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Not much has changed between this draft and the last; just a couple lines and word choice edits that have been cleaned for clarity or cut for the word count. I changed Rose?s font to a slightly nicer color. My CPs didn?t have a seizure while reading so that?s a good sign - in fact one suggested I make all the names colored, too, haha (I considered, but did not.)
Hi, Jeni! Hope you have fun, hahaha



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YkfZsDy2qkZJbWYlS_WIYsLDGd7KNSnIufp-CjurIiI/edit?usp=sharing

Here's a link to my self-edited draft two of Headhunters!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nEeU-DsCbN7IegBoW_QsEFEMr4gytg0QjB-2up8vr2M/edit?usp=sharing

I thought about removing the colors, just to spare my CPs and editor. I really did. But I was talked down from that ledge, and besides, why not make others suffer a little bit of the agony it took me to color that speech, word by rainbow word? It only seems fair.

In all seriousness, it didn't take me as long as I thought it would to trim that extra 125 words. I was even able to expand a couple sections. I'd still like a bit more of the story at the end, but it's tough to find places in the beginning and middle to sacrifice so there can be a bit more meat on the climax. Altogether, I had fun, and I hope my CPs don?t start bleeding from their eyes before they finish reading.

My first draft has a lot of weird formatting which this site strips out if I try to copy it over. And since I won't be redoing the formatting of every single edit in BBCode, which would take hours, I am instead posting a google docs link for anyone who would like to read my very strange adventure.

Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CsE_NRHki7pT5UUjYO2twJ0wQJXgb8fnms4FH0EfP7w/edit?usp=sharing


Thoughts on the Process:

So I clearly went off the rails with this one, lol. I decided if I was going to think outside the box, may as well go way outside the box. Did it work? I don't know! Did I have fun writing it? Hell yeah.

It's 1125 words, which I think is a reasonable length and shouldn't be too hard to trim down to 1000. I?m an edit-as-I-go type of writer, so there?s not a ton of typos or anything in here, but I did try to limit the amount that I reread and rewrite as I was drafting, so next week when I edit I'll have more to work with. I?m also definitely the type to write long intro and then realize I am nearing the end and have to speed things up to get beneath the wordcount, hahaha. So I know pacing edits will be happening as well.

Why the colors, you ask? I don't know! I thought it would be funny before I started doing all the rainbow text and then began to regret everything in life. But I am nothing if not stubborn. Apparently this forum is too old school to accept formatting when pasting text, soooo google link it is.

Thanks for reading!