Completion

The End of the Nineth Cycle

Even Things That Go Bump in the Night Need a Place to Unwind

I have completed my ninth review of the Grand. This review showed no decrease in corrections when compared to revision eight. The Cheshire Cats Grin had the most substantial drop of 62%, while the Van Helsing Paradox increased by 63%. Overall, there were 207 corrections and gives us an average of 17 changes per chapter.

About 20% of the chapters saw a drop in changes during this cycle. This revision cycle is unique in that there was no drop in corrections, although changes varied greatly from chapter to chapter.

Here is a summary of the cycle:

Overall was no drop in modifications when compared to revision eight;
207 modifications for the entire work;
17 modifications per chapter;
The Cheshire Cats Grin had the most substantial drop at 62%; and
The Van Helsing Paradox had a 63% increase in changes.

These revision took far less time than previous revisions and for the same reasons:

It takes far less time to run through the material;
There are far fewer errors to find with an average of 424 words between corrections. This improves on the 371 words per change seen in revision eight; and
Changes implemented are minor in scope.

I expect to keep pushing through these revisions until the total amount of corrections drop well below 25 for the manuscript. Since there was no change from the previous revision, I expect there are 2-3 revisions left.

26 February 2017 By Evelyn Chartres Leave a Comment Filed Under: Revisions, The Grand Tagged With: Completion, Revision, Revision 9, Statistics, The Chesire Cats Grin, The Grand, The Grand Project, The Van Helsing Paradox

The End of the Eighth Cycle

Even Things That Go Bump in the Night Need a Place to Unwind

I have completed my eighth review of the Grand. This review marked a 27% drop in corrections when compared to revision seven. Into the Fire had the most substantial drop of 71%, while changes to The Cheshire Cats Grin increased by 333%. Overall, there were 207 corrections and gives us an average of 17 changes per chapter.

About 20% of the chapters saw a drop in changes during this cycle. The Cheshire Cats Grin saw the greatest increase, in stark contrast to the last revision where it saw the greatest decrease.

Here is a summary of the cycle:

Overall a 27% drop in modifications when compared to revision seven;
207 modifications for the entire work. The first time revisions are under three digits;
17 modifications per chapter;
Into the Fire had the most substantial drop at 71%; and
The Cheshire Cats Grin had a 333% increase in changes.

Like last couple of revisions, this revision took far less time than previous revisions and for the same reasons:

It takes far less time to run through the material;
There are far fewer errors to find with an average of 371 words between corrections. This improves on the 307 words per change seen in revision seven; and
Changes implemented are minor in scope.

I expect to keep pushing through these revisions until the total amount of corrections drop well below 25 for the manuscript. If these trends hold, I expect there are 2-3 revisions left.

20 February 2017 By Evelyn Chartres Leave a Comment Filed Under: Revisions, The Grand Tagged With: Completion, Into the Fire, Revision, Revision 8, Statistics, The Chesire Cats Grin, The Grand, The Grand Project

The End of the Seventh Cycle

Even Things That Go Bump in the Night Need a Place to Unwind

I have completed my seventh review of the Grand. This review marked a 34% drop in corrections compared to revision five. The Cheshire Cats Grin had the most substantial drop of 73%, while Siamese Dreams doubled in changes. Overall there were 283 corrections and gives us an average of 17 changes per chapter.

For the most part this cycle saw a drop for all chapters, except for Siamese Dreams. As expected, this breaks the trend established in revision six.

Here is a summary of the cycle:

Overall a 34% drop in modifications when compared to revision six;
283 modifications for the entire work. The first time revisions are under three digits;
17 modifications per chapter;
The Cheshire Cats Grin had the most substantial drop at 73%; and
Siamese Dreams had a 100% increase in changes.

Like revision six, this revision has taken far less time than previous revisions and for the same reasons:

It takes far less time to run through the material;
There are far fewer errors to find with an average of 304 words between corrections. This improves on the 172 words per change seen in revision six; and
Changes implemented are minor in scope.

I expect to keep pushing through these revisions until the total amount of corrections drop well below 25 for the manuscript. If these trends hold, I expect there are at 3-4 revisions left.

12 February 2017 By Evelyn Chartres Leave a Comment Filed Under: Revisions, The Grand Tagged With: Completion, Revision, Revision 7, Siamese Dreams, Statistics, The Chesire Cats Grin, The Grand, The Grand Project

The End of the Sixth Cycle

Even Things That Go Bump in the Night Need a Place to Unwind

I have completed my sixth review of the Grand. This review marked a 53% drop in corrections compared to revision five. The Virgin Goddess of the Hunt had the most substantial drop of 69%, while Ethereal Nights had least at 24%.Overall there were 431 corrections that gives us an average of 26 changes per chapter. Overall this cycle saw a drop in changes for every chapter, although I do not expect this to be a trend.

Here is a summary of the cycle:

Overall a 53% drop in modifications when compared to revision five;
431 modifications for the entire work. The first time revisions are under three digits;
26 modifications per chapter;
The Virgin Goddess of the Hunt had the most substantial drop at 69%; and
Ethereal Nights had a 24% drop in changes.

The revision cycle has been greatly accelerated. Here are some of the reasons why:

It takes far less time to run through the material;
There are far fewer errors to find with an average of 172 words between corrections; and
Changes implemented are minor in scope.

I expect to keep pushing through these revisions until the total amount of corrections drop well below 25 for the manuscript. If my current trends hold, I expect there are at 4-5 revisions left.

4 February 2017 By Evelyn Chartres Leave a Comment Filed Under: Revisions, The Grand Tagged With: Completion, Ethereal Nights, Revision, Revision 6, Statistics, The Grand, The Grand Project, Virgin Goddess of the Hunt

The End of the Fifth Cycle

Even Things That Go Bump in the Night Need a Place to Unwind

I have completed my fifth review of the Grand. This review marked a 28% drop in overall corrections when compared to the previous revision. Ethereal Nights had the most substantial drop at 60%. While Hadrian’s Legacy increased in changes by 48%.

Overall there were 925 corrections done over the whole of the Grand giving us an average of 57 changes per chapter. This review saw some chapters gain considerably in the amount of revisions as compared to the last review. Ethereal Nights gained the most whereas it survived with the least changes during the last cycle.

Here is a summary of the cycle:

Overall a 28% drop in modifications when compared to revision four;
925 modifications for the entire work. The first time revisions are under three digits;
57 modifications per chapter;
Ethereal Nights had the most substantial drop at 60%; and
Hadrian’s Legacy increased in changes by 48%.

This revision cycle showcased observations made while working on the Portrait. I found that previous iterations would have an impact on the current revision. So if a chapter had few revisions in the last cycle, it would likely need more later on. Only after several iterations did revisions consistently drop for all chapters. Either way, I see there being three to two revisions left for the Grand.