Anju Gattani's Blog - Posts Tagged "sentence"
Restructure
Hi,
Have you ever been in a situation where you read the same sentence again and again... and still can't make sense of it? I have. I am in that situation.
I wrote a paragraph of description and I'm re-reading what I wrote. Then I look at the copy editor's comments and think to myself 'No wonder she didn't get what I was saying!' You see, neither do I.
I'm trying hard to figure out how to say it better, cleaner, neater and in a polished way so that the readers *gets it* with just one read.
So I'm diving back to the manuscript... after browsing, hopping on over to Twitter, FB, and other pages... to fix what needs fixing.
Wish me luck!
Have you ever been in a situation where you read the same sentence again and again... and still can't make sense of it? I have. I am in that situation.
I wrote a paragraph of description and I'm re-reading what I wrote. Then I look at the copy editor's comments and think to myself 'No wonder she didn't get what I was saying!' You see, neither do I.
I'm trying hard to figure out how to say it better, cleaner, neater and in a polished way so that the readers *gets it* with just one read.
So I'm diving back to the manuscript... after browsing, hopping on over to Twitter, FB, and other pages... to fix what needs fixing.
Wish me luck!
Hats Off To Editor
Hi,
Just finished the edits on the 2nd book and am breathing a sigh of relief. Not because it's over. But because it's the best it can possibly be.
Grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, sentence construction,fact-checks... the list goes on. It was HARD work. Harder yet for my wonderful copy editor who goes beyond the words. She was able to dig deep in the story and say what caracter arcs were incomplete. What needed to be more clearly defined in simple language. What didn't make sense. What sense / sensations needed to be added to clarify the meaning.
I could have never accomplished this on my own. Yes, I created the characters, carved the stories, and lived the characters' lives. But bringing it together in clear, logical and flawless language... that takes the skill and knowledge of a highly trained eye and sharp mind.
Hats off to my editor!
She's one of a kind.
Just finished the edits on the 2nd book and am breathing a sigh of relief. Not because it's over. But because it's the best it can possibly be.
Grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, sentence construction,fact-checks... the list goes on. It was HARD work. Harder yet for my wonderful copy editor who goes beyond the words. She was able to dig deep in the story and say what caracter arcs were incomplete. What needed to be more clearly defined in simple language. What didn't make sense. What sense / sensations needed to be added to clarify the meaning.
I could have never accomplished this on my own. Yes, I created the characters, carved the stories, and lived the characters' lives. But bringing it together in clear, logical and flawless language... that takes the skill and knowledge of a highly trained eye and sharp mind.
Hats off to my editor!
She's one of a kind.
Over The Moon Edits & Editor!!
Hi,
So I've got the Decatur Book Festival this weekend and the final edits from my copy editor and she's thrilled! It's over! I'm thinking she's thrilled it's over!
I fail to understand how she could love re-reading and re-working a high-octane scene that I must have read--what 25--times now?
It got to the point yesterday afternoon where I couldn't think of the right sentence. Yes, one sentence! And dozed off in my chair. I woke up fifteen minutes later, saw the laptop beaming away at me - basically waiting for me to fix that damn sentence - and I completed my nap instead.
Then this morning I get a lovely email from my editor saying the last 2 scenes I emailed yesterday are good to go. It's done! For her. For me... it means working on the manuscript again - the added bonus of 2 documents this time on 2 split windows - and hunting with a microscope again for track changes and issues.
If I don't use a microscope I won't see the errors, right? That's what half of me says. The other half says... you didn't persist with this for 9+ years for nothing. You persisted on making it the best. You're almost there. Now get in that chair and start to work!
Oh well!
So I've got the Decatur Book Festival this weekend and the final edits from my copy editor and she's thrilled! It's over! I'm thinking she's thrilled it's over!
I fail to understand how she could love re-reading and re-working a high-octane scene that I must have read--what 25--times now?
It got to the point yesterday afternoon where I couldn't think of the right sentence. Yes, one sentence! And dozed off in my chair. I woke up fifteen minutes later, saw the laptop beaming away at me - basically waiting for me to fix that damn sentence - and I completed my nap instead.
Then this morning I get a lovely email from my editor saying the last 2 scenes I emailed yesterday are good to go. It's done! For her. For me... it means working on the manuscript again - the added bonus of 2 documents this time on 2 split windows - and hunting with a microscope again for track changes and issues.
If I don't use a microscope I won't see the errors, right? That's what half of me says. The other half says... you didn't persist with this for 9+ years for nothing. You persisted on making it the best. You're almost there. Now get in that chair and start to work!
Oh well!
