Let The Editing Begin
Today marks the official start of my vacation so I decided that I am going to start editing my 50,000 word NaNoWriMo novel. I read over it and it wasn't all complete crap and there was some stuff in there definitely worth salvaging. Okay, and I also keep thinking of things that I could have done and other little tweaking things that would add to it so if I can't stop thinking about it I guess that means I have to edit it. . .RIGHT? I think this is going to be a much longer and gruesome task than writing it in the first place but hell, if I can not smoke for a year then I can do anything so let the editing begin!
posted by Vinnie G. @ 10:47 AM
3 Comments:
If you want my suggestion, put the novel in the drawer and let it age for a couple of months first. Speaking from experience, a couple of weeks is probably too soon to be able to really approach it from the fresh perspective that editing requires. March is the "official" National Novel Editing Month, ostensibly because it's four months after NaNoWriMo.
But in the end, you have to follow your own path, so good luck! BTW, I'm starting an online critiquing group for novelists if you're interested. Details are here.
Ian
2 things:
1) Happy Vacation. They are such wonderful things. I wonder why we don't have them more often? ... oh yeah, because we're slaves of the capitalists.
2) Post some of the book! At least a couple of paragraphs. Preferably 2 that are so far apart that we won't be able to tell they're from the same book.
I second Gumby: Happy Vacation & can't wait to read some of the book!
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