tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post114194677538453027..comments2023-10-22T04:53:10.706-07:00Comments on LIVING THE WRITER'S LIFE: EDITING & REVISIONS: HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH BEFORE YOU MOVE ON?Wynn Bextonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606284153866696343noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1144432991516057582006-04-07T11:03:00.000-07:002006-04-07T11:03:00.000-07:00Oh, and PS--your comment that I now had the body o...Oh, and PS--your comment that I now had the body of a playmate named Fat Albert (in Sam's corrupted wishes) nearly made me wet my pants!Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238624456509484422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1144432308829162082006-04-07T10:51:00.000-07:002006-04-07T10:51:00.000-07:00Hi Wynn!I've always been an edit-while-you-goer an...Hi Wynn!<BR/><BR/>I've always been an edit-while-you-goer and I always will be. I can't function with 200 pages of messy writing behind me. <BR/><BR/>I think, as you get more comfortable with your novel voice, you'll know when you've done enough editing/revising. For me the process has become very clear: I write. I read. I edit. I read. I think it's brilliant. I write more. I read. I edit. I read. I finish the story. I edit again. I think it's total crap. I send it out.<BR/><BR/>LOL!<BR/><BR/>For me, the moment when I feel most hopeless, that the book is really a big fat failure despite my best effort, is the moment when it's ready to go. I only learned this through experience. I wrote six books before getting published.<BR/><BR/>It sounds so insane, especially when I write it down here in your blog. But that's how *I* work. <BR/><BR/>You'll find your way too.<BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful trip!Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238624456509484422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1142202753849547552006-03-12T14:32:00.000-08:002006-03-12T14:32:00.000-08:00I edit while I go. I have tried to stop that habit...I edit while I go. I have tried to stop that habit because it makes for a somtimes frustratingly slow process, but I can't continue if I know there's muck behind. And if I look at my first novel which I wrote on the fly and without much editing - well, that one is in for an even more time consuming rewrite. The later projects are better from the start, and I hope that I only need one last edit pass after I've finished them. <BR/><BR/>The trick is to find what works for you, and Just Getting the Words Out doesn't work for me. I tried Nano, believe me. *grin*<BR/><BR/>I would suggest outlines to Edit While Go writers, though, else there's the danger of getting stuck.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10059313.post-1142176220230763102006-03-12T07:10:00.000-08:002006-03-12T07:10:00.000-08:00This is what I've learned and what I've heard most...This is what I've learned and what I've heard most often - for your first draft, don't revise - JUST WRITE!!!<BR/>Just finish the book. Then, only when it's done, do you go back over it and rewite, revise, and so forth. <BR/>It really is good advice. <BR/>When teh book is accepted for publishing, or even accepted by an agent, there will always be more rewrites and edits to do - so the important thing in the beginning at least, it to just finish the book.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.com