Making major changes in a section of a manuscript is like the building of the Chunnel. You're coming at the story from two different ends, and tunneling toward the middle. You hope that the when you get to the middle, you've made the right decisions and the sections will merge together with little work. Sometimes, you miscalculate, and the revisions can't connect to the work you've already done, forcing you to start over or trash another section. Sometimes, you calculate right and the revised section smoothly fits with the other sections. In this case, I guessed right. Phew. Just another 5 or so pages to revise and I'll have something that I can polish.
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