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I'm at the same stage as you - writing finished, editing to do. This chapter is shorter than recent ones, just under 3500 words, but I usually add bits when I edit so it might grow a bit.

Thanks for the advice, I'll keep my eyes open for the books. I love reading even if I don't have a lot of time for it these days. Even so, I've got three books and some manga on the go.

Children of Earth was an original script that RTD couldn't get made, no one wanted to produce it, so he recycled it - and later Miracle Day - as a Torchwood story by putting the Torchwood characters into pre-written roles and adapting a few things to fit with Torchwood. That kind or thing never works, you have to go back to basics and rewrite the whole thing so it fits the characters you want to use it for instead of changing the characters to fit the plot. Have you ever read any of the stories written for the reel_torchwood community on LJ? Writers pick a movie and use that as a basis for a Torchwood fic, using Torchwood characters and as much or as little of the film plot as they want to use. The stories are amazing. THAT is the way to to take a script and adapt it to Torchwood characters. Stand-outs for me include the Torchwood version of Singing In The Rain, updated to the modern day so beautifully it's a delight to read.

Right, I'd better get on with editing Chapter 20. I need to post it to the challenge community today!