SF Novel Second Draft Update C2S1
Halfway through chapter two, Lee escorting Lawrenceson. Lots of trimming sentences and paragraphs down, and removing pieces that seem extraneous. The worry is always that something valuable will be lost, but I think first of the fact that I can add things back if they’re completely critical, and second of the dictum that a work is finished not when there’s nothing left to add, but when there’s nothing left to take away.
Word count: 8036.