I finished my first read through of Flying Lessons yesterday. This was just a rough look over. I didn’t really do any correcting. I just wanted to make sure there were no inconsistencies in the plot or writing style. I needed to check the time line to make sure it made sense. The second reading is when I start correcting things. I’ll go through about four times before passing it on to my first reader. Then I pass it on to second and third readers. I have lots of readers.
I found a few things that I need to change. Mainly I have this prologue that I wrote and I’m not sure it’s necessary or even fits into the story now that the whole thing is completed. I’m trying decide whether or not I should cut it out completely or if I should just make some changes to it. I think it could definitely be shorter. It only need to be a page and a half to get the message across instead of the 12 pages it is now. I don’t even think a prologue is supposed to be that long, is it?
