Helix v2.0

Started revising my NaNoWriMo novel today. It's been sitting on the virtual shelf for six months so I can now view it with fresh, objective eyes. And - bugger me - the first five pages suck the big one. The prose style doesn't settle or flow comfortably until several thousand words in. And as for the supporting female cast... Oh dear. I am going to have to completely overhaul them to make them resemble real people.

Not some much a revision as a total rewrite. I'm going to pay a great deal more attention to the language sentence by sentence than I did with the first draft - a luxury I didn't have at the time. Page one now features ruminations on fruit smoothies and fear of arse-rape with a carving knife.

I foresee a long haul ahead of me.