Clearly, I indeed require a proof reader. However, many people have volunteered in the past, only to let me down: never actually reading anything, reading only one page, or even telling me it's fine, when I go back to re-read it and find several mistakes. Sadly, this makes me weary when people offer to help out now, and I ultimately turn them down. Although, it feels like I am getting better at it. Who knows anymore, really?
My progress was rendered defunctive for just over seven days recently, but appears to be back on track for now. I still can't get over the gut feeling this piece will forever have the stench of amateur, like I'll repeatedly being pleading, "It's my first day." Wiping the slate clean and rebuilding from the foundation up would be the only way to save this novel. "Save" here meaning be a 'Good' book opposed to a 'Decent' one, which is where it stands now. This may sound entirely counter-active, but I am comfortable with people saying, "Well, it wasn't his best work, but it has it's moments." Your first impression should be a deep impact, I know. But in order to reach that point, I feel it would be done more effectively with A Dearly-Won Harmony than Concealed Weapons.
But, what do you want? It's my first day.
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