tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post2612638904671216219..comments2023-11-02T08:39:45.816-04:00Comments on En Violet: Editing = InescapableKelsey (Dominique) Ridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10646757546422013401noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-31996745690917945832010-02-18T22:07:35.607-05:002010-02-18T22:07:35.607-05:00Sarahjayne -- I concur about the internal editor. ...Sarahjayne -- I concur about the internal editor. I hate when mine interrupts my reading.<br /><br />Piedmont -- With most things, I agree, getting a little space helps a lot. But, then again, sometimes there isn't much time. Depends on the situation, I'd say.<br /><br />Windy -- Twilight-Edward syndrome? I don't think I've ever heard it called that before. Interesting.<br /><br />Stephanie -- I guess that's why we all revise. Revision's a pain, but it helps oodles.<br /><br />L.T. Elliot -- I like your way of putting it.<br /><br />Janine -- I've never heard of it. I might have to check that out.Kelsey (Dominique) Ridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646757546422013401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-67909011471069568212010-02-18T17:16:23.786-05:002010-02-18T17:16:23.786-05:00My editing secret is the AutoCrit Editing Wizard. ...My editing secret is the AutoCrit Editing Wizard. It finds all those redundancies and repetitions and really makes editing a lot easier! I love it.Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272527704400070501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-71861604757587638892010-02-18T13:54:50.643-05:002010-02-18T13:54:50.643-05:00Editing is both a beautiful and hideous beast. Bea...Editing is both a beautiful and hideous beast. Beautiful because I can fix what needs to be fixed and hideous because I can fix what needs to be fixed. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-60253077918755696472010-02-18T13:30:31.220-05:002010-02-18T13:30:31.220-05:00I am pretty much the queen of redundancy in my fir...I am pretty much the queen of redundancy in my first drafts. It takes a lot for me to get rid of all the repetition.Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-73265948095851319852010-02-18T11:24:43.900-05:002010-02-18T11:24:43.900-05:00*raises hand* I'm totally guilty of the repeat...*raises hand* I'm totally guilty of the repeating thing. And one of my betas was kind of enough to point it out. Then she asked if I wanted to be guilty of the Twilight-Edward syndrome - repeating the same thing over and over and over again.<br /><br />That's what first drafts are for. And revisions. Reminders are nice, but maybe not on every page.Windyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07684298115679477705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-45749180659043147372010-02-18T09:26:53.420-05:002010-02-18T09:26:53.420-05:00I'm finding now when I'm reading fiction I...I'm finding now when I'm reading fiction I have the inner editor on. I don't know if it's because I've gotten really serious about my own writing and want to not make those same mistakes, or if I'm just being snarky.<br /><br />As for editing my own work, I need to let it sit for a long long time, so that I've almost forgotten I've written it, and can edit it with a cold eye.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7966097532659996793.post-10608036928551013012010-02-18T07:36:24.523-05:002010-02-18T07:36:24.523-05:00I edit everything and sometimes it really just mak...I edit everything and sometimes it really just makes me cranky. I have to really work to turn my inner editor off when I read.<br /><br />And I think that's a really good mark for me when I'm reading if my inner editor doesn't go off, because that means I'm really caught up in the writing.sarahjayne smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589820347348973092noreply@blogger.com