Finished my preliminary 3rd draft outline, which came in at a whopping 27 pages single spaced (though a good portion of that can be attributed to me being excrutiatingly detailed with my new material, plus I outlined every section of the parts that I intended to keep. Most of that will be tossed out of the final outline.). Tomorrow's agenda is to work out the parts that I didn't have worked out the first time through and make some decisions about what I'm going to cut out of the first section (I've got my eye on shortening one scene in particular and possibly cutting an entire chapter and moving the pertinent information later. I'd like to get to the plot catalyst quicker than I do at present and cutting that chapter would bring it at least 30 pages sooner.). I'm feeling good about the changes I'm going to implement, for they keep my antagonist more to the forefront, keep him involved in events; in fact, now he has his hand in everything that goes wrong for my protag, causing almost all of it, with the exception of one thing, but even the guy responsible for that one is in my antagonist's pocket. The next draft will undoubtedly be longer, but I think it will also be better.

In sub news, finally got to the post office and mailed out "The Hearts of Men." I also heard from ASIM that my story passed the first reading, which is actually only the second time I've made it out of round one with them.

I don't have any cool April Fools pranks to spring on anyone so I'll just have to settle for pulling out my April Fools Snape avatar.