Well, I thought I was near the end of revisions, not noticing that I'd only picked up half the stack of paper I'm working through. How glad I am for this chance to revise with another pointing the direction. I find myself really focusing down on the essential story. That's always the question: what is the essential story. In this novel, it isn't Louis's duel with Nicholas Fouquet. It's his search for whom he will love. The Nicholas story is a subplot, rather than the other way around.
What a different song I'm singing from when I first received revision suggestions. Ego does not help in writing.
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