This past week I’ve: Written ~500 words during my daily writing, including two bad haikus and something which might become a post-apocalyptic short story about nail polish. Resumed editing Going Home. I tried reading the chapters out loud to myself as I worked and found it a lot more helpful than I expected. Signed up for the beta of MyWriteClub to see Continue reading Twice Fortnightly: Modest Progress
A few days ago I started the last big round of edits of Going Home. I’m only a few chapters in, and I’m really enjoying it. It’s funny, it wasn’t until I got to the point where I was actually able to finish an entire draft that I started enjoying editing. It’s a very different experience to edit and improve an entire Continue reading Back in the sadle!
The 11th, and second to last, chapter of One Year to a Writing Life is about rewriting. I’ll confess that due to NaNo and the impending release of Going Home, I haven’t managed to put quite as much time into the exercises as I normally do. The chapter featured a quite comprehensive list of things to look at when rewriting and editing (figurative language, Continue reading One Year to a Writing Life – November – Rewriting