tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post6180322746857449968..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: Thursday This n ThatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-57497133243553336162016-09-08T09:32:03.480-05:002016-09-08T09:32:03.480-05:00My CP and I had a recent conversation similar to t...My CP and I had a recent conversation similar to the editing. What she sends to me takes days to get through, and I have to point out problems in plot, character, and continuity. She sends one of my "drafts" back with, "I caught a few typos. How do write such a clean first draft?" I wanted to bounce her head off the wall. "First draft? Uh...no. By the time YOU see it, it's gone through a first draft, a second draft, a read aloud edit, a revision draft, a read aloud edit which then becomes of revised draft that she and my beta readers see. Once I get those critiques back, I fix, do another read aloud fix and THEN--only then does it go to my editor. Her reply? "Wow...I send you my first draft as soon as I finish it--I don't even read it over. Guess you're getting the short end of the stick, huh?" YA THINK!?!?!?!?!?!<br /><br />So yeah, I get a little pissy when people seem to thing that self-pub means some hobby writer who dashes off a story and puts it up on Amazon. Seriously?!?! <br /><br />Okay...I'm stepping down and backing away from the soapbox. LOL<br /><br />So...that. This...Mercury is in retrograde and I'm having fits getting started on the next short-trigger deadline project. Plus my weekend plans got skewed. Instead of a writer's retreat where I planned to write all weekend, joining the others at meals for conversation, and lighthearted brainstorming. Now, there are continuous activities scheduled with the occasional hour break for "free writing." Seriously?!?! <br /><br />I need more coffee. And an attitude readjustment.Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com