Anju Gattani's Blog - Posts Tagged "editing"
Away from desk
I've often wondered how other authors get back in a project they've been away from? I'm in that situation right now and trying to figure my way around as I jump back in a manuscript from 2009.
At first I dilly-dallied for a while... unsure whether I could get back in. That means I was on FB and Twitter and whatnot for a while - procrastinating.
Then, I took the plunge and dived - head-first. I started rereading what I had done... revising and editing... and trying to build the mental picture in my head.
Chapter 1 was torture... now I'm on Chapter 4 and plugging my way through. The last leg of research remains and I wonder when I'll relive the joy of pounding out the original manuscript?
What do you think?
At first I dilly-dallied for a while... unsure whether I could get back in. That means I was on FB and Twitter and whatnot for a while - procrastinating.
Then, I took the plunge and dived - head-first. I started rereading what I had done... revising and editing... and trying to build the mental picture in my head.
Chapter 1 was torture... now I'm on Chapter 4 and plugging my way through. The last leg of research remains and I wonder when I'll relive the joy of pounding out the original manuscript?
What do you think?
Back to Book II
Hi,
Back to work on copy edits of Bk II in my 'Winds of Fire' series and I wonder how much longer this is going to take? I feel like I'm reading and evaluating the meaning and necessity of each sentence again with a microscope and wondering why I hadn't done so before.
Obviously, because I was writing at the time. Now, I'm editing. And I need a different pair of glasses to 'see' the written word with.
The good thing is the pace and momentum of the story is as I had last left it, over a year ago. Dialogues, pacing, characters, setting and narrative seem to be OK... so onward I go!!
Back to work on copy edits of Bk II in my 'Winds of Fire' series and I wonder how much longer this is going to take? I feel like I'm reading and evaluating the meaning and necessity of each sentence again with a microscope and wondering why I hadn't done so before.
Obviously, because I was writing at the time. Now, I'm editing. And I need a different pair of glasses to 'see' the written word with.
The good thing is the pace and momentum of the story is as I had last left it, over a year ago. Dialogues, pacing, characters, setting and narrative seem to be OK... so onward I go!!
Blogs
Hi,
Just when I thought I had enough trouble keeping up with social media and editing the 2nd book... a surprise comes along.
DUTY AND DESIRE is featured today on 2 blog posts and 1 online newspaper:
http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeTh...
Spotlight Tuesday:
http://fullmoonbites.blogspot.com/?zx...
Readers Review
http://paper.li/bestsellers_gb/134026...
I'm giving away swag with both blog posts - so this is exciting!
So here i am trying to keep up with Tweets, the Olympics and editing. And I don't quite know what I'm doing at this moment... except blogging on Goodreads now.
Just when I thought I had enough trouble keeping up with social media and editing the 2nd book... a surprise comes along.
DUTY AND DESIRE is featured today on 2 blog posts and 1 online newspaper:
http://coffeetimeromance.com/CoffeeTh...
Spotlight Tuesday:
http://fullmoonbites.blogspot.com/?zx...
Readers Review
http://paper.li/bestsellers_gb/134026...
I'm giving away swag with both blog posts - so this is exciting!
So here i am trying to keep up with Tweets, the Olympics and editing. And I don't quite know what I'm doing at this moment... except blogging on Goodreads now.
