Struggling

Close line editing is one of the skills I’m working on at the moment. Going through a manuscript making sure all the verbs are working hard, you’re not overly relying on certain phrases, the sentence length is nice and varied… it’s a lot of work. I tend to get into zones with line editing. Today, for example, I managed about an hour of really good work and then I just… lost it. I’ve been struggling since. Not a good day.