I’ve gone through this process countless times and it never gets any easier to cut out chunks of my writing.
Funnily enough, when I was about to cut out a line from chapter 12, a plot bunny attacked me.
And not just any plot bunny, it was a HpXLotR plot bunny- which took me by surprise. Isn’t it odd how a line from a HpXNaruto story created a plot for a completely different fandom?
The brain really does work in mysterious ways.
Anyway, as you’ve read, chapter 12 is undergoing heavy editing. Microsoft word says I have 8,648 words… but that’s bound to change when I fill in the spaces and delete chunks of writing.
The one thing that’s really been bugging me is timeline in the Naruto manga- Kishimoto never really gives a concrete time/date for when events occur. At least if Kurenai’s baby was born, I’d have a better grasp of the timing…
As of chapter 12, Harry is still in August- so I’m going to be using lots of time skips over things like travel- will tweak that as I edit or get new information.
I have to say a huge thanks to everyone who posted helpful suggestions for my writing and the numerous distractions on my last blog post. It’s rather hard to find short and fun one-shots on ff.net.
Polar
