Anju Gattani's Blog - Posts Tagged "page"
Perspective
Hi,
It's been a while since I last blogged and I have plenty of excuses. Family from overseas, the Coke factory, visits to the mall, shopping, etc... you get the idea :)
However, the work, characters, plot, pacing of the novel and edits don't go away. They're always... just... there.
What does change is perspective. Getting away from the manuscript. Thinking of issues and juggling them in my head for a while... then looking at the words with a fresh pair of eyes makes the page appear different. Well, not the page... the words.
I see things that the copy editor outlined in red, pink/magenta, and commented in blue and can step back, away from the manuscript, and see clearly.
Was I not seeing clearly before? I was. But now the distance - physically and emotionally - away from the manuscript, has given me a new perspective with which to see.
What's your perspective?
It's been a while since I last blogged and I have plenty of excuses. Family from overseas, the Coke factory, visits to the mall, shopping, etc... you get the idea :)
However, the work, characters, plot, pacing of the novel and edits don't go away. They're always... just... there.
What does change is perspective. Getting away from the manuscript. Thinking of issues and juggling them in my head for a while... then looking at the words with a fresh pair of eyes makes the page appear different. Well, not the page... the words.
I see things that the copy editor outlined in red, pink/magenta, and commented in blue and can step back, away from the manuscript, and see clearly.
Was I not seeing clearly before? I was. But now the distance - physically and emotionally - away from the manuscript, has given me a new perspective with which to see.
What's your perspective?
Moonlight & Magnolia Conference, Atlanta 2012
Hi,
Well the conference was wonderful and I finally got to meet so many FB friends for real and attach a smile and conversation to their names! It was like finding long-lost friends all over again and forming new friendships but in real... not just on the page.
I was overwhelmed, once again, by the support and encouragement of my soul-sister, USA Today Bestselling Author JADE LEE. What a woman she is and what a friend...
Meeting professionals in the publishing industry is always a thrill in itself... after living on the fiction page day after day.
Look forward to sharing more with you about the Moonlight & Magnolia conference, Atlanta, GA in my next post!
Well the conference was wonderful and I finally got to meet so many FB friends for real and attach a smile and conversation to their names! It was like finding long-lost friends all over again and forming new friendships but in real... not just on the page.
I was overwhelmed, once again, by the support and encouragement of my soul-sister, USA Today Bestselling Author JADE LEE. What a woman she is and what a friend...
Meeting professionals in the publishing industry is always a thrill in itself... after living on the fiction page day after day.
Look forward to sharing more with you about the Moonlight & Magnolia conference, Atlanta, GA in my next post!
Looking Ahead
Hi,
Yesterday was a hard day... a hard writing day. I opened the 3rd book - a work-in-progress and began to read. I started writing the story in 2008 and picked it up earlier this year and then dropped it again.
The initial draft isn't even complete... only half-way through. Which means I have another milestone ahead to complete the original story and give myself a first draft.
I know this is not going to be easy. If anything it's going to take an inner tug-of-war to sort this out. When I read what's written I want to correct/edit. And I don't move forward. When I edit I lose time because I'm not moving forward. But, for some reason, I can't go ahead unless I correct the page.
What should I do?
Yesterday was a hard day... a hard writing day. I opened the 3rd book - a work-in-progress and began to read. I started writing the story in 2008 and picked it up earlier this year and then dropped it again.
The initial draft isn't even complete... only half-way through. Which means I have another milestone ahead to complete the original story and give myself a first draft.
I know this is not going to be easy. If anything it's going to take an inner tug-of-war to sort this out. When I read what's written I want to correct/edit. And I don't move forward. When I edit I lose time because I'm not moving forward. But, for some reason, I can't go ahead unless I correct the page.
What should I do?
