Comments on: 10 Things learned in the course of novel revising http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:15:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Spontaneous Derivation » Of Course, There is Rewriting http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1681 Spontaneous Derivation » Of Course, There is Rewriting Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:51:00 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1681 [...] SF Novelists has an article by Diana Pharaoh Francis on the art of revising: 10 Things learned in the course of novel revising. 10:37 am | Posted in writing | Tagged rewriting « Writing on the Stage: Improvising [...] […] SF Novelists has an article by Diana Pharaoh Francis on the art of revising: 10 Things learned in the course of novel revising. 10:37 am | Posted in writing | Tagged rewriting « Writing on the Stage: Improvising […]

]]> By: 10 Things learned list http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1508 10 Things learned list Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:23:02 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1508 [...] list of 10 Things learned in the course of novel revising cracked me up, and no, you don’t have to be a writer to have faced some of these - look at [...] […] list of 10 Things learned in the course of novel revising cracked me up, and no, you don’t have to be a writer to have faced some of these - look at […]

]]> By: Diana Pharaoh Francis http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1486 Diana Pharaoh Francis Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:24:46 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1486 Alma: yep and yep and yep. You'd think the and and would be always easy. But nope. noap? heh. S.C. yeah, it's talking myself into the notion that no one else will notice the shinies. It's not until I'm dead tired that I can believe it. Tycho: Oh, no! 7 a.m. is just too early for nighttime sometimes! My nephew has been trying to convince me to try some of those energy drinks . . . guaranteed to keep me awake during deadline endings. Picture it. Boing! Boing! Boing! Karen: Oh, I'm impressed. Yours are actually good ideas sometimes. I should do that too. But then again, that would require some thinking, which apparently I have little capacity for at the end of the marathon. Alma: yep and yep and yep. You’d think the and and would be always easy. But nope. noap? heh.

S.C. yeah, it’s talking myself into the notion that no one else will notice the shinies. It’s not until I’m dead tired that I can believe it.

Tycho: Oh, no! 7 a.m. is just too early for nighttime sometimes! My nephew has been trying to convince me to try some of those energy drinks . . . guaranteed to keep me awake during deadline endings. Picture it. Boing! Boing! Boing!

Karen: Oh, I’m impressed. Yours are actually good ideas sometimes. I should do that too. But then again, that would require some thinking, which apparently I have little capacity for at the end of the marathon.

]]> By: Karen Wester Newton http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1485 Karen Wester Newton Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:08:34 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1485 I always make a "to do" file, so I when I get those brilliant ideas just as I'm ready to shut down, I open the file and jot a note to myself. Sometimes they really are good ideas, but sometimes, in the cold light of the next day, they don't make any sense at all. I always make a “to do” file, so I when I get those brilliant ideas just as I’m ready to shut down, I open the file and jot a note to myself. Sometimes they really are good ideas, but sometimes, in the cold light of the next day, they don’t make any sense at all.

]]> By: Spontaneous Derivation http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1479 Spontaneous Derivation Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:51:44 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1479 <strong>Of Course, There is Rewriting...</strong> Despite my previous post, I think that rewriting is not a bad thing. In fact, I think it's a good thing and sometimes necessary. And thus something that needs to be learned by everyone, even by people who don't ever rewrite. Someday you probably w... Of Course, There is Rewriting…

Despite my previous post, I think that rewriting is not a bad thing. In fact, I think it’s a good thing and sometimes necessary.

And thus something that needs to be learned by everyone, even by people who don’t ever rewrite. Someday you probably w…

]]> By: tycho garen http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1477 tycho garen Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:51:54 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1477 I've long agreed with the definition of "tonight," though in more regular practice I often say "sleep/blue skies (or equivalent)" So basically at 7 am, it's morning even if I haven't slept, though I can so rarely make my body do that, and I am in the grand scheme of things pretty young. heh. Also, I think that sort of dull tiredness makes it easier to cut things, which is what we need to do, but always seem to be dragging our feet on... If we're too awake it'll hurt too much. I’ve long agreed with the definition of “tonight,” though in more regular practice I often say “sleep/blue skies (or equivalent)” So basically at 7 am, it’s morning even if I haven’t slept, though I can so rarely make my body do that, and I am in the grand scheme of things pretty young. heh.

Also, I think that sort of dull tiredness makes it easier to cut things, which is what we need to do, but always seem to be dragging our feet on… If we’re too awake it’ll hurt too much.

]]> By: S.C. Butler http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1475 S.C. Butler Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:40:45 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1475 Yeah, number 2! Those evil pretty words that no one else ever notices. Get them outta here! Yeah, number 2! Those evil pretty words that no one else ever notices. Get them outta here!

]]> By: Alma Alexander http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1474 Alma Alexander Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:53:42 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/01/03/10-things-learned-in-the-course-of-novel-revising/#comment-1474 Oh, oh, oh. I know this animal. Particularly the all-your-words-are-spelled-wrong-don'tchaknow syndrome. Been there many a midnight, when even the simple ordinary "the" and "and" start to look suspicious, never mind the weird-ass name some fantasy character insisted on back when it seemed to be a new and interesting thing. And sympathies on the computer techie thing. Computer trouble at this juncture is just precisely what the doctor didn't order... Oh, oh, oh.

I know this animal. Particularly the all-your-words-are-spelled-wrong-don’tchaknow syndrome. Been there many a midnight, when even the simple ordinary “the” and “and” start to look suspicious, never mind the weird-ass name some fantasy character insisted on back when it seemed to be a new and interesting thing.

And sympathies on the computer techie thing. Computer trouble at this juncture is just precisely what the doctor didn’t order…

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