I always figured the book should be, decently thick, just thick enough to qualify as thick and no thicker. That thickness right there that you just pictured, that exact thickness.
50,000 words is significantly, not as thick as that.
So revision drafts I want to make, in no real order I guess:
Character- add character quirks more consistently, rewrite characters for voice consistency, and like stuff I discovered about characters as I wrote. Like Unwin's "No, but Yes" tendencies and, hold on, I think the Pontifex developed a personality in there somewhere... right, his tendency to ramble, and maybe somehow the idea that he wants to hurt Moone good but stops himself every time.
Plot- figure out plot points at the sections I handwaved; write those chunks; go back and foreshadow. This may involve copious research, and needing to go back and rewrite parts where I found out I got it wrong; I'm going to go back and foreshadow these twists as well, but that may be a different draft revision.
Other stuff: I can't think of it right now, but there were a couple of other things I wanted to revise for as well. If I manage to think of them I'll put them here.
NaNoWriMo was fun. I think I'll continue writing, not just on my main blog but on this writing blog, every day. It won't have to be 1667 words, but, 1000 will do???
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