Progress but not or the sake of Progress

There is finally legitimate progress. I stumbled upon a Reddit post which outlined a strategy for rewrites that is working brilliantly. The manuscript has shown actual improvement but not only that, it has freed me to focus on specifics versus attempting to fix everything I find on every rewrite which, incidently and as many undoubtedly know, is the path of madness.

What I found is rewrites using a single lens. One for locations, another for characters, another for actions, etc. Using this, I am not only 3/4s through my first rewrite (and the first rewrite I'd actually classify as successful) but finally have the space in my head to think of the part I'm really struggling with, choreographing the ending.

It came to me just before a session, how to give my main character impactful actions demonstrating her leadership role and exactly how it would affect the characters around her. It is grand, it is unexpected, it has been sitting right in front of the reader and writer all along. A completely natural and grand progression of the world building that the student discovers as she becomes the master.

It is no MacGuffin either. When it happens, the reader will think "Well duh, why didn't I think of that!" just like the writer is doing now. Beautifully invisible, painfully obvious, I suspect that it will be impactful.

I haven't written the choreography yet. Not yet. It just might be a barn burner of a stew and I don't want to lift the lid on the pot too soon. I have the ingredients, now I seek the spices. Too many mixed metaphors?

Did I mention I still have no spellcheck?