tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post6582879080625780189..comments2024-03-27T03:21:22.004-04:00Comments on Carrie Harris: I Edit a MILLION TimesCarrie Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14893023777471521703noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-56001976676226430892011-02-11T23:00:58.500-05:002011-02-11T23:00:58.500-05:00Yes, this has happened to me before. I get so abso...Yes, this has happened to me before. I get so absorbed in the wrong things that I can't always work on the right ones at the right time. I start knit-picking my manuscript apart.Reginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493618594406138554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-24562884269213472352011-02-10T17:42:06.458-05:002011-02-10T17:42:06.458-05:00ME! I mostly straight-draft, but then, it's t...ME! I mostly straight-draft, but then, it's tweaky-tweak here and tweaky tweak there, and then REDO THIS CHAPTER FROM SCRATCH, and then tweaky-tweak, add scene, tweak tweak tweak. Aaaand repeat.<br /><br />So what counts as a revision? Uh...Larissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-36973181329483722572011-02-09T19:57:28.715-05:002011-02-09T19:57:28.715-05:00Thank God I'm not the only one with writer ADD...Thank God I'm not the only one with writer ADD (ADHD?). Weirdly, too much coffee often helps -- but has a bad effect on the rest of the way, so I can only use it in emergencies...Kathy McCulloughhttp://www.kathymcculloughbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-25799027504137944562011-02-09T18:47:10.422-05:002011-02-09T18:47:10.422-05:00I tend to do the same thing, but I've decided ...I tend to do the same thing, but I've decided that every time I take at least a 2 week break from editing - and I take a lot of breaks, which is both good and bad- I will start a "new draft."writergal24https://www.blogger.com/profile/10913320014258720896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-22417252036244145682011-02-09T18:32:18.855-05:002011-02-09T18:32:18.855-05:00I am so glad I'm not alone, guys. I think we n...I am so glad I'm not alone, guys. I think we need to form a support group.<br /><br />I've been trying to come up with a snappy name, but the WE HAVE NO FREAKING IDEA HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE EDITED SO PLEASE QUIT ASKING US GROUP is maybe a little...long?Carrie Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893023777471521703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-46788350809289473652011-02-09T17:04:57.780-05:002011-02-09T17:04:57.780-05:00And this would be why I don't think I could be...And this would be why I don't think I could be a writer. I'm thinking back to all the English Lit papers I wrote in College, where I waited until the night before, put together a paper, refused to reread it, and turned it in as-is. I usually got an A or B, so I was fine with that. And if you read my blog, you'll see I still don't reread what I've written...at least not for a couple days.Noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17112146642849970827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-55972758865348741972011-02-09T16:06:33.783-05:002011-02-09T16:06:33.783-05:00I do this all the time! It's so frustrating be...I do this all the time! It's so frustrating because I really want to start sending the beginning out to people, it's ready! The end...not so much.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733651711754068802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-75789490251663418122011-02-09T14:13:01.129-05:002011-02-09T14:13:01.129-05:00This is my problem exactly. Problem or obsession? ...This is my problem exactly. Problem or obsession? <br /><br />I go in and tell myself it's time to revise a chapter but then I reread chapter 1 to get into the mental state of the story then I end up revising THAT and never get to the original chapter. <br /><br />sigh.Kelly Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288216494070095497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-74191882499934805132011-02-09T13:25:35.646-05:002011-02-09T13:25:35.646-05:00I really try to ignore the inner editor until the ...I really try to ignore the inner editor until the first draft is finished. Even if that means I have to start over on the first draft because it didn't go where I wanted it to. It's awesome. Until it isn't because it feels like a lost cause to fix.Kayeleen Hamblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652280450104899423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-75240873851741528522011-02-09T13:02:01.451-05:002011-02-09T13:02:01.451-05:00I do the Exact Same Thing. Very cheered to hear I&...I do the Exact Same Thing. Very cheered to hear I'm not the only one out there with parts of my WIP on draft 9 and other on draft 1 :)Tatum Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074228011847976820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-47058039671947604172011-02-09T11:14:15.044-05:002011-02-09T11:14:15.044-05:00I fly through first drafts. You described every dr...I fly through first drafts. You described every draft after that perfectly. Right now I'm to the point of having several different versions on back-up in any case.<br /><br />At some point, I'm going to have to finalize and push my chair back away from the revision desk. (Hugs)IndigoSage Ravenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143502548162174269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-61999520496644511632011-02-09T11:12:51.104-05:002011-02-09T11:12:51.104-05:00OMG Carrie I do this EXACT thing! I go to work on...OMG Carrie I do this EXACT thing! I go to work on something and totally get distracted by a hundred other things. Occasionally I'll even end up going to another ms (because I'm working on a sequel or companion) and get distracted tweaking THAT ms before I ever get back to the current one! It tickles me to hear you say that about throwing out random numbers because I've already gotten tired of the question and I'm still trying to get an agent! <br /><br />My mom is the biggest culprit. Since I'm still on the agent hunt, every time I get rejected or even get a request which then ends in rejection, I go back and obsessively read through my ms, checking on anything which happened to get good/bad feedback (if there was any feedback) and my mom asks me EVERY time 'When will you ever be DONE editing?' and I have to tell her never!Artemis Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849091563671031929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-49365123240851419382011-02-09T10:23:08.753-05:002011-02-09T10:23:08.753-05:00I do everything I can to avoid it, but there's...I do everything I can to avoid it, but there's no helping it. I wish there was enough time in the universe for me to fix the end as well as I think I've fixed the beginning.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-29438331109364714342011-02-09T10:01:02.148-05:002011-02-09T10:01:02.148-05:00I'm. Never. Finished. Editing.
It's a real...I'm. Never. Finished. Editing.<br />It's a real problem.Candylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956196611348299424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-67240005974538079622011-02-09T09:44:46.657-05:002011-02-09T09:44:46.657-05:00Me!! I have many requests to read old manuscripts ...Me!! I have many requests to read old manuscripts from family and I always have to deny them, because even after I finish writing a book I continue to tear it apart.Candicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658962630981643176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303232661644308222.post-13166546876699605292011-02-09T09:07:44.939-05:002011-02-09T09:07:44.939-05:00I am of the No-Flipping-Idea camp myself. I mean,...I am of the No-Flipping-Idea camp myself. I mean, there is the first draft, the first major revision, then the editing....but there are so many little tweaks my books go through in between each step.<br /><br />yeah. A billion.<br /><br />Shelleystoryqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039684494823420722noreply@blogger.com