tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post3000892737224777497..comments2024-03-18T04:50:28.589-07:00Comments on Grace's Mosaic Moments: EDIT THE BLASTED BOOK, Part 6BGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040441084648426091noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-68133138722741297092012-08-20T17:24:29.949-07:002012-08-20T17:24:29.949-07:00Vonnie, thanks for telling me I'm "gentle...Vonnie, thanks for telling me I'm "gentle," as you're also warning authors editing can be worse than described. I didn't want to go any farther for fear of discouraging the faint-hearted! Nor did I want to encourage those who can never stop editing and get the show on the road. Hopefully, I've struck a happy medium where authors realize the amount of effort they need to put into editing but don't become so traumatized they chuck the whole project or fall into an endless cycle of editing and re-editing. The time comes when your baby has to leave home!Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04040441084648426091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-88441129984719311932012-08-19T14:17:03.695-07:002012-08-19T14:17:03.695-07:00Actually Grace, your advice is quite gentle. I hav...Actually Grace, your advice is quite gentle. I have to say I edit many more times than this! (I'm anal). But in these days of badly produced e-books, I don't want to stand out as the writer who lost the story thread in Chapter 5, or mis-spelled 'convenient.' Thanks for your advice. Vonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07092475086889028716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-3673124017325892662012-08-19T09:54:34.312-07:002012-08-19T09:54:34.312-07:00Excellent advice, Terry. Thanks for commenting.Excellent advice, Terry. Thanks for commenting.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04040441084648426091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1447996151440578956.post-74917537426087504862012-08-19T08:10:23.676-07:002012-08-19T08:10:23.676-07:00I find it really helps to print out what I need to...I find it really helps to print out what I need to reread and edit also. It's amazing how much I miss when reading the screen hour after hour. Also, setting the book aside and working on another, like I'm doing now, can help to give us a new look at the previously "finished" book.<br /><br />I doubt anyone can write a perfect book first time out either without a hint of revisions! That's just part of the fun of writing. Once it's "done"...as in the story is written from beginning to end, it's time to make it shine. :) To me that's the most fun part!Terry Spearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788961423817944896noreply@blogger.com