Yesterday, did a second draft of the essay I've been working on. Today I cut some of the boring stuff in the former GN, and pulled that part together a little bit tighter. I think it's past page 30 now, and I'm wondering if that's too long to wait before the story really starts happening. The tension from the sex and violence at the beginning will pull the reader along for a while, but I'm not sure how long exactly. Well, that depends on the reader, obviously, so I guess the question is how far would it pull me along? No answer is forthcoming because I'm smack dab in the middle of it and working blind. The only thing to do is hope it doesn't suck and keep at it.