Thursday, April 06, 2006
Insert Interesting Title Here
So, I've completely redone chapters 1-3 of The Rake [Note to self: still need new title]. The previous chapter one is gone with parts layered into the new chapter 1. And it's still not right. It sucks. It's horrible and awful and boring. Shoot. Why did I do this? Because I was asked to make it sexier, that's why. And when I re-read it, I realized the late chapter 1 wasn't very good at all. Ick. I do not have much time to fix this because I have this other thing to deal with.
I had to meet with my prof today and that gave me about an hour free before I picked up my son. Since I had paper copy with me, I went to a cafe and realized chapter 11 and 12 ought to be the new chapters 1 and 2, and so I took all the stuff that was good from the now dead and gone chapter 1 and stuck it in chapter 11, moved it to the number 1 slot, stuck 12 in the number two and left 3 alone. When I got home, I got the changes in the computer, re-printed, re-read and re-edited. I'll get those changes in tomorrow.
Sigh. Sometimes this is really discouraging.
I had to meet with my prof today and that gave me about an hour free before I picked up my son. Since I had paper copy with me, I went to a cafe and realized chapter 11 and 12 ought to be the new chapters 1 and 2, and so I took all the stuff that was good from the now dead and gone chapter 1 and stuck it in chapter 11, moved it to the number 1 slot, stuck 12 in the number two and left 3 alone. When I got home, I got the changes in the computer, re-printed, re-read and re-edited. I'll get those changes in tomorrow.
Sigh. Sometimes this is really discouraging.
posted by Carolyn @ 4/06/2006 09:47:00 PM Permalink
Comments:
Editing is the worst.
I call it the editing death spiral.
There is no end to it until it puts an end to the writer.
However, it has to be done.
It's part of the job, not a fun part, but part all the same.
I call it the editing death spiral.
There is no end to it until it puts an end to the writer.
However, it has to be done.
It's part of the job, not a fun part, but part all the same.
Death spiral, yes. That's very good. Editing torture death spiral. Soul-sucking editing torture death spiral.
I would prefer to be in denial about the need for editing. I never make mistakes or bad decisions or refuse to delete stuff because insert whining voice that's so many words! There must be some way to save them!
Only there's not.
They suck.
They must be ---
Edited.
Damn.
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I would prefer to be in denial about the need for editing. I never make mistakes or bad decisions or refuse to delete stuff because insert whining voice that's so many words! There must be some way to save them!
Only there's not.
They suck.
They must be ---
Edited.
Damn.
