WiP- Editing
April 12, 2009 | Filed in: Editing and Revising

It seems the easiest way for me to come up with stuff to post about, is to write about what I’m currently doing. Right now, The Girls and I are critiquing each other’s MS’s.

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And let me tell you–I’m scared to death. I’m having a great time!

We’re each taking a turn feeling the stories out for flow and if everything really makes sense. Then we’re moving on to the more nit-picky stuff.

It’s hard putting yourself out there like this. Hard, but necessary.

So, I want to know how you edit. Of course we all edit our own work. We do that until we’re blue in the face and our butts are numb from sitting so long.

But, do you have others help you? What do you look for while you’re reading someone else’s story? What do you look for in your own? Are you a part of a critique group? What are your rules?

And maybe if you’re good…we’ll let you into our group…maybe.

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Wait before you send
March 22, 2009 | Filed in: Editing and Revising

But patience is a virtue I’m having to learn, with every story I write.

Sometimes, it is all about waiting for the idea to ferment, at others it is waiting for the next scene to form in my head.

Waiting....

Waiting....

I have all sorts of errands and assignments chasing my tail today, so I’ll do another “link post”. Sigh. I hope I’m better-organized next Monday! So, here goes:

I’ve never been very patient in most things I’ve done. While in my kitchen, it irks me no end that some cakes take ages to bake once in the oven, or that the pasta takes 10minutes to boil. But patience is a virtue I’m having to learn, with every story I write.

Sometimes, it is all about waiting for the idea to ferment, at others it is waiting for the next scene to form in my head.

At others, it is about putting away something I’ve written to look at another day. And this is the hardest kind of waiting. It is also the most essential. To know why, read more here.

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