I don't really know where this thread is supposed to go so i just post it in general. My dilemma is this:is it better to not edit your work at...
As my novel's end draws nearer and nearer, I was wondering, since this is my first time writing a novel, how long should I leave my novel be...
Hello everyone. My name is Soodanim. I'm an editoholic. Once I get past the problems of motivation and actually sit down to write, I find that...
I know the meaning of the expression "first draft", but well, my so-called first draft is going to be gigantic... This made me wonder when I...
I often feel and in fact have faced at times, editing kills the spirit of the writer. When we get apiece get published through some journals,...
I'm finishing the final edits on my manuscript--which should have been finished last August--and yesterday I clicked on a folder and found an...
How many of you print out your first drafts so you can edit on paper, as opposed to just doing everything on the computer?
So I have a series of stories I've made, and I don't think any of them are novel sized. Probably like 50-70K words, so not short but not long...
I finished writing my latest novel back in July, and I have yet to even really attempt the revision process. I have managed to open my word...
After you finish your first draft what is your next step? Do you focus on structure? What aspect of structure? Do you work on grammar? I...
After receiving a few more critiques on a piece I've posted to this site, I'm going to revise it. My question is, how do you go about...
I keep seeing threads in which people say that the "writing" part of making a story is creative, and the "editing" part is not. They say you have...
So i have taken advice from everyone who helped me before so after all the revisions this is what i ended up with. Book one is no longer just...
Hi all; I'm a new member, but I have been working on a novel on and off for about two years. Essentially my question is this, what is the main...
I am currently on my second revision of my first novel and I was wondering what you guys have found to be a successful way to do them. The way...
How do you edit? I find that when I go through and find passages I don't like, or sentences that need to be revised or/scratched out completely,...
Does anyone else get tired of rewriting the same story? I mean, I'm all for making my story better, but after a bunch of rewrites, I start to feel...
So, there you are, it's the moment you've been driven toward by sheer inspiration and compelling motivation. You're writing at the peak of the...
I shot my mouth off about this subject a couple weeks ago in another thread about something else, and now that I've calmed down I'm not so sure of...
Any important point I should consider when I start editing my novel ? I've never done this? I did look it up on google, and read almost every...
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