Thanks for this Friday Round-up Susan. My work always needs a lot of editing, first of all because English is not my first language :) and second of all I write like I talk, and that's not always correct :0 I write my non-fiction rough drafts in a flow and later on I add personal stories, humor, love, whatever will make it more readable!
English may be your second language, but you're quite fluent. :)
Thank for sharing your method with us. My rough drafts include everything, but then I go back and work on the craft aspects - showing versus telling, passive verbs, etc.
Right now I don't have the editing blues, it's more like the finishing the current project blues! For some reason they have been more challenging. Onward and upward though, they will not finish themselves! :)
I think I used all of the editing points when I did my books. But instead of having a second person look at my whole book at the end, a friend did it chapter by chapter. I think that with point #1, it would be better to have the whole book checked out at once. Thanks.
Thanks for this Friday Round-up Susan. My work always needs a lot of editing, first of all because English is not my first language :) and second of all I write like I talk, and that's not always correct :0
ReplyDeleteI write my non-fiction rough drafts in a flow and later on I add personal stories, humor, love, whatever will make it more readable!
Hi Marja -
ReplyDeleteEnglish may be your second language, but you're quite fluent. :)
Thank for sharing your method with us. My rough drafts include everything, but then I go back and work on the craft aspects - showing versus telling, passive verbs, etc.
Blessings,
Susan
I can't imagine editing a whole book. That would take - well, a whole lotta coffee.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy that conference, Susan! And speaking of coffee, I'm sharing some tomorrow with your conference room mate! Can't wait.
Waving,
Rhonda
Hi Rhonda -
ReplyDeleteOooh, you get to see her before I do! I hope you have fun and lots of good writerly talk. :)
Blessings,
Susan
Right now I don't have the editing blues, it's more like the finishing the current project blues! For some reason they have been more challenging. Onward and upward though, they will not finish themselves! :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Karen
I think I used all of the editing points when I did my books. But instead of having a second person look at my whole book at the end, a friend did it chapter by chapter.
ReplyDeleteI think that with point #1, it would be better to have the whole book checked out at once. Thanks.
Oh dear ... I think I'd make a better editor than one who submits for editing. Thus I'm not having any editing problems right now. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Karen -
ReplyDeleteI'm in that boat preparing for the conference. :)
Blessings,
Susan
Hi Nancy -
ReplyDeleteI've usually gone the chapter by chapter route. However, my entire book is currently with a friend, who will critique it.
We'll see how things work out.
Blessings,
Susan :)
Hi Sassy -
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to my own work, I have too many blind spots. Thankfully, I have friends who are not afraid to point out my shortcomings.
Blessings,
Susan :)