Last week was extremely busy, but very satisfying, in that I completed the first draft of a document I’ve been working on for over a month. I sometimes think substantive editing is a bit like housework, in that you often get to a point where things look a terrible mess before they come good (for example, in housework, the point where you’ve pulled all the furniture out of place so you can vacuum the carpet). I was at that stage with this particular document on Wednesday, but the next day the various parts all fell into place and it suddenly looked like a professional and well structured document. I always feel a great sense of accomplishment when that happens.