The requisite “shitty first draft” is now an equally shitty second draft! But it’s better, because it’s twenty percent shorter, so, less shit. Even still, the resolution is somehow more bloated, and needs to be rearranged.
I discovered other issues, and now there are two additional drafts on the list. I suppose it’s like cleaning: it has to get dirtier before it gets better.
The writing style is very pedestrian. Doesn’t sparkle at all. That’s slated for draft twenty.
I suspect that like Jerry, I might die before this is finished.