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Arting Harder at the Pen Monkey Toiling Pit (Celebrate Them Pages Pt III)
superpsycho:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on May 17, 2014, 04:37:40 AM ---And edit, edit, edit. And research, research, research. And crank it out. It'll be another locked in weekend.
Anyone else add word count when editing? Love it. Love the depth. Love returning to the beginning now that I know the characters and where the plot threads will be going. BUT still cranking out those ending scenes of the rough draft. I think I'm up 2500 in the past couple days.
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If you're not adding words, then you're likely just proofreading, not editing. Editing is often where a story can get depth, ambience and authenticity.
The Deposed King:
With editing I'm either gaining words or losing them.
the Deposed King
meg_evonne:
Writing marathon in session. Shutters drawn. No visitors. Great editing and cool 500 so far. Restricting Internet but I'll be around during breaks.
The Deposed King:
46k - Admiral Invincible
The Deposed King
meg_evonne:
How bad would it be if I skipped my grand-daughter's baptism to continue my weekend writing marathon? Yeah, I know. Get showered Meg.
I won't read Skin Game until the rough draft is finished. After that, there's this horrid game my mind plays with me. It says, "You can't hope to write on Jim Butcher's level. Forget writing." It takes a couple weeks of self hate. Then I put the take-aways from his highlighted book to work and hone my skills...
6000 max words left of the first draft, plus editing continues. Primarily going back to firm up the clue and subplot lines to mesh smoothly with the updated angles as the draft proceeded.
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