Pruning a First Draft WIP Novel can certainly be a Catharic process, a cut here, a chop there, get rid of the waste, that sentence can go, actually the paragraph doesn't do much, don't hold back, go for it, chapter gone too!. You're on a roll, the end result will be worth it .. got to keep cutting … .and finally, yes finally last page …. all done! Right, check that Word Count.
39,000 words ... gulp.
39,000 words ... gulp.