Archived Post: What Editing and the Man in the Iron Mask Have in Common
I’ve begun edits on the sequel to Gates of Thread and Stone so digging up this old post felt appropriate 
Originally posted 3/18/2011.
Yes, I’m talking about the 1998 film b/c I haven’t read the book (I know, I’m such a pleb). No, it’s not Leonardo DiCaprio.
“Wear it until you love it.”
~Said by Louis to his brother Phillipe. He followed that up with ‘And die in it.’ But I think that might be taking the metaphor too far. AND I DON’T ENCOURAGE EDITING UNTIL YOU DIE OF IT, JUST SAYING.
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Jul 04, 2014 07:57AM
Well, when you put it like that editing doesn’t sound so bad anymore. Do you find it easier/prefer to edit once you’ve written the whole book, or do you edit by chapters?
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Patty wrote: "Well, when you put it like that editing doesn’t sound so bad anymore. Do you find it easier/prefer to edit once you’ve written the whole book, or do you edit by chapters?"I edit after the whole book is written. I make notes along the way if I need to definitely rework something, but editing chapter-by-chapter is too prohibitive to actually FINISHING the book lol.
Plus, I can't be sure of how things will look or flow until I've got the whole picture.
