Much editing. Much, much editing.

[ivyblossom]

I have done so much editing, I have nearly edited my head right off. When last I was complaining about editing, I was in the thick of chapter 10, which I finished (!!!) a couple of days ago. But now, I am working on chapter 14. 14!!! Of 18! And 15, 16, and 17 only need minor tweakage. (!!!!!!!)

I'm very excited. If I get my ass in gear and go finish my homework assignment for tonight, I can even finish chapter 14 today!

I'd just like to take this time to say that no one should ever write a novel the way that I wrote this novel. I mean, I think it's working out okay now, but man. I think this took way longer than it should have because I made a whole bunch of mistakes I should have caught the first time around. Like, don't spend 8 months writing 90,000 useless words, eh? I realize this is what people call the "first draft", but it would be NICE if, say, more than three chapters of it were useable, eh? Yeah. Sure I learned a lot, but did it have to take 8 months and 90,000 words to learn that?

I've spent the last six months rewriting the entire damn thing. Minus those three chapters, which are, as I said, 15, 16, and 17. With some tweakage. Maybe a new part here and there. But that's just fun, just window dressing, my friends. If I'm not done this bad boy by christmas I will have fallen into a hole and have been unable to resurface to type the last few lines. I AM VERY NEARLY DONE.

Though of course in the process of writing draft 4 I have determined that one very important character has all the lamest freaking sections, so after I'm finished this run through I will commense DRAFT 5, which will contain only the new parts for him. I am deleting all his parts now and just putting in notes about what should go there. So I can come back to it. Cause you know, I should probably write them so they all jive with each other. Same character and everything, yo.

And then....well, who knows what happens then. Then I start on book 2. Wheeee! I wonder how many useless words I can write for that one! Glee!

Comments

[debellatrix.livejournal.com]

Oh Ivy, how exciting! Congratulations.

[undrockroll.livejournal.com]

*proud* :)

[joyouschild.livejournal.com]

YAY! So much yay!

*loves* (And Jude! More yay!)

[kiandra-fire.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, do I know the feeling. Four years of over 10,500 words, and then I go back and read it and realize it's total crap and would make any publisher alive wish I were dead (or actually try to kill me, if they were really adamant). So I scrapped the entire thing, and now I'm writing something completely different, trying to juggle both of them at once (sort of. Depends on my mood).

lol. It's a fun sort of hell, but it's still hell.

[ex-mahoney365.livejournal.com]

Wow. Very cool! *enjoys your excitement*

[blackholly.livejournal.com]

Congrats, honey!

And you BETTER be bringing the new version with you when you visit. :D

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Hehehee I will be. :) I'm starting to get why you like editing. It's kind of cool to see it getting better. At least I HOPE IT'S GETTING BETTER. :)

<333

[melieltathariel.livejournal.com]

*applauds* Edit! Edit for your life!

[rinkori.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Now get both books published so that we can buy them and make you rich...? Or something. >.>;

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

Um, I feel like such a fangirl for saying this, but...I would really give anything to become a writer like you someday. Because the way you describe the whole editing/writing process of your original fiction? It's just exactly like how I imagine it. It's also probably naïve of me to say so, but I can only hope that my writing-life might ever be like that.

Meh, this sounds stupid and quixotic, so I'll stop. I guess I'm just t00bishly happy for you, since I love your writing so much. (one among many, I know. ^-^;;) *digs a hole, quietly buries self*

[snooks-ranting.livejournal.com]

Congrats, girl! Editing success is good. Conquering chapter ten is better. You go!

[arcly.livejournal.com]

You are teh editing star, baby. I really liked the story anyway, but the characterisation's hit a whole new level, especially Jacob. It's inspiring: it's making me actually start playing with my own stuff again. Any chance of reading the new chapters? I've only got the first half of 10.

[ivyblossom.livejournal.com]

Wheee! I'm glad you're working on your writing again. :) And I'm glad you like the edit. And yes, I'll send on the new chapters shortly, I just need to add a part to chapter 11. And then I'll send it. A couple of days, maybe. :)

WHEEE! Thanks so much for reading it.

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

OMG EDITING IS TEH SMRT!!!

*wiggles excitedly*