tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post1304550867184926940..comments2016-06-02T13:25:57.734-04:00Comments on Christina Mitchell: IWSG: Editing is for lesser beings, right?Christina Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01760329784127319240noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-54855504783581479802013-06-07T18:02:58.984-04:002013-06-07T18:02:58.984-04:00I'm a bare bones writer as well. Everyone talk...I'm a bare bones writer as well. Everyone talks about editing out excess - I always have to add.<br />It does help to outline, but finishing NaNa a great accomplishment. You'll survive the edits!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-27310858615782863432013-06-07T13:35:39.977-04:002013-06-07T13:35:39.977-04:00Everytime you tell a lie, a kitten gets flicked in...Everytime you tell a lie, a kitten gets flicked in the nose :)<br /><br />Christina Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760329784127319240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-3026333069132317852013-06-07T13:34:33.190-04:002013-06-07T13:34:33.190-04:00I appreciated your gross imagery more than you kno...I appreciated your gross imagery more than you know :D<br /><br />It's all gonna end up a heaping platter of awesome. I just know it. Christina Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760329784127319240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-61261998452447786902013-06-07T13:32:39.077-04:002013-06-07T13:32:39.077-04:00Get out of that corner! I love new friends who tal...Get out of that corner! I love new friends who talk and talk like I do! <br /><br />Thank you for the compliments. I have worked so hard to make my blog pretty (at the expense of working on my novel honestly) so it means a lot to me to have it be noticed. <br /><br />Wow it's amazing that you wrote book after book. I keep getting derailed by the next book I want to write but I won't start until I finish this one. I have to prove to myself I can finish editing. <br /><br />You nailed it too. When I started editing, I fell out of love with my characters. I started questioning who they were and changing them until I didn't like them anymore. I am hoping that will improve now. <br /><br /><br /><br />Christina Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760329784127319240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-68561551833140184562013-06-07T12:07:39.422-04:002013-06-07T12:07:39.422-04:00lol It's not that I thought that my first draf...lol It's not that I thought that my first draft was genius that I should never edit, but that since I'm a pantser who is also a chronic editor while pantsing, that whatever I finished was pure gold because I'd already been editing! That, too, is not true (darn). hahaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-45530393719386271892013-06-07T12:05:09.648-04:002013-06-07T12:05:09.648-04:00Oh, I used to LOVE editing. Tearing my story apart...Oh, I used to LOVE editing. Tearing my story apart and putting it back together was so much FUN! That was before I entered into the eleventy millionth revision of my current story. Now, I want to gut my main character and strangle the rest of them with her innards (how's THAT for gross?). <br /><br />BUT -- as miserable as I am most of the time, that moment that I can see the progress is incredible.<br /><br />I guess what I'm saying is, you take the good with the bad. Eventually, there will be moments of greatness that will remind you why you're torturing yourself in the first place. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952125198101179121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-81375300661563936712013-06-07T09:50:02.210-04:002013-06-07T09:50:02.210-04:00Mencara,
First thing,I love, love, love the look...Mencara, <br /><br />First thing,I love, love, love the look of your blog. I sat looking at the fun-ness and quirkiness of it before I read a word.<br /><br />Like you, I've had some mad NaNo experiences and I'm lazy about editing too, BUT I now have three published novels that came out of those months of madness, so that worked out eventually, after scads of editing. <br /><br />When I was starting out, I wrote one book after another, with the result that I still have way too many of them to edit and I wrote them as the ideas came for the next chapter. With limited time these days, I at least write down 2-3 plot points and write around those. Not terribly detailed, but it works for me. <br /><br />Hard to enjoy editing, but it gets easier once you are in the middle of it and fall back in love with your characters. <br /><br />Now excuse me while I go stand in the corner for writing up an entire blog post in your comments.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-37578352916955473052013-06-07T08:32:08.590-04:002013-06-07T08:32:08.590-04:00I love editing other people's work. Because it...I love editing other people's work. Because it's easy. It's a lot harder editing my own. Because I have no idea where to go. I came from writing short stories in which, editing meant I just rewrote the whole story several times. With a novel, that is way too time intensive. I guess I could amend my thesis statement and say that I hate LEARNING how to edit my own novel. Christina Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760329784127319240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-3029399908084237412013-06-07T08:30:43.980-04:002013-06-07T08:30:43.980-04:00Exactly! I had a good idea but now I have gobbledy...Exactly! I had a good idea but now I have gobbledygoop and I've already changed so much that the rest is almost irrelevant, meaning I don't actually have a completed novel. Which is depressing. <br /><br />Thank you for the luck. I'll take it :)Christina Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760329784127319240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-65256170306038435082013-06-07T08:29:23.179-04:002013-06-07T08:29:23.179-04:00Having a cheering section does make it less hatefu...Having a cheering section does make it less hateful! Thank you Wicked Writer!Christina Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760329784127319240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-87199106289291790192013-06-07T06:47:08.001-04:002013-06-07T06:47:08.001-04:00Interesting. Honestly, editing is my favorite par...Interesting. Honestly, editing is my favorite part of writing. Choking out that first rough draft is what kills me. Once I have something I can print out and mark up, I'm happy as a clam. <br />Good luck, and I look forward to your posts. I'll offer all the encouragement I can. Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247707812061900770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-70494835803263878732013-06-06T15:29:22.705-04:002013-06-06T15:29:22.705-04:00I can see why you're overwhelmed! You wrote th...I can see why you're overwhelmed! You wrote the novel before you could think about it, and now you've got to go back and figure out if the different parts are working together. The outline guide will definitely help you (reading some good screenwriting books might also help you with structure). For me the first couple of rounds of edits are actually fun, but by the third or fourth time? I'm ready to throw the thing out the window. This is no consultation but the only way to do it is to do, so good luck!Quanie Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180404500104109989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8609284582131445193.post-32725385032039053952013-06-06T13:26:21.500-04:002013-06-06T13:26:21.500-04:00:) Editing is the bane of every single writers exi...:) Editing is the bane of every single writers existence. I feel your pain, but I'm here in your cheering section. Go you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17465460330758905673noreply@blogger.com