Questions & Thoughts During the Sixth Draft
"When should Katie begin her upward climb in her character arch?" "How much of this new sub-plot should I add in this section?""Oh my lands. How in the world did I not realize how wordy that was?" "There the word was is again. And again. Yikes.""Ah yes, I need to search for all the times I use the word very and see if they really are necessary." "Choices, choices, choices... What is the best kind of fast-food type restaurant to have them own?" "Service like Chick-fil-A is a must, and since I don't want to mimic them, that means no chicken sandwiches." "I don't want to do a burger place either. Nothing like McDonalds or Taco Bell. Maybe something kinda like Panera Bread?" "Wait, did I edit out all of Maddie's whining? Cause it can't be excessive, but it's not realistic to have it nonexistent, either." "I wish playing Uno could somehow be considered research for WLHYL." "Does this scene depict the same emotions as this other scene?" "Ugg. Delete. Delete. Delete. So many words to say something so simple." "Ha. Maddie is eating Ezekiel bread. That means she's not even as strict as I am with food.""I love late nights and one of my beta readers said maybe Maddie should learn to, too. Where would I work that in...""Past tense. Stay in past tense, girl." "At least I've mastered the art of not head-hopping."
"How much of my crazy thought processes come through in the characters?"
"Humm... Are people going to grasp the right voice inflection for this sentence?"
"Too bad Maddie isn't all into games I could have her play 7 Wonders a lot, then I'd have to play it a lot too, for research."
"Bailey, Abbie, Katie, and Maddie. Yikes. I use a lot of names ending in "ie." I wonder if that's going to confuse the readers?"
"I need to be consistent. Am I going to always use the Oxford Comma?"
"Ok? Okay? K? Yeah. I think Okay is the correct one to use. Unless they're texting. Or Maddie is upset."
"Oh no. I used the same type of structure for that sentence. And the next one. And the one after that. Alright, let's see how we can switch that up."
"Maybe they should have an Asian type drive through place. Or an old fashioned ice cream parlor? Or maybe they should serve Italian foods."
"Where are their ancestors from anyway? That would probably help in determining what kind of food they made."
"I could add in more of Carter during this draft, possibly."
"Pinterest. I need to figure out what their restaurants look like. That cute "old fashioned" style is my first choice..."
"Wait, what search words do I even use?"
"Too bad I'm eating so healthily, or I would totally use this opportunity to do some researching and go out to eat at a bunch of fast food places."
"Wait, maybe that's it. Maddie can't eat hardly anything when they are away from home so they... Oh yes. That's a good one."
"Why doesn't Maddie play board games?"
"NOOO. I can not read that section again right now. I'll have to come back to it later."
"My next book so needs characters who play board games so I can count it as research."
"Wait, I'm already writing my next two books. Maybe I should add a third?"
"MADALYN MARIE EMERSON, you're not suposed to do that."
"Oh wait a second. I'm the one who made you do that. Carry on."
"Some day I really should have a banana split to make sure I depicted that scene the right way..."
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What about you? Can you relate to having any of these thoughts during editing?
"How much of my crazy thought processes come through in the characters?"
"Humm... Are people going to grasp the right voice inflection for this sentence?"
"Too bad Maddie isn't all into games I could have her play 7 Wonders a lot, then I'd have to play it a lot too, for research."
"Bailey, Abbie, Katie, and Maddie. Yikes. I use a lot of names ending in "ie." I wonder if that's going to confuse the readers?"
"I need to be consistent. Am I going to always use the Oxford Comma?"
"Ok? Okay? K? Yeah. I think Okay is the correct one to use. Unless they're texting. Or Maddie is upset."
"Oh no. I used the same type of structure for that sentence. And the next one. And the one after that. Alright, let's see how we can switch that up."
"Maybe they should have an Asian type drive through place. Or an old fashioned ice cream parlor? Or maybe they should serve Italian foods."
"Where are their ancestors from anyway? That would probably help in determining what kind of food they made."
"I could add in more of Carter during this draft, possibly."
"Pinterest. I need to figure out what their restaurants look like. That cute "old fashioned" style is my first choice..."
"Wait, what search words do I even use?"
"Too bad I'm eating so healthily, or I would totally use this opportunity to do some researching and go out to eat at a bunch of fast food places."
"Wait, maybe that's it. Maddie can't eat hardly anything when they are away from home so they... Oh yes. That's a good one."
"Why doesn't Maddie play board games?"
"NOOO. I can not read that section again right now. I'll have to come back to it later."
"My next book so needs characters who play board games so I can count it as research."
"Wait, I'm already writing my next two books. Maybe I should add a third?"
"MADALYN MARIE EMERSON, you're not suposed to do that."
"Oh wait a second. I'm the one who made you do that. Carry on."
"Some day I really should have a banana split to make sure I depicted that scene the right way..."
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What about you? Can you relate to having any of these thoughts during editing?
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