Been unable to edit due to family being around almost constantly. If writing is difficult to do under those circumstances, editing is nigh impossible.
Writing is a free time, when the body does all it can to keep up with the mind. It can't, so the mind gets to take frequent rests.
Editing is the exact opposite. The body can relax because the mind is struggling to figure out just why that sentence sucks, and why that paragraph is nothing more than infodump, so how can it be rewritten to be interesting? Do these other scenes actually contribute to the story, or take the reader away from it? Not easy. Not easy. Not easy.
And yet I get the impression there are people who actually prefer editing to original writing.
I knew a guy who wrote computer software who was like that. He hated writing new programs from scratch. However, he just loved doing maintenance work on existing programs.
For myself, I'm a creator. I like ruminating about stories in my head, and I love telling them. But I struggle with the actual language when editing. I miss so much of what is so obvious to others.
Well, if I'm given the time I will be working on editing this coming week. Hopefully, I will see the things which need to be seen.
Sailors on the Sea
Monday, February 8, 2010
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4 comments:
Good luck with the editing.
Thanks. It's certainly not my forte, and I am less confident in my editing abilities than any other, I think.
It depends on my mood which activity I prefer. Today I'm in the third mode, thinking about the worldbuilding, e.g. plotting and outlining.
Good luck with the writing/editing.
Ruminating. Yes. Very much like daydreaming, only with a purpose.
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