Or, Why There are No Wasted Words - Too many writers hang onto their words like life jackets. But those words can become anchors, dragging you and your story down. Some helpful hints to overcome editing anxiety!
I live by the editing knife! Just yesterday I was knocking out a scene and I said to myself, just get it out, you can come back and cut it later if it’s no good.
Yes, I'm definitely an editor as well. Probably due to my day-job writing -- I'm just used to it. But so many writers seem to get caught up in this. And, I must admit, I *do* find it more difficult to edit my fiction for some reason. Not enough to be debilitating, but enough to still feel that dread for at least a moment or too before I hit the Delete key...
Which reminds me - drafts are my friend, too. I'm much more diligent about saving every new version as a new draft in my day job. But novel writing -- definitely a bit looser. I tend to be more on top of it before I start doing major edits (i.e., cuts and slashes... lol)
I live by the editing knife! Just yesterday I was knocking out a scene and I said to myself, just get it out, you can come back and cut it later if it’s no good.
Yes, I'm definitely an editor as well. Probably due to my day-job writing -- I'm just used to it. But so many writers seem to get caught up in this. And, I must admit, I *do* find it more difficult to edit my fiction for some reason. Not enough to be debilitating, but enough to still feel that dread for at least a moment or too before I hit the Delete key...
Which reminds me - drafts are my friend, too. I'm much more diligent about saving every new version as a new draft in my day job. But novel writing -- definitely a bit looser. I tend to be more on top of it before I start doing major edits (i.e., cuts and slashes... lol)
Thanks!
~Graham