Editing - the journey we all must take

Jun 09, 2008 21:12

"To be a better writer means being a better editor."

I have no idea if I should attribute someone for the above pithy-ism, but it's something I've known in my heart for a long, long time. Better yet, I've lived it. In my day job where nonfiction prevails (please no snide remarks about how marketing & sales copy paired with nonfiction is a classic oxymoron). In my slowly growing collection of fictional works. Certainly in the smaller slice of that fiction collection fortunate enough to make print.

It's not the first words you utter, but that last that ring true. Or not, as it were.

On the cusp of truly launching into N2, what will be my second novel manuscript, I'm detouring down a side road to take a revealing, hopefully evolutionary journey into the world of editing. I've teed up N1 as the subject matter. And I can vouch that my learnings are already happening. In the coming days, I hope to share some of the sights and experiences with you right here.

No doubt this will be a fun ride, one way or another.

manuscript, editing, novel

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