Comments on Dawn's Rise: Revision Reschmision II

Revision is a pain for me. Lol, understatement of ...

2010-03-20T14:01:11.857-07:00

Revision is a pain for me. Lol, understatement of the century, but i don't really like thinking about while working on the first draft. I like to think that what I'm writing is close to what's going to be printed (one day lol), with the exception of typical polish stuff and minor line edits, and all that. I'm not sure if i made sense or not, so I'll shut up now. lol.

@Jamie Well definitely I'm still going to go o...

2010-03-19T14:54:44.056-07:00

@Jamie Well definitely I'm still going to go over the coursework. There's a lot of good stuff in there. But I already know what's staying and what's going, i don't need to keep thinking about it...I won't know for sure that the changes work until I WRITE them in. And the cards are just like...whatevs. Too much damn work for not enough payoff.

I'm taking the same course. And I had very muc...

2010-03-19T14:00:29.616-07:00

I'm taking the same course. And I had very much the same reaction as you...I got through a lot of triage (though I ignored most of the worksheets), and was ready to write. I knew I was ready to write. I started rewriting scenes (thankfully, I have a lot left I can incorporate from the first draft). My brain works fast that way too - I don't need all the steps between once I figure out how something works.

Then I started doing the revised scene outline, and while I won't be doing the notecards (because I'm just not "that person", I've decided), the revised outline is making me grateful that I haven't rewritten more already. And now I'll continue rewriting, but I'm still going to continue taking the course and using any lesson material that seems to fit as I go.

I guess what I'm saying is, you may not want to "completely" give up on the course just yet - I think there's still a ton of information to be gleaned from it, even if you're rebellious like me and just picking and choosing what to use. :-)

Good luck - and many words to you!

Well, then, WRITE WRITE WRITE until your fingers b...

2010-03-19T13:34:44.380-07:00

Well, then, WRITE WRITE WRITE until your fingers bleed. You know what's best for you.

And because I talk so much, I obviously have a problem with comprehension.

@pw: Let me clarify a bit. I do have an ext...

2010-03-19T12:36:14.485-07:00

@pw: Let me clarify a bit. I do have an extensive outline, plus dozens of pages of notes. The point is that I'm tired of revising the outline and creating notes and the process is not giving me what I need. I feel like I'm ready to write.

Well, Andrew arent' you the busy little bee. ...

2010-03-19T12:26:26.040-07:00

Well, Andrew arent' you the busy little bee. Good for you.

Okay here goes my two cents. I've just almost done the same thing you did, rewrote instead of revised, the difference was, I did do it with an outline. The panster thing just wasn't cutting it as was the genre, before it was strictly a contemporary romance, now it's women's fiction. I like the feel of literary for this, it's working.

Anyhoo, I know you don't want to outline, (and as for newbie pants not knowing you can keep a whole world in your head, yeah, well, he's still a newbie,he'll get it eventually) but I've done it this time but not a full one, I basically just plotted out the story, the main plots, subs and a few flashbacks. It seems to keep me on track and because it's written down, I'm finding I'm not losing my little threads.

I'm also writing in scenes and not word counts anymore. I used to try and get 2000 per day but it's not working. Now if I get the whole scene out, I'm golden. Which in a round-a-bout way sort of answers your question...everything that is in my novel is there for the reason that if it wasn't the novel would fall apart.

Sorry that I ramble, I'm from RI originally and I'm just one of those people who can't shut up.