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Tag Archives: editing
Finished that big novel at last!
It’s taken me eight years to get to the end of my Big Novel but it’s done! At last! Bring on the champagne! I really finished it over a week ago, wrapping up the last of the Killer Edit, and … Continue reading
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Small moments of joy in 2020
Birds singing on St George’s Gardens My daughter passing her resit Walking down to the river at dawn Discovering Dark Discovering The Mandalorian Re-reading old favourites Reading Sue Grafton’s alphabet books in order Compiling a new collection of short stories … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, coffee, dreaming, editing, feeding birds, hugs, old year, reading, surviving 2020, TV, walking
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Writing my way out the pandemic
I finished a short story! That doesn’t sound particularly amazing but considering the year I’ve had with writing, just to say I’ve FINISHED something feels like quite an achievement. I never expected to write this particular short story. The idea … Continue reading
Hunting down that elusive ending to your story
If you can’t find an ending to your WIP, there is only ever one reason for it: something hasn’t worked earlier on. I’ve reached the end of novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of different ways: I knew … Continue reading
Posted in On Writing
Tagged am editing, editing, editing by hand, editing on screen, end of story, finding the end, the end, the ending, writers block, writers community, writers life, writers problems, writers tips, writing, writing community, writing notes, writing problems, writing process, writing tips
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“To write is to rewrite”
“To write is to rewrite. One writes for oneself, and one rewrites for others.” This quote comes from a character in Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s novel “The Labyrinth of the Spirits”. The character is a writer, advising another, much younger writer. … Continue reading
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Tagged big red edit, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, editing, rewrite, WIP, writers community, writers life, writers problems, writers tips, writing, writing community, writing tips, Zafon
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How do you learn to edit your novel?
You don’t. I didn’t, anyway, yet I am a ferocious editor of my own work and a brilliant proofreader. This latter quality has been discovered in my Real World job and everything that is written is brought to me; I … Continue reading
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The Big Red Edit
The Big Edit has begun! And it’s begun in red pen, which means I have pages of manuscript covered with little red scribbles. My red pen leaked everywhere too so my fingers looked as if they are dripping blood. Hugely … Continue reading
Posted in On Writing
Tagged 2020 challenge, am editing, am writing, Beauty and the Beast, book, challenge, determined, editing, Gothic romance, Mills and Boon, porn, rewrite, romance, That Difficult Novel, writer, writer's tip, writers community, writers life, writing, writing sex scenes
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Happy New Year!
I’m not wild about making resolutions. And promising myself that I’ll go to the gym more often or eat more salads or work harder or be friendlier seems to have the opposite effect. Setting writing goals seems to work, though. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, agents, editing, getting published, happy new year, new decade, new year, writers, writers life, writing, writing community, writing fantasy, writing tips
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The Birth of the Fleet Quintet
The Fleet Quintet began originally with Commences, at that time a novella. My intention was to write something about the beginning of the universe – but not the physical universe: the universe of beings or entities or spirits, people who looked … Continue reading
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