In which I realize "Editing" is going to be a lot more like "Re-writing"

*headdesk*

Okay, I understand the point of NaNoWriMo was to get a rough draft done super-quickly, and it was great for that, don't get me wrong.

But dear fluffy lord my manuscript needs a lot of work.  I read through the first 75 pages last night and I have come to realize that the "editing" I forsaw in my future is really a lot of "re-writing". 

I still love my story and my characters, but there is SO MUCH DETAIL missing from my story that it was driving me nuts.

So basically what I got out of NaNo was less of a first draft (though I'm still going to be calling it that because it makes me feel all ACCOMPLISHED and stuff) and more of a really fleshed-out outline.

Writers, does this ever happen to you?  What do you do when you have the first-draft-rewriting-blues?

...I need ALL the help I can get, especially since re-writes are going to take a lot of time and I'm easily distracted by shiny thi---Oooh SHINY!

Editing - Day 1

So I finally worked up the courage to start editing my NaNo novel last night.  And, before I started, I was sure this was going to be a breeze.  I’m GOOD at editing, at finding mistakes, at correcting them.

So I made a plan.  I have 265 pages to edit, so I decided I’d do about 20 pages a night so that I could get this sucker done in two weeks.

I am a fool.

After a night of agony (okay, not agony…irritation) I’m only halfway done page 10.

Page 1 was the cover page.

I’m so screwed.

Help.