Tuesday Tips: Editing fics
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1_million_wordsTips and thoughts - and please share yours. Do you enjoy editing your fics?
Hey! Am keeping the Tuesday Tip short this week, partly because the only writing device I have handy requires 'hunt and peck' typing and it is driving me bonkers.
Anyhow, thought I'd share a thought and some links on editing fics.
A quote attributed to Stephen King says your second draft should equal your first draft minus ten percent. I've trimmed as much as 500 words from a 2,500 word story. In other cases I find I have little trimming to do.
Some find editing a chore. I enjoy it about 85% as much as the actual story composition process. Sometimes I wait until a fic is done to edit, but I'm far more likely to edit as I go along-- I.e. write about 500 -1,000 words and then rework them all, then repeat.
Editing is, for me, mostly about making a fic less wordy and looking for places where the dialogue needs to flow better or be made more in character. I'll still look back later and see where I could have done better-- but it helps.
What's your self-editing process? Have any tips? Would love to hear them.
editing fiction
Tips for self-editing
why I'm not going to read your fan fiction (didn't agree with all of this article, but enjoyed it and it made some good points)
Hey! Am keeping the Tuesday Tip short this week, partly because the only writing device I have handy requires 'hunt and peck' typing and it is driving me bonkers.
Anyhow, thought I'd share a thought and some links on editing fics.
A quote attributed to Stephen King says your second draft should equal your first draft minus ten percent. I've trimmed as much as 500 words from a 2,500 word story. In other cases I find I have little trimming to do.
Some find editing a chore. I enjoy it about 85% as much as the actual story composition process. Sometimes I wait until a fic is done to edit, but I'm far more likely to edit as I go along-- I.e. write about 500 -1,000 words and then rework them all, then repeat.
Editing is, for me, mostly about making a fic less wordy and looking for places where the dialogue needs to flow better or be made more in character. I'll still look back later and see where I could have done better-- but it helps.
What's your self-editing process? Have any tips? Would love to hear them.
editing fiction
Tips for self-editing
why I'm not going to read your fan fiction (didn't agree with all of this article, but enjoyed it and it made some good points)
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