First Draft Complete

I'm officially declaring the first draft of my dissertation prose complete. Five fairly long chapters and 15433 (according to Scrivener) words later and I'm relaxing a little. Tomorrow I can start editing.

The plan is...

• Break up the chapters and use Scrivener to label scenes as "main plot", "sub-plot" (by character name), "action" and "exposition".
• Use Scrivener's outliner tool to examine the balance of the above labels.
• Print them all out and give them a read through.
• Let that sink in.
• Use the patented 'Graham Joyce Process' (narrative, character, setting, int/ext balance and sentence level edit) to fine tune the prose.
• While doing all this make notes for my commentary.
• Write up the commentary.
• Cry while editing and improving all of the above.
• Get the thing bound and handed in.
• Have nervous breakdown while waiting for marks.
• Graduate.
• Keel over.
• Spend the next month doing everything I've not been able to do (because I've been feeling so guilty about not putting enough effort into the MA).

That should about cover it.

Onward!