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Behind The Scenes🤭📚 My Chaotic Revision Process

Including updates on “The Shard & The Serpent” and a cute bunny pic!🐰💗

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Jinapher J. Hoffman
May 06, 2025
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I’m currently in the finalization stage of “The Shard and The Serpent” (TSATS), which means a lot of things.

The most important is reading each chapter and asking myself:

  • 🚩Does this serve the characters, the plot, or the world? If the answer is no, then the chapter gets flagged.

  • 🚩Is any part of this chapter off in pacing? If yes, it gets flagged.

  • 🚩Was this chapter a new addition in the most recent draft? If yes, it gets flagged (to check for any continuity errors).

This stage isn’t about looking for grammatical errors. It’s about making the final story shine.

My editing currently looks like the below screenshots, where I put my initial reactions and thoughts between brackets:

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