tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post2025267246517704139..comments2024-03-27T13:49:30.387+00:00Comments on Stella Deleuze rants and other topics: Tip of the week: How to do major rewritesStellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13356640334979836289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-55536043472014490792011-12-29T21:53:09.720+00:002011-12-29T21:53:09.720+00:00Yes, it's a great feeling to be able to mess a...Yes, it's a great feeling to be able to mess about with a new copy. The highlighted comments are super good, especially if they're really detailed, so I know what I have to do. It gives you the 'freedom' to read it all in one go, then go back and do the changes.<br>I also send it to myself after working on it, that way I have it saved in case something goes wrong. <br><br>Reading Stella Deleuzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18292709925143749760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-34245432967913255622011-12-29T21:20:44.004+00:002011-12-29T21:20:44.004+00:00If a section seems a little off to me, I've of...If a section seems a little off to me, I've often found that reading it aloud myself will alert me to issues, especially with dialogue. Things that seemed natural when I was writing on the page can become glaringly awkward when reading it aloud. <br><br>I liked your suggestion about creating a whole new document of the book and making notes right into that doc. I've never done an edit exactwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441875332088599668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-54553542033736475982011-12-27T21:46:38.085+00:002011-12-27T21:46:38.085+00:00I think the summeries of each chapter is a good id...I think the summeries of each chapter is a good idea in general. Not helpful for this particular book I'm editing at the moment because it doesn't have chapter, but I did it with other books. I also read aloud. I tried the text to speech and, like you, I found it weird, but I might actually try it when I'm done with the rewrites. <br>I also use time-lines, should've done it with Stella Deleuzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18292709925143749760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-4884393375512381482011-12-27T21:33:34.062+00:002011-12-27T21:33:34.062+00:00My approach is to get all analytical. I write firs...My approach is to get all analytical. I write first draft from the seat of my pants and then pass that to a victim, em, reader, or two. While they're struggling through my inconsistencies I use an excel to map out what has grown organically - what happens in each chapter, is there tension and conflict, does it move the story along and is there a hook that isn't too overt.<br>Then rewrite @Ruby_Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07136530922804444637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-37851692087445974142011-12-27T10:48:45.342+00:002011-12-27T10:48:45.342+00:00LOL don't tell me you used to do that? I remem...LOL don't tell me you used to do that? I remember writing on an old typewriter when I was 18, almost breaking my fingers doing that. I also remember a lot of paperballs flying into the bin. Then again, I never wrote a novel or a story, it were the ramblings of a teenager and I thought them never to be good enough to keep them.<br>But it was a good exercise because I learned touch typing back Stella Deleuzehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18292709925143749760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2580452553261760693.post-11277759411666352772011-12-27T09:01:02.329+00:002011-12-27T09:01:02.329+00:00"I'm talking major edits: deleting huge c..."I'm talking major edits: deleting huge chunks, moving/rewriting/adding scenes or characters. That's nothing you could do on paper, at least I can't."<br><br>Here, here Stella. Editing on the screen is much better. No more using the scissors and glue to 'cut and paste'. :)Jack Easonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601041734648407356noreply@blogger.com