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All morning reading Missing. \u00a0I’ve taken the Finding Your Writer’s Voice advice and decided to read through the whole thing, not revising, just taking in the story, marking spots where the pace\/action sags, taking notes on characters and places, but mostly getting the story firmly in mind before I begin revising.<\/p>\n
As I read, I have the thoughts of my beta readers present to me and the ideas those thoughts have generated. \u00a0When I get to the end of the reading, it should be clear what I need to do for this third, and I hope final, revision. \u00a0Final before a line-editing one, I mean.<\/p>\n
Reading my own work is peculiar. \u00a0Sort of like a mechanic working on a car she built. \u00a0At each point I think, gee, I could have designed that differently, better. \u00a0The desire to tinker can get in the way of reviewing the overall design. \u00a0Feels good to make progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0New (Bloodroot) Moon All morning reading Missing. \u00a0I’ve taken the Finding Your Writer’s Voice advice and decided to read through the whole … Continue reading Revising: A Process<\/span>