I did an experiement. I took Simple Sarah from third person point-of-view and turned it to first person. It went well for a while, but then it got more difficult as more than just Sarah’s thoughts and actions needed to be considered. The good thing about doing it though was that if a scene did not have her in it, I had to decide to either cut it or to keep it but shorten it. I tossed several scenes that while good in themselves, they didn’t fit the story. I did this for about the first 100 pages or so, then went back and changed it to third person again. At one point, Simple Sarah was down to 108993. Now, after the edit and writing the end, it is up to 115340. Once I edit through it again, I am sure it will lose more again.
I don’t know how to end the dang thing. I had the big battle and all that, now what? Sigh. Perhaps tomorrow I will be able to say THE END and put it aside for a few days. Meanwhile I have GOT to get a printer working so I can print this out and do some editing away from the computer screen. The idea I recently heard of was to take the print out and mix the pages all up, have nothing in order. That way you can edit without falling into the story. I need to check for sentence tense, mispellings, and to do other such stuff as that.
In Real Life, nothing different really. Our friend Sheryl is finally home from her wanderings to Maine and back. Silly time of year, don’t you think?