tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post8225579656539791873..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: Editing Pitfall #2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-53090159034070970332012-11-05T22:15:34.780-06:002012-11-05T22:15:34.780-06:00Sorry 'Devil' is giving you fits, Silver. ...Sorry 'Devil' is giving you fits, Silver. I don't know about my process. It only works if I get one of these damn things published. ;o)<br /><br />Surface Revision is a great term, Janet! I will go deep and hope I don't drown. LOL<br /><br />I hear ya on that, Casey. That's why I've been working on this on and off since '08.<br /><br />Thanks, Alexia. Good luck on Everdream. B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-43450349813215665232012-11-05T21:23:56.197-06:002012-11-05T21:23:56.197-06:00I definitely have the same problem sometimes. It&#...I definitely have the same problem sometimes. It's easier to work on the minor stuff for sure. Good luck! I am working on edit #5 of Everdream, so I'm right there with ya.alexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122487552931794871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-27904447899891084962012-11-05T19:42:31.421-06:002012-11-05T19:42:31.421-06:00Yeah... I just had that issue with my June WIP. B...Yeah... I just had that issue with my June WIP. By the time I was done with the draft and had a fat manuscript in my hand, I read it and realized that HUGE chunks of story (that I could've sworn I'd written) had not actually been place in the manuscript...yet. LOL Thus... massive edit... then re-edit... It's yet to see a polish. I love it, but I'm damn near sick to death of it! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-6428417467652386062012-11-05T13:20:20.052-06:002012-11-05T13:20:20.052-06:00This was my issue when I revised Lady Bells - Surf...This was my issue when I revised Lady Bells - Surface Revision, I call it! I wish I could offer some guidance, some pearl of wisdom, but I have nothing other than stick to it, B.E. - and go deep, go where you've never gone before :)<br /><br />Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297537075103893956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-83408233374450854222012-11-05T10:19:49.976-06:002012-11-05T10:19:49.976-06:00*stares at "DEVIL"* *shudders* *nods* Yu...<i>*stares at "DEVIL"* *shudders* *nods*</i> Yup. Been there. Done that. Will have to face the consequences sooner than later. At least you have a process that works, B.E. Use it. But before that, here's my advice. Put down the red pen. Start at the beginning. READ the damn thing. Read it like a reader. Start to finish, if you can. Were you drawn into the story? Did you finish it? If not, where did the story derail? THAT'S the point where you need to pull out your red pen and get to work.<br /><br />That's my editing tip for today. ;) Now get to work. Me, too. I'm stalling, despite the 938 words written today. Still have many to go. <i>*sigh*</i>Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com