#editing progress

[xilanii]

My second WIP screenshot to my project

I've finished my first animated segment, and had a bit of a struggle with exporting it the way i wanted it to be. but got it done and put into my video track while listening to DIY emo music and having a lollipop :3

(and yes, I took inspo from the mitchells vs the machines for this video)

[renvinn]

I've been editing TBOD for five months. These are the things I've learned:

1. Rushing through editing will lead to your demise.

2. If you don't like a scene/a scene isn't working, ask yourself why and be brutally fucking honest.

3. Listen to your characters. They're right, even if you don't know why they're right.

4. Shitty writing is better than no writing.

5. Don't tell yourself you're gonna write for however many hours. Tell yourself you're gonna read it for 10 minutes. By then, you'll be so hooked into it that you forget to pee. [This one may be specific to me.]

[myhollie1911]

Just casually re-constructing her entire face frame by frame so Tarzans hair isn't in the way. Didn't think this mask would be this difficult. 

It was a calculated risk. but damn am i bad at maths.

[aang-beifong]

Tagged by my favorites @kor-ra & @lyraspans. 

Sorry I’m late to this. Not gonna lie I’m pretty proud of my progress :) I learned a lot from other editors especially @katara-aang & @kataang. 

I tag @aangorithms @yuuki-ko @raavasgf

[authorracheljoy]

Ahhhhh ANOTHER CHAPTER REWRITTEN!!

Ahhhhh ANOTHER 24 PAGES TO TYPE UP NOW!!

AHHHHHHHH

[lokilickedme]

Page 419.  Chem!Tom’s POV chapter...which almost didn’t make the cut.  I’m still not completely convinced it belongs in the book, but it contains some of the narrative that we can’t get from Anja, so...I guess it stays.

Hope you guys don’t mind 18 pages of italicized text lol

[disneycrossovercreator]

[windborn]

Finally, I'm making decent editing progress again. Chapter 4, the menace of my existence, is behind me. The new version will probably be chapters 4, 5, and 6, just because it's so long. Original word count: 13303 Revised word count: 9320 Down by almost 4000 words in just one chapter! And the total has gone from 22274 to 16286. Nearly 6000. That says something about where the most bloat was. Of my intended cuts, I have about 14000 left to trim out. If I can manage even just an average of 500 words cut per chapter remaining, that's 13000, VERY close to my goal. 6000 per 4 the rest of the way would be 39000, and would put my 160k novel at 115k. I don't expect it will be that dramatic a cut. Probably somewhere between 120k and 140k. Hopefully in a range where agents will no longer flinch when I tell them the word count.