![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Shop Talk: Editing
Dec. 29th, 2013 12:47 amSince I am currently revising a novel, I thought that I would natter about editing a bit. :)
Obviously this is just my process; everyone works a bit differently. And I work somewhat differently in fanfic and original fic, too. I need a lot more revisions for my original stuff, partly because my original fic is usually more complicated (there's more going on with the plot and especially the emotional plot threads) and also because a lot of the rough draft process, for me, is just working out who the characters are. Then I have to go back and revise once I've established in my own mind who they are and what they want.
Anyway, I've tried a lot of different things over the years, but the main thing that seems to work for me is an extensive annotation system using square brackets. I do this with both fanfic and original writing, although I make a lot more use of it with the original stuff (especially long projects).
( Details under cut )
Obviously this is just my process; everyone works a bit differently. And I work somewhat differently in fanfic and original fic, too. I need a lot more revisions for my original stuff, partly because my original fic is usually more complicated (there's more going on with the plot and especially the emotional plot threads) and also because a lot of the rough draft process, for me, is just working out who the characters are. Then I have to go back and revise once I've established in my own mind who they are and what they want.
Anyway, I've tried a lot of different things over the years, but the main thing that seems to work for me is an extensive annotation system using square brackets. I do this with both fanfic and original writing, although I make a lot more use of it with the original stuff (especially long projects).
( Details under cut )
