Dawn McClure Brainstorming for Ideas
Number of posts : 10 Location : Michigan Registration date : 2009-06-10
| Subject: Finished with first draft...onto editing Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:56 pm | |
| Last night I finished the first draft of my current WIP. I started writing it in late April. Now my goal is Revision Hell (courtesy of Candace Havens), where I edit 20 pages a day for 2 weeks. I was so happy to type THE END. Once I finish the edits I'll send this off to my 2 crit partners and start on the next novel while they go over what I have. I'm crossing my fingers in the hope that they will like it. | |
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emilycross The Boss of the Board
Number of posts : 1170 Age : 37 Registration date : 2009-02-05
| Subject: Re: Finished with first draft...onto editing Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:19 pm | |
| Thats brilliant Dawn!!
Can i ask how you edit? Do you have a process to it? Like read 1 = plot holes, read 2= grammar/line by line? | |
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Dawn McClure Brainstorming for Ideas
Number of posts : 10 Location : Michigan Registration date : 2009-06-10
| Subject: Re: Finished with first draft...onto editing Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:23 pm | |
| I'm still looking for a process. lol Normally I print it out and sit down with a colored pen and go to town. I look for everything...and I normally add a lot of internal thoughts for the characters. I add detail of setting/clothes/character quirks. I check for spelling and grammar. I even add entire scenes. When I'm all finished I put everything into the document in Word. | |
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gobblegobble Editing the First draft
Number of posts : 251 Age : 39 Location : La La Land Job/hobbies : My job is being a Mom and My hobby is writing. Humor : "Due to budget cuts, the light at the end of the tunnel will be turned off until further notice!" Registration date : 2009-03-04
| Subject: Re: Finished with first draft...onto editing Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:19 pm | |
| Sounds like you edit the way I do. Although on my first finished story draft, I went to sit down and edit but realized I was missing the ENTIRE first third of the book and I had actually had my chapter 1 was supposed to be in the middle.
Good luck working on your editing! 20 pages/day is killer but I bet it really gets the work going. | |
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Dawn McClure Brainstorming for Ideas
Number of posts : 10 Location : Michigan Registration date : 2009-06-10
| Subject: Re: Finished with first draft...onto editing Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:08 pm | |
| Thanks! If you're interested in the Fast Draft or Revision Hell, Candace Havens has more info on her website. She's super nice. She helped me make my pitch better right before I pitched to an editor at a conference. She's full of good advice. | |
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