Comments on: Editing…edit…ed… http://julianalbrandt.com/2012/01/editing-edit-ed/ Young Adult Author Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Deana Barnhart http://julianalbrandt.com/2012/01/editing-edit-ed/#comment-1043 Deana Barnhart Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:19:06 +0000 http://julianalbrandt.com/?p=1518#comment-1043 I so feel your pain! As I write my synopsis though, I am finding it is actually helping me figure out what I really want to edit and what I don't. I can't wait to read the notes you bring back to us! I so feel your pain! As I write my synopsis though, I am finding it is actually helping me figure out what I really want to edit and what I don’t.
I can’t wait to read the notes you bring back to us!

]]> By: Carrie-Anne http://julianalbrandt.com/2012/01/editing-edit-ed/#comment-1041 Carrie-Anne Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:36:10 +0000 http://julianalbrandt.com/?p=1518#comment-1041 It helps when you give a project some time to rest before going back to revise, edit, and polish. You often catch stuff you didn't latch onto before, like excessive wording or things that aren't consistent. At this point I think I only have one or two more rounds to go with my first Russian novel, and I'm very pleased at how much I was able to do the last go-round, after I'd thought I was only doing one final sweep-through. It's now down to 336,000 words, and perhaps after the final edits, it'll be down to around 335,000 or a bit less, which I feel is just the right length for it. (It also helps that it was locked away from me for 10 years on obsolete file formats on discs, so I'd really had a lot of time to read it with almost entirely new eyes!) It helps when you give a project some time to rest before going back to revise, edit, and polish. You often catch stuff you didn’t latch onto before, like excessive wording or things that aren’t consistent. At this point I think I only have one or two more rounds to go with my first Russian novel, and I’m very pleased at how much I was able to do the last go-round, after I’d thought I was only doing one final sweep-through. It’s now down to 336,000 words, and perhaps after the final edits, it’ll be down to around 335,000 or a bit less, which I feel is just the right length for it. (It also helps that it was locked away from me for 10 years on obsolete file formats on discs, so I’d really had a lot of time to read it with almost entirely new eyes!)

]]> By: Catherine Johnson http://julianalbrandt.com/2012/01/editing-edit-ed/#comment-1040 Catherine Johnson Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:30:19 +0000 http://julianalbrandt.com/?p=1518#comment-1040 I love that picture. Knowing when something is ready is so hard. And the patience too :) I love that picture. Knowing when something is ready is so hard. And the patience too :)

]]> By: Candy Lynn Fite http://julianalbrandt.com/2012/01/editing-edit-ed/#comment-1039 Candy Lynn Fite Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:16:36 +0000 http://julianalbrandt.com/?p=1518#comment-1039 I just started my first round of edit / rewrites of my very long YA novel. I let it "rest" for six months. What a bunch of crap, I'm finding in there! It sounds like you're much further in the process than me, lucky you!! I can see how this is going to be a never-ending process. I like how Richard put it. At some point, that's it. I just started my first round of edit / rewrites of my very long YA novel. I let it “rest” for six months. What a bunch of crap, I’m finding in there! It sounds like you’re much further in the process than me, lucky you!! I can see how this is going to be a never-ending process.

I like how Richard put it. At some point, that’s it.

]]> By: richard p hughes http://julianalbrandt.com/2012/01/editing-edit-ed/#comment-1038 richard p hughes Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:58:56 +0000 http://julianalbrandt.com/?p=1518#comment-1038 The editing comes to an end at some point. It has to. At some point you just have to say "It's done. No more. I've got to move on to something else." And you move on. The editing comes to an end at some point. It has to. At some point you just have to say “It’s done. No more. I’ve got to move on to something else.” And you move on.

]]> By: Cortney http://julianalbrandt.com/2012/01/editing-edit-ed/#comment-1037 Cortney Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:46:44 +0000 http://julianalbrandt.com/?p=1518#comment-1037 I have the same problem! My suggestion is to edit everything you can, send it to readers (ahem, me! *winks*) and then WAIT! Stephen King suggests waiting six months after you've finished editing a draft before going back to it. Bleh, I can't ever wait that long because I'm so impatient, but I just know from personal experience (and from thinking my MS was ready and querying too early and screwing up really good chances, ha ha) that if you give it even a couple weeks or a month before going back to it AGAIN and making sure everything is tight, it will be so much in your benefit!! :D (Waiting sucks, btw!!) I have the same problem! My suggestion is to edit everything you can, send it to readers (ahem, me! *winks*) and then WAIT! Stephen King suggests waiting six months after you’ve finished editing a draft before going back to it. Bleh, I can’t ever wait that long because I’m so impatient, but I just know from personal experience (and from thinking my MS was ready and querying too early and screwing up really good chances, ha ha) that if you give it even a couple weeks or a month before going back to it AGAIN and making sure everything is tight, it will be so much in your benefit!! :D (Waiting sucks, btw!!)

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