Still revising
Dear the One Character in This Book Who Has Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Her and Needs No Revision Whatsoever,I love you. Love you.That is all.Me
revision
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Dear Other Protagonist Whom I’m Becoming Reacquainted With After Long Absence,Wow. You have absolutely no sense of humor. How could I have forgotten this?No, no, don’t worry. I’m not going to change that now. I’m not even sure it’s a bad thing. It moves the plot, actually. I’d just forgotten, that’s all.Don’t take it personally,
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When revision letters arrive
Dear Primary Character Who Really is Shaping Up Nicely,Do you think can you find something else to do for a while? Maybe go for a run? You like to run, don’t you? We established that back in chapter one.No, no, it’s not you! It’s just–there’s something I have to do. I’ll be back soon as
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Seven drafts toward a story
So I was going through some old files, and I found an account I’d posted of the revision process for “Song for Two Voices.” Since “Song for Two Voices” is also September’s story on my web site, I thought I’d go ahead and repost it, in case anyone finds it interesting to see the revision
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The joy of second drafts
Dear Secondary Character Who Wasn’t Supposed to Exist,Hah! You’re a bird now! Serves you right.Okay, a really powerful bird who’s probably been around since the world’s beginning. But I’ll take what I can get.Cheerfully,Me=-=-=-=-=-=Dear Primary Character Who Used to Not Be Doing Anything,Okay, you’re still not doing much. But you’re being so much more interesting
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Revision processes
darcypattison has a series on the psychology of revising in her journal this week.Meanwhile, an entry reach from the messy first draft school of writing (planetalyx) and the clean first draft school of writing (jaylake). I’m in the former, but one of the things I’ve learned, as a writer, is that processes vary, pretty much
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