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On October 31, 2012, C.L. wrote, ...how many times do you edit on your own before you send your work to your editor? How long do you wait before editing a book you just finished writing? What do you do while you're waiting to edit one book? How many edits do you tend to go through before you've found you absolutely can't do anything more to a book?
For those of you who haven’t yet discovered this, it’s generally not a good idea to start revising the moment after you finish a story. For me, I t...
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Jan 19, 2013 12:29PM
I'm one of those lucky people who can't remember things verbatim and can set a story aside for 3 to 6 months, pick it up and wonder "Who in the world wrote this?!" Then I can do an edit and have disconnected emotionally from my own writing. It's a mixed blessing. Unfortunately, I can never quote myself...
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Funny! That's a great ability. I also wish I could forget favorite books by other authors and read them again for the first time.
Ms. Levine, please excuse the off-topic comment but I really just have to remark on how amazing it is that I can read your comments here on Goodreads! As a semi-nomadic college student trying to find her way through this crazy world, your books were such a ridiculously huge part of my childhood, and being able to casually scroll through Goodreads and see you actively posting in my news feed is just incredible. I love it, thank you!
When writing your first book, was it hard to stay on track? I mean, did you encounter writer's block often? Every time I try and write, because I do love to write, I always lose interest in what I'm writing, or I don't know what to do next in the story.
I had a lot of help. I took a class in writing for children and I belonged to a critique group. Both helped me get back on track, because, yes, I did wander off.
Okay. Thanks. ^^ You make me feel like one day, maybe I could write a novel. You're such an encouraging person! It's lovely. ^^
