The process of editing a novel can seem daunting to us amateur authors. After completing my first draft, I took Stephen King’s advice from ‘On Writing’ and put the draft away for six weeks. In the intervening couple of months, I read a couple of writing books and outlined a plan for completing my first revision. As with writing…
Month: June 2022
Truth in Editing
Often while editing there is a scene or character that doesn’t feel right even after several passes. By doing research online about various methods of drafting and how to read your own work I was able to construct a method to proceed through the process. However, after listening to Joe Abercrombie’s interview on ‘The Bestseller Experiment’ episode nine I began to develop another test to use while editing. Joe received harsh, but fair criticism when he was starting out from his Mother who, per Joe, said: