My internal critic is having a party with the pace of my current revision. My Critic loves to tell me I'm behind everyone else and that I'm going slow. The best defense against this has been a writing community. As writers we are solitary creatures, but that does not mean we don't need the support… Continue reading Revision Diaries: A writing community is so important!
I have finished my third read and my manuscript evaluation spreadsheet! Woohoo! It is a very daunting thing to see your whole book mapped out in a spreadsheet of scenes, but it feels ridiculously good to have a visual of what works and what doesn't. Do I dare color code it? Still playing with that… Continue reading Revision Diaries: Celebrate the Wins!
I'm in the depths of my third read and the spreadsheet that accompanies it. That means I'm taking a very hard look at what is working, what isn't, and what each scene needs in order to actually work. For almost half of my book, that means being cut. When I tried my rewrite in June,… Continue reading Revision Diaries: When half the book doesn’t work anymore.
As much as I'm enjoying working through my manuscript, it is a lot of work. My brain really isn't handling "more work" right now. My day job is starting to ramp-up, socializing is coming back, and of course the puppy. Puppy Blues Turns out, having a tiny puppy is a TON of work. Not just… Continue reading Revision Diaries: Stalling is Normal
I've heard of reading through a draft before to see it from the perspective of future readers before you edit. However, going further than that seemed over the top when the problems seemed obvious. Did I know how to actually tackle the problems I found while reading or even use the wonderful gems I found… Continue reading Revision Diaries: Evaluating the Manuscript
Subtle Stories 