Showing posts with label rewrites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rewrites. Show all posts
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Rewrite Time

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 I've finally finished the first draft of my new book, and have begun the rewrite. We've all heard many times that writing is rewrit...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Putting All My Ducks in a Row

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  Donis here. I’ve already reached a point in the first draft of my new manuscript where I have begun to rewrite. After I finish first draft...
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Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Tidying up a manuscript

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 This week I am in the final throes of rewrites of my latest Inspector Green novel – that final tweaking of details and wording before I sen...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

After THE END

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In my last blog, I posted that my work in progress refused to end, rambling on way past the expected word count with endless complications t...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

The tangled string

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 Oh how I wish I had been at Bouchercon! Reading about everyone's experiences, both in this blog and on Facebook, has made me realize ho...
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Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Killing your darlings

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 On Sunday I had an interesting experience that led me to think about the skill of editing. Self-editing, that is. I am currently just finis...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Navigating the first draft

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Well, as usual in Canada, we have gone from winter last week to mid-summer this week, and all around us, nature has burst into life. Plants...
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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Keeping Up With the Times

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I’ve started a new novel and am slogging along in the jungles of the first draft. When I’m trying to get a first draft to look like s...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Our writing tics

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Aline's post on word use got me thinking (and what a cliche that is, as if I don't usually think). We all have our pet words and ph...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Guiding the string

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Aline's Monday post made me smile, especially the "pounds, shillings, and ounces" in Winnie the Pooh's poem. But she pose...
Thursday, June 01, 2017

The Book Lover's Disease

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Don't make me choose I belong to a women's charitable organization that meets once a month, and the theme for the June meeting...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Editing yourself, Part Two

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Barbara here. Two weeks ago I posted a blog describing my own, very personal process to editing once I've typed “The End” on the soggy, ...
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Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Editing yourself, Part One

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Barbara here. It's Wednesday morning, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the grass is nearing the six inch mark, and the weeds a...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Am I Done? Finishing a Novel at Last.

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I have finally finished my ninth Alafair Tucker mystery. Well, "finished" may be a bit premature. The manuscript is with my fir...
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Thursday, January 28, 2016

The End Is Not Near

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I'm having an existential crisis.  I'm coming down to the end of my ninth Alafair Tucker novel. I can see the finish line. Every da...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Kill Your Darlings

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Donis here. Two days ago I turned in my latest manuscript to my editor. I feel somewhat like I’ve been through a long trial and am now wa...
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