Following LesleyтАЩs question/comment тАж I wonder тАж does anyone ever have an editor/publisher/friendly stranger do a kind of dumbed-down crashing through the underbrush sort of intuitive edit just to see what is left standing? For the writer to then see what definitely connects and whatтАЩs fragile?
IтАЩm not sure I wouldnтАЩt still want to keep whatтАЩs fragile and slash and burn the obvious stuff, but тАж would that method be instructive? Or just hurtful.
I do find with my own stuff any ruthless edit has to be fast and unthinking and sort of arbitrary (take out 10,000 words, donтАЩt ask why!)
ItтАЩs almost always helpful, but I of course make sure to save all the words I cut. Then some seem to creep back in when IтАЩm not looking.
Probably not an unusual method.
I think here I agree with some others: if a publisher has already staked themselves to the 1200 pages, trust that. And just see what happens next.
What does your publisher/editor suggest in terms of revision? And congrats! You must be a terrific writer to have landed a two-book deal.
Following LesleyтАЩs question/comment тАж I wonder тАж does anyone ever have an editor/publisher/friendly stranger do a kind of dumbed-down crashing through the underbrush sort of intuitive edit just to see what is left standing? For the writer to then see what definitely connects and whatтАЩs fragile?
IтАЩm not sure I wouldnтАЩt still want to keep whatтАЩs fragile and slash and burn the obvious stuff, but тАж would that method be instructive? Or just hurtful.
I do find with my own stuff any ruthless edit has to be fast and unthinking and sort of arbitrary (take out 10,000 words, donтАЩt ask why!)
ItтАЩs almost always helpful, but I of course make sure to save all the words I cut. Then some seem to creep back in when IтАЩm not looking.
Probably not an unusual method.
I think here I agree with some others: if a publisher has already staked themselves to the 1200 pages, trust that. And just see what happens next.
This is exciting. IтАЩm excited for this book.
Wow haha, that really wonderful to hear!!