A breakthrough! I think I figured out why I use the word "just" so much. I use it in place of the word "but". For example: "It was just that we had gone so long without speaking that..." has now become "But we had gone so long without speaking that...". I know this seems minor and insignificant and probably even obvious to you but I cannot tell you how many times I have used the word just. Seriously at least two times on each page. It's like a sickness. So this little realization will be helpful in the parts where I can't simply delete the "just".
Seriously, I need to become nocturnal. I think so much more clearly at night. I would say half of my ideas have been right as I am falling asleep. And then I have to either 1) Repeat it to myself three times in a weak attempt to remember it in the morning, 2) Get out of bed and write it down in my idea book, or 3) Make a note in my iPhone (this one is the most common).
Back to editing chapter 24!
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