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One Specific Writer's Thoughts On One Specific Day
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Before I start this, let me start by saying that I believe this: there’s no right way to write. That said, I do have a way I write... because over the years, this process has become what feels most comfortable for me. My first drafts tend to be sparse. Generally, as I revise the manuscript, I’m striking phrases and lines that don’t work for me, but I’m also adding details -- which means my word count is tending to go up rather than down. I’m generally writing “two steps forward, one step back” -- in other words, I re-read and revise what I wrote the day before as a tactic to get me “moving downhill” when I hit the blank part of the page.
So... this example of ‘process’ is from the middle of A MAGIC OF TWILIGHT. And a warning to everyone reading this: there are spoilers (probably minor ones) in the following, so if you haven’t yet read A MAGIC OF TWILIGHT, you are hereby warned. (And if you haven’t, why not?)
The rest of the essay is here...
One Specific Writer's Thoughts On One Specific Day
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Before I start this, let me start by saying that I believe this: there’s no right way to write. That said, I do have a way I write... because over the years, this process has become what feels most comfortable for me. My first drafts tend to be sparse. Generally, as I revise the manuscript, I’m striking phrases and lines that don’t work for me, but I’m also adding details -- which means my word count is tending to go up rather than down. I’m generally writing “two steps forward, one step back” -- in other words, I re-read and revise what I wrote the day before as a tactic to get me “moving downhill” when I hit the blank part of the page.
So... this example of ‘process’ is from the middle of A MAGIC OF TWILIGHT. And a warning to everyone reading this: there are spoilers (probably minor ones) in the following, so if you haven’t yet read A MAGIC OF TWILIGHT, you are hereby warned. (And if you haven’t, why not?)
The rest of the essay is here...