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eight_of_cups) wrote2018-04-23 01:41 pm
eight_of_cups) wrote2018-04-23 01:41 pm
Editing
Dang, I miss this format. As lovely as the gifsets are, I don't think tumblr is an adequate substitute for nested comments and privacy settings. And the ability to Like things would be a hell of a lot more worthwhile if you could actually find something again after you've liked it. I sometimes feel like tumblr R&D is like, "Hey, how could we code things to cause maximum discomfort to ADHD folks? Okay, let's do that."
ANYway. I am editing. I am editing my original novel project, which has been five years in the writing but now is on its second complete draft. And I find myself in new waters, because with fanfiction -- well, it's not like I never take my fic-writing seriously, but there are no consequences (or at least, very few) for responding to a beta's note with an inward, "Well, I can't be arsed and I like it that way, so there."
With this, I have to take notes from editors seriously enough to address them -- to make changes or else decide more finely what the consequences are of not making them. E. is right, it's like being nibbled by a small horde of persistent ducks. Fortunately, a) so far most of what's on my to-do list is a matter of depixellation rather than restructuring and b) I'm now finished with a damned draft so I'm no longer submersed in it and knee-jerk defensive. It's different work than the creating part, painstaking like needlepoint, requiring voluntary muscles while the involuntary ones rest from their labors.
It's nice to be at this point.
ANYway. I am editing. I am editing my original novel project, which has been five years in the writing but now is on its second complete draft. And I find myself in new waters, because with fanfiction -- well, it's not like I never take my fic-writing seriously, but there are no consequences (or at least, very few) for responding to a beta's note with an inward, "Well, I can't be arsed and I like it that way, so there."
With this, I have to take notes from editors seriously enough to address them -- to make changes or else decide more finely what the consequences are of not making them. E. is right, it's like being nibbled by a small horde of persistent ducks. Fortunately, a) so far most of what's on my to-do list is a matter of depixellation rather than restructuring and b) I'm now finished with a damned draft so I'm no longer submersed in it and knee-jerk defensive. It's different work than the creating part, painstaking like needlepoint, requiring voluntary muscles while the involuntary ones rest from their labors.
It's nice to be at this point.