Imbolc \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Valentine Moon<\/p>\n
Considering a strategy for revision. \u00a0How do I utilize the comments, opinions, various thoughts from my beta readers? \u00a0Where do I begin? \u00a0Do I proceed from front to back or do I manage certain structural issues first? \u00a0How much time should I give myself to complete it? \u00a0May 1st seems good. \u00a0That would give me six weeks accounting for the D.C. trip and beginning work in the garden and with the bees.<\/p>\n
OK. \u00a0May 1st. \u00a0Beltane. \u00a0Finish revision III in time for the growing season. \u00a0A good time to start full bore on writing Loki’s Children. \u00a0And getting that revision in the hands of an agent. \u00a0I have a March 30 class on publishing at the Loft, so that should work well with that timing.<\/p>\n
Given the time frame, which if you notice I set as I wrote, I can reason backwards to plan. \u00a0Review all the comments. \u00a0Have done. \u00a0Note down all that needs to be done. \u00a0Their ideas, my impression of what they mean for Missing, and my ideas sparked by the reader’s impressions, then set to work.<\/p>\n
(note, I revised my ideas on revision after I found this handy pyramid. \u00a0I’m gonna follow it.)<\/p>\n
Make sense to me to deal with structural issues first. \u00a0Transitions, movement of the story as regards John and the unmaking–their relative weights and interleaving. \u00a0The POV issue is structural, too, in this case. \u00a0Finding those areas where the action flags and cutting them out.<\/p>\n
After those I can attend to the character development\/recognition matters and the map\/diverse number of places, plus revamping the action in light of the cuts above.<\/p>\n
Finished up my computer upgrade this morning by installing the speakers. \u00a0Now I have a Pandora station playing, Early Music. \u00a0Nice with the snow falling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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