Nothin' but Words

Okay... word count up to 79,239. My computer has slowed down just enough for me to want to kill it. Frustrating!
Stupid Vista. The memory keeps getting sucked away, although I haven't done much at all. So now I have to do a major cleanup, which means backing up all my word files. All 62 of them. And all my photos. But my home computer had a major crash a few months ago and everything was wiped, so I'm not taking any chances. Triple safety nets. 0_o'
Back to the point, I have a final battle to write and my poor characters had better be ready for the chaos. I hope I'm ready too. I think I've got everything in place. The kinks can be smoothed out later on when I'm in edit mode. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to edit your story before you finish it...? sometimes when I do I lose perspective. I can't look objectively at my story while wanting it to be good(AKA, when I'm actually writing). It just doesn't seem to coincide well. But there's always time for that later. I just need to make sure things add up right and tie all the loose ends up. Which is a pain because often I forget how many strings are really tied on to my story. Thankfully, my subconscious seems to know how to set things up from the beginning so that everything works out in the end. *thanks subconscious*
The hardest part is wondering what the heck to do with an extra bit of story you don't need. Get rid of it, I suppose; always a heartache. But it's best to think of the story. I've been running into the problem a lot lately and I guess I might not have found a place for the extra bulk just yet... Maybe I will later on? But if not, I guess I'll throw a funeral for those poor pieces that just don't belong.