Here is one, "The thought of touching your novel makes you sick. This one is obvious. If you’ve gotten to the point where you have edited, reworked, and thought about this novel for so long that you’re sick of it, well, that probably means it’s time to be done."
Much like the penrose stairs in Inception, a writer can trudge up and down the steps of editing their novel, never realizing that they’re not going anywhere.
If you aren't sure about the Penrose Stairs, be sure to click on the link. You'll be glad you checked.
Finishing your novel is only the beginning. Check out what you can do before beta readers and editors in IBR's latest, "5 Tips for Self-Editing for Fiction
Writers" written by Holly Tri.
Take a Break
Get Rid of Excess Text
Break Your Mindset
Do Multiple Rounds of Editing
Read It Backwards
Use the link and check out the article. Even if you can’t make it to the Chatroom, the article is a good read and worthy of a
bookmark.
Let's talk Revisions
Daylight Savings Time is upon us. Spring Forward - Fall Backward. I like the whole concept of setting our clocks ahead. Most of my clocks go ahead without my input.
Let's talk about revisions.
How many revisions do you do before putting on your Editing hat? Or do you do both at the same time?
What exactly is a Revision? I think it is different things to different writers, so drop in on Sunday's Topic Chat and share your take on Revision and Editing.
Beginning and Master Writers all need to indulge in a little self-editing, now and again.
It is a skill best learned early because no matter how good we are we still need this particular set of tools.
I believe in a smidgen of self-restraint and don't like to let my hardcore editor out of her kennel until I have done some revisions.
The great thing about the time we live in is the availability of not just books on editing but word processing applications with multiple levels of edit-checks built right in.
Being skilled at self-editing will be much appreciated by the Editor your Publisher is about to assign.
Did I mention you never outgrow the need to edit your own work?
Meet us in The Writer's Chatroom at 7PM EST on Sunday 7 March
