In the Spirit of Our Economy (she said without jinxing anyone)
I’m planning MAJOR cuts. MAJOR downsizing.
I speak of my manuscript, of course. 
Notice the behemoth’s at over 500 pages today? Gonna bring that monster count down, friends, Romans and neighbors! Lend me your delete buttons!
Well, never mind the delete–I’ll do that carefully from this end.
I’ve been tightening and whatnots, but there’s lots of driftwood here, and I’ve decided to cut off the dead limbs to help prune my tree. There, now I’ve mixed metaphors and you can all continue your days knowing all is normal on my side of the pond. :)
A story in a snapshot - from Oslo City Hall
Stumble It!
Wonderful! There’s nothing quite so satisfying as hitting the delete key.
Maybe finishing.
Haha!
When I finish I’ll be able to compare the two… What a thought. But of course today I sat down to delete and then wrote two more pages. 
I am happy with it though, because it’s getting stronger. I’m rewriting into the text, at which point I can delete what’s become redundant or nonsensical based on what I’ve written.
Writing is madness!!
I’ve always said you were crazy, and now you are finally proving it to yourself!
Me, crazy?
Nah. Btw, this weekend I have plans to make coffee together with ground eggshells. I kid thee not. 
I’m always putting things in, not taking them out, so the delete button and I are total strangers.
You never have the need to rewrite or revise? I can’t imagine my work coming out that well!
Oh I revise and rewrite. But just taking entire chunks out is rare. I always end up putting more in than I leave out.
Ah. Hm, well I’m rewriting and whole chunks are going–and being written in.
Truth is, though, that ever since vowing to do it, I’ve been writing and writing, and barely deleting more than paragraphs here and there.
The best laid plans…