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[NaNoWriMo+] Winter Edits
VanityPants
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You thought you were off the hook, didn't you?
Thought you'd put the long hours and hard work behind you. You would be wrong! November is over, and with many TWBers having finished their books over the course of the month, it's time to talk about edits!
This is the thread where we talk about the process. Anything from how you're getting started to what you want to change. Let's take this opportunity to set up goals for what we want to do.
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My Goals:
I want to use the second draft to improve some of the secondary characters. I want to make sure they're really memorable.
I want to improve on the romance between two of my characters. I think it turned out well, but it could just use some work.
I want to really focus on the dialogue in this draft -- make sure everything feels smooth.
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Those are my goals! Editing is as varied as writing, so everyone has a different process -- not to mention a different number of drafts they go through. Once I reread, I might decide I need to go through two more drafts focusing on different things. We'll see.
Anyway, for this week I think we should have a group goal of rereading our November Novels together. It's an important part of any editing process, so let's all try to reread our novels by next Tuesday!
Make sure to keep a notebook handy while you're rereading -- you'll come across a million little things you want to fix when you start those edits.
Happy Winter Editing!
Thought you'd put the long hours and hard work behind you. You would be wrong! November is over, and with many TWBers having finished their books over the course of the month, it's time to talk about edits!
This is the thread where we talk about the process. Anything from how you're getting started to what you want to change. Let's take this opportunity to set up goals for what we want to do.
---
My Goals:
I want to use the second draft to improve some of the secondary characters. I want to make sure they're really memorable.
I want to improve on the romance between two of my characters. I think it turned out well, but it could just use some work.
I want to really focus on the dialogue in this draft -- make sure everything feels smooth.
---
Those are my goals! Editing is as varied as writing, so everyone has a different process -- not to mention a different number of drafts they go through. Once I reread, I might decide I need to go through two more drafts focusing on different things. We'll see.
Anyway, for this week I think we should have a group goal of rereading our November Novels together. It's an important part of any editing process, so let's all try to reread our novels by next Tuesday!
Make sure to keep a notebook handy while you're rereading -- you'll come across a million little things you want to fix when you start those edits.
Happy Winter Editing!
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I want to add some more friggin dialogue, need to get out of the MCs head more.
Also uhhh, I dunno, stuff
GO GO GO!
Forged by Fate, March 5, 2013! (And it's on Goodreads!)
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Alright, more on the advice of a book he wrote, but that counts, right?
Hell, I'm still WRITING the book! I'm already up to 60,000 words and gaining fast here. I need some First Readers before I start revising, anyway.
I hate it when this happens. Had to majorly rework a character from the ground up, in dialogue, backstory, and appearance, when I realized he was basically a friendlier clone of another character.
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I don't know how many pages a day that is but I feel like I am behind.
Forged by Fate, March 5, 2013! (And it's on Goodreads!)
You have now dropped to only needing to edit 20.25 pages per day!
Forged by Fate, March 5, 2013! (And it's on Goodreads!)
or. uhm. something.
Forged by Fate, March 5, 2013! (And it's on Goodreads!)
Did anyone else send away for the free proof copy that CreateSpace offered?
It's a pretty nifty item to have on your shelves.
Once I am not sick, I'll work on planning what I need to do to fix the first quarter and then start editing it all.
Forged by Fate, March 5, 2013! (And it's on Goodreads!)
I'm up for it if anyone else is.
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I could get a gooogle docs reader copy if people wouldn't mind using that, but I'm not that great on the organization front.
I can volunteer if it's ok if I am more likely to do literary critique than grammar whatnot
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Still, I'd be up for sharing what I had just to get some general ideas on what went well and what didn't. I'm just too busy (lazy) to organize the whole thing.
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That said, I have an additional 50K of exploratory Nano draft which doesn't have an ending that is pretty much my MC being tortured into insanity.
but I need to take a break from reading (I have two more manuscripts from people coming and I kind of want to shoot myself for promising to read for them) so I probably could not swap until probably mid-February at the earliest because I am a JERK like that.
Forged by Fate, March 5, 2013! (And it's on Goodreads!)
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I mean, don't want to put it off too long.
So if anyone's up for trading quick read-throughs of pulpy SF, I'm game. I can't be trusted to line-edit though, my own style and preferences bleed through when I try.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nuTWcZ8PHxG6JcD7D6DDBAk6JPTgD57vl6jn9atn50E/edit?hl=en
You can probably upload yours then PM me the link if you want it private. Or I'll PM you my email address and you can send it as an attachment. Up to you.
Oh, and if anyone else wants to trade reads, let me know - more input certainly won't hurt any of us.
NO SERIOUS GRAMMAR/LINE EDITS ALLOWED ON NANO DRAFT TRADES.
you may now object and go unheard.
Forged by Fate, March 5, 2013! (And it's on Goodreads!)
I've gone through the book and made all of my notes on the changes I want to go through with. It looks like this draft I'll be changing some character relationships and tweaking one character's personality some. She read a little harshly in the first draft, so I need to add some story points in to soften her personality some.
What kind of changes are you guys making?
My goals for today are to rewrite chapters 1 and 2, and then do an editing pass on chapter 3.
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Still viable for the edit swap?
I think I'd be up for that, my piece is in a similar boat... I have 5 sections to my novel, with sections 1 and 2 complete, Section 3 needing triage, Section 4 cauterized off and Section 5 currently only the 'meaty' parts with little closure and the final chapter (which may not actually be the final chapter DUN DUN DUUUUUN)
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Alright, feel free to send it over! I have about a week before classes start up again, so I should be able to read it and give some input.
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Mine is similarly pretty short. If you want to send me yours I could read it when I'm through tapeslinger's MS.
Good deal. Here's the link. I'll PM you my email address if you want to send me yours that way.
Anyone else can read it too if they want. It's open for editing as well, so go nuts.
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