Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Trials and Tribulations: self-editing is hell

I finally got off my duff at about 3:00 pm today to have a second look at a short, very short, story I'm writing for my mother as a birthday gift. Why don't I buy her something? Probably because I'm as poor as a church mouse, and would rather eat.

I formatted the story in triple space to make it easier to write in my comments and such. Holy s--t, I had so many deletions and rephrasings that I deleted the whole thing and re-wrote it from scratch. And I'm glad I did too. The new version reads much better (I tend toward melodramatic overwriting)and it makes much more sense structurally. I'll post it once it's done. Wish me luck in finishin by Dec 10th.

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