I've reached the midpoint. Finally, I feel settled in the new configuration. The upside is the rewriting should be smoother from this point forward. The downside is I can more clearly see what needs to be changed in the first half, and seeing it makes me want to fix it. That would be a time-sink because I'm fairly certain I'll end up with yet another pile of needed changes once I hit the end of this revision round. I won't know what those are until I hit the end.
It's like working from a detailed outline--with surprises along the way.
And it does make me wish I could write 80K novels.
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I removed a major chunk of backstory from a primary character--a chunk that affected big things like her motives and the motives of those around her. That took some getting used to.