little easier to get what I wanted out and make a little room to work with. :)

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

I always try to use words somewhere else whenever possible...especially when it's basically rearranging story lines. :)