Progress Report (4) A Death in Spring
Hi,
I've just completed Part 3 of A Death in Spring: 1968. That means, if all goes to plan, I should finish the final part by mid July.
Of course writing a good draft doesn't mean that I have finished the book. Once I have a full M/S I'll probably spend a month amending, editing and polishing the work. That final stage is almost entirely concerned with critical evaluation. There is very little creativity involved. It's when I cut words, sentences, paragraphs and whole sections if need be to make the book as tight and focused as I can.
Sometimes it can feel as if I'm killing my 'children'. As I dump scenes and characters that I sweated blood over. In fact I'm starting to think that if I do sweat blood over a scene it's a good bet that it won't survive the final cut.
What the above all boils down to is that the October 2016 publication date for 'Spring' is now very likely.
Cheers
Jim
I've just completed Part 3 of A Death in Spring: 1968. That means, if all goes to plan, I should finish the final part by mid July.
Of course writing a good draft doesn't mean that I have finished the book. Once I have a full M/S I'll probably spend a month amending, editing and polishing the work. That final stage is almost entirely concerned with critical evaluation. There is very little creativity involved. It's when I cut words, sentences, paragraphs and whole sections if need be to make the book as tight and focused as I can.
Sometimes it can feel as if I'm killing my 'children'. As I dump scenes and characters that I sweated blood over. In fact I'm starting to think that if I do sweat blood over a scene it's a good bet that it won't survive the final cut.
What the above all boils down to is that the October 2016 publication date for 'Spring' is now very likely.
Cheers
Jim
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