Think think think
This business of being on the other side of the editorial desk? Full of insecurity and landmines, validations and puzzles.
I've been poring over the editorial requests from Intergalactic Medicine Show, have written myself a bunch of notes and thoughts, and I've realized that I may be in for a larger revision than I originally realized. The requests make sense and ultimately will improve the story, but it will take some work to get there. I've realized that I let one cat out of the bag way too early, which is what prompted one of the requests. I've also realized that I perhaps chose the wrong character as the protagonist. I'm not changing that; that would be a full redraft. I can see a way to write this that that won't matter and will ultimately work in the story's favor but . . . Oh. My. God.
This writing thing? What was I thinking? :-)
I've been poring over the editorial requests from Intergalactic Medicine Show, have written myself a bunch of notes and thoughts, and I've realized that I may be in for a larger revision than I originally realized. The requests make sense and ultimately will improve the story, but it will take some work to get there. I've realized that I let one cat out of the bag way too early, which is what prompted one of the requests. I've also realized that I perhaps chose the wrong character as the protagonist. I'm not changing that; that would be a full redraft. I can see a way to write this that that won't matter and will ultimately work in the story's favor but . . . Oh. My. God.
This writing thing? What was I thinking? :-)