It’s been a long few weeks, Lurkdom. I’ve reread my WIP about six times and now have 13 pages of revision notes to implement. In addition to the crazy amount of notes, I also have a 3 page long task list of things this revision must accomplish. My revision process will hit the triple digits hours-wise. The first thing on
If you’ve been following me on Twitter or have seen my life via Facebook, you know the following things: I’m still unemployed, I’m still revising, and I’ve developed an unhealthy addiction to several Facebook games. The first thing isn’t related to the last two things, though I’m using my unemployment-ness to my advantage. Example: A revision that would have taken
Fact: revision is part of the writer life. Further fact: Revision is fuck all hard. You can see where this is going. The point of revision is to take that amazing previous draft and make it that much more awesome. If you Google “how to revise a novel,” you’ll get over 12,000 search results. You can even learn some revision
Today The Pie welcomes Susan Dennard, author of the 2012 debut Something Strange and Deadly. This week, the WOA girls have promoted this fantastic debut and giving you a chance to read it before you can buy it. Read on to learn more about Susan’s revision process. My revising process is…well, the word “intense” comes to mind. As I’ve talked
I finished my Mad Libs draft of Phoenix Rising in December 2009 and then let it sit for a looong time. The incubation period had nothing to do with me not loving the project, but everything to do with life and that other monster, Falling to Normal*. While I worked on Falling to Normal and then nanowrimodraft10*, Phoenix Rising percolated