Have you ever had one of those days, weeks, or months when nothing you write seems to work? Have you ever been stuck on one sentence, one paragraph, or one or more chapters that go nowhere? Maybe your agent or editor has called your attention to uneven passages in your manuscript and asked you to […]
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Time to Edit: Oh, the Joy!
My friend Emily Rattray Wenstrom recently wrote about her editing process. She described the first draft as the bones of her story, and later versions as being fleshed out and plumped up. I loved her description of discovering her characters and her setting anew as she began her first edit. That perfectly describes how I […]
Editing: What’s the Magic Number?
You’ve been writing for hours. Is it time to edit? Maybe. It depends on what type of editing you’re thinking of implementing. Do you find it helps you refocus the direction of your story to stop at the end of the day and spend some time doing a light edit of the pages you’ve just […]