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Thanks, Sprink. Probably if the elimination wasn't the way it was, then it wouldn't be nearly as long. I really don't want to do this, but I may have to do what Lilac does and stop a chapter in-between challenges or eliminations. That will make it a lot shorter, and give me more free time to write. In other words, cut chapters in half.

About cutting unimportant scenes, I consider every scene important for a character's growth. however, looking back, I can easily see some parts of scenes that I didn't need. The Gretchen-Terra-Preston scene, for instance, I didn't need to half it be as long as it was.