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well, I gave up tumblr for Lent, and so far I have learned that I have a serious problem with focusing on one thing. It's like I start to watch a TV show or read (mainly Animorphs, God help me) or edit my fic and then I just have to randomly stop and go do something else. What's wrong with me? Why am I like that now? I got so used to scrolling down tumblr aimlessly that now I don't know what to do. Mainly I go and stare at Redidt instead. I basically just gave up tumblr for Reddit, wow.
As far as editing goes, it's all right. I think it's a sign that I've grown as a writer that I used to absolutely abhor reading my own writing and now it's rather all right. Still not the best thing I've ever read in my life, but I'm entirely unsure as to how to get to that level. If you ask me, I don't think I'll ever reach that point. I'll always be too far gone on the technical side of things, always looking for how to revise my sentence and paragraph structures rather than just enjoying it. Also, Stephen King advises removing at least ten percent of the novel when revising, which in my case would be 15,000 words - and instead all I've done is remove 2,000 and add 6,000. Seriously, how do I just find 15,000 words that aren't necessary? It pains me just thinking about it.
I also think I need to add at least 5,000 worth of completely new scenes, as opposed to just adding onto already existing scenes. I just want to post it so very badly, I have to be careful not to rush through anything. I've been working on it for FIVE MONTHS NOW. FIVE. I'm so exhausted of it. How do some people spend five years on the same novel? How do you do it, GRRM? How? Tell me your confusing secrets.
As far as editing goes, it's all right. I think it's a sign that I've grown as a writer that I used to absolutely abhor reading my own writing and now it's rather all right. Still not the best thing I've ever read in my life, but I'm entirely unsure as to how to get to that level. If you ask me, I don't think I'll ever reach that point. I'll always be too far gone on the technical side of things, always looking for how to revise my sentence and paragraph structures rather than just enjoying it. Also, Stephen King advises removing at least ten percent of the novel when revising, which in my case would be 15,000 words - and instead all I've done is remove 2,000 and add 6,000. Seriously, how do I just find 15,000 words that aren't necessary? It pains me just thinking about it.
I also think I need to add at least 5,000 worth of completely new scenes, as opposed to just adding onto already existing scenes. I just want to post it so very badly, I have to be careful not to rush through anything. I've been working on it for FIVE MONTHS NOW. FIVE. I'm so exhausted of it. How do some people spend five years on the same novel? How do you do it, GRRM? How? Tell me your confusing secrets.