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In which I complain about editing
Nov. 3rd, 2011 02:38 pmGood luck to all of you NaNo writers! *tips hat* I am not doing NaNoWriMo this year; it's more like NaNoEdMo, because I intend to spend my November this year dusting off my completed rough drafts (3 novels, 1 novella) and cleaning them up.
... or at least that was the idea. >_>
( Cut for length; discussion of editing and discovering how my approach to writing has changed over time )
All in all, I think I'm starting to see why a lot of pro writers recommend that you'll get a lot farther a lot faster if you write something new rather than continuing to rework your older stories. I'm not ready to drop any of these except that one YA (I really think it's unsalvageable, though I may change my mind later) but I'm starting to see how you could conceivably spend ten years rewriting the same novel over and over, never really getting anywhere.
... or at least that was the idea. >_>
( Cut for length; discussion of editing and discovering how my approach to writing has changed over time )
All in all, I think I'm starting to see why a lot of pro writers recommend that you'll get a lot farther a lot faster if you write something new rather than continuing to rework your older stories. I'm not ready to drop any of these except that one YA (I really think it's unsalvageable, though I may change my mind later) but I'm starting to see how you could conceivably spend ten years rewriting the same novel over and over, never really getting anywhere.