Comments on: Revision Hell: Trimming My Tells http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099 Dreaming in Rhyme Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joely http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099&cpage=1#comment-6220 Joely Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:12:50 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099#comment-6220 Great, Bethanie! I'm glad it helped! I sure have a bunch of things to fix in this draft. Great, Bethanie! I’m glad it helped! I sure have a bunch of things to fix in this draft.

]]> By: Bethanie http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099&cpage=1#comment-6217 Bethanie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:21:03 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099#comment-6217 Do i have a particular tell that is too much telling? Heh... how 'bout all of the above! :] i like the way you've shown how you fix these -- very helpful. :D Do i have a particular tell that is too much telling? Heh… how ’bout all of the above! :] i like the way you’ve shown how you fix these — very helpful. :D

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]]> By: Joely http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099&cpage=1#comment-6212 Joely Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:35:02 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099#comment-6212 Krista, I do these a LOT in first draft. Hopefully I'm catching most of them in Revision Hell! Soleil, you should see my first draft, hon! Anything can be fixed, once the first draft is finished! Nicole, it varies for me too. Sometimes I skip over stuff because it's in my head and I "know" it, but somebody who doesn't know the scary stuff in my brain is like, huh? If it's boring and nothing happens, I've written [this junk happens] as a note to myself so that I keep the story arc clear in my mind. Then, if that scene doesn't move the story forward, I delete it in revision. I axed an entire chapter two nights ago that said [sex scene here.] *snort* It didn't add anything to the story, as delightful as those pages might have been! (and there were already quite a few smoldering scenes already :oops: ) Krista, I do these a LOT in first draft. Hopefully I’m catching most of them in Revision Hell!

Soleil, you should see my first draft, hon! Anything can be fixed, once the first draft is finished!

Nicole, it varies for me too. Sometimes I skip over stuff because it’s in my head and I “know” it, but somebody who doesn’t know the scary stuff in my brain is like, huh?

If it’s boring and nothing happens, I’ve written [this junk happens] as a note to myself so that I keep the story arc clear in my mind. Then, if that scene doesn’t move the story forward, I delete it in revision. I axed an entire chapter two nights ago that said [sex scene here.] *snort* It didn’t add anything to the story, as delightful as those pages might have been! (and there were already quite a few smoldering scenes already :oops: )

]]> By: Nicole http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099&cpage=1#comment-6211 Nicole Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:22:01 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099#comment-6211 For me it varies by book, but a big one is telling so I can skip over a section that I don't want to cover. (Usually because it's boring or nothing happens rather than a "too difficult to handle" section, but still.) I know it is not necessary to write every little boring thing in detail, but finding that balance between showing enough and TMI is hard for me. For me it varies by book, but a big one is telling so I can skip over a section that I don’t want to cover. (Usually because it’s boring or nothing happens rather than a “too difficult to handle” section, but still.) I know it is not necessary to write every little boring thing in detail, but finding that balance between showing enough and TMI is hard for me.

]]> By: Soleil Noir http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099&cpage=1#comment-6210 Soleil Noir Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:37:32 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099#comment-6210 One word says it all: Newb. :oops: One word says it all: Newb. :oops:

]]> By: Krista http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099&cpage=1#comment-6202 Krista Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:15:39 +0000 http://joelysueburkhart.com/?p=2099#comment-6202 For me, it's definitely the two types of repetition you discuss above. For me, it’s definitely the two types of repetition you discuss above.

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