A nip here, a gusset there - a pants report

Oct 21, 2010 21:25


"Fearless Friday" will return next week. Tomorrow I'm going to be in town all day, because BD is coming home for the weekend and she, HH, and I have tickets to see The Reduced Shakespeare Company take on sports.

I'm turned a corner on revisions. The prom, which is the mid-point of StT, is now behind me. Coming up, a major re-envisioning of one scene ( Read more... )

sarah aronson, revision, revisions, novel writing retreat, cindy faughnan, stt, reduced shakespeare company

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annan_dum October 22 2010, 02:34:19 UTC
My favorite revision technique? Reading aloud! It employs a larger percentage of one's brain, and different parts than typing, which means one literally gives it more thought.
Besides, doesn't every really great story effortlessly evoke the reader's inner narrator?

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wordsrmylife October 23 2010, 14:21:22 UTC
Oh yes--reading aloud is so helpful. Thanks for reminding me.

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philia_fan October 22 2010, 23:19:17 UTC
I just recently commented on Pat's LJ that I don't really have anything as organized as techniques for revision. I just do it.

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wordsrmylife October 23 2010, 14:21:43 UTC
Doing it is, of course, the most important thing of all.

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