Day 75: Read your novel into a tape recorder...

"...and then play it back while following the written text. Look for scenes that don’t work, language that draws too much attention to itself. Cut and cut and cut towards the core of the novel, the essence of what your novel is about. Remember the “flight” of your novel."

Man, when I finish a long story, it'll take a whole day to read it out loud!

But I guess that's what it takes.

25 days.