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First Day of Revisions
Mar. 24th, 2006 11:09 pmWell, the first day of revisions is done. I think it was rather productive.
I started at around 9:30 and revised pretty much non-stop until 4:30. I take a short break every 2 hours or so, and of course took some time for lunch. But other than that. . . .
The first part didn't go as well, since I'm in a new space, new computer, haven't written in a while. So it took a while for me to get back into the writer headspace. I tried the music (I always write to music) in the CD player and that wasn't working: too removed. So I plugged in earbuds and that worked well. I got through chapter 1, but that wasn't a problem since there wasn't much to revise in chapter 1. Then I hit chapter 2. Here's where some serious revisions had to take place.
Or rather, some serious scenes had to be added. That's what alot of the revisions are going to require: new scenes. So the length of the book is growing. The main issue is making the first half of the book a little more active. Right now it's mainly setup for the end of the novel, so my editor had some suggests for things to add to make it more active. Note that the plot isn't changing at all, but all the scenes we discussed adding expand the current plot, make it more character-involved. Which I like, since I'm heavily character-oriented. So today I was expanding the Westen-Varis interaction. I also had to add another significant scene to explain some character motivation later in the book (I can't explain this further without possibly ruining some surprises). By the time I added these two scenes, the chapter was 6 or 8 pages longer.
But I'm essentially done with the revisions to chapter 2. And I've gotten a few things crossed off the list. Tomorrow I will have to reread chapters 1 and 2 to see if the revisions I made flowed well. I also know I need to mess with the ending of one of the new scenes, since I had to cut and run. There may be some small things I still need to change in chapter 2.
I feel good. I've gotten started, and I think I can get 3 chapters revised this weekend without staying up until 3am or anything. Will update again tomorrow.
I started at around 9:30 and revised pretty much non-stop until 4:30. I take a short break every 2 hours or so, and of course took some time for lunch. But other than that. . . .
The first part didn't go as well, since I'm in a new space, new computer, haven't written in a while. So it took a while for me to get back into the writer headspace. I tried the music (I always write to music) in the CD player and that wasn't working: too removed. So I plugged in earbuds and that worked well. I got through chapter 1, but that wasn't a problem since there wasn't much to revise in chapter 1. Then I hit chapter 2. Here's where some serious revisions had to take place.
Or rather, some serious scenes had to be added. That's what alot of the revisions are going to require: new scenes. So the length of the book is growing. The main issue is making the first half of the book a little more active. Right now it's mainly setup for the end of the novel, so my editor had some suggests for things to add to make it more active. Note that the plot isn't changing at all, but all the scenes we discussed adding expand the current plot, make it more character-involved. Which I like, since I'm heavily character-oriented. So today I was expanding the Westen-Varis interaction. I also had to add another significant scene to explain some character motivation later in the book (I can't explain this further without possibly ruining some surprises). By the time I added these two scenes, the chapter was 6 or 8 pages longer.
But I'm essentially done with the revisions to chapter 2. And I've gotten a few things crossed off the list. Tomorrow I will have to reread chapters 1 and 2 to see if the revisions I made flowed well. I also know I need to mess with the ending of one of the new scenes, since I had to cut and run. There may be some small things I still need to change in chapter 2.
I feel good. I've gotten started, and I think I can get 3 chapters revised this weekend without staying up until 3am or anything. Will update again tomorrow.
