It's a beautiful rainy day, I have finally managed to have some breakfast (yes I know it's dinner time) and now intend to make full use of the next few hours editing.
For some reason I am finding this part quite difficult, I have read the draft, I know exactly where it is going, why and it remains true to the characters, however with all the adaptions I wish to make it seems I have been working on this section for a long time. I guess it doesn't help that I am so eager to get to some of the later parts in the work I find myself fixating on what is to come instead of what's before me.
Not to worry, today I am determined to finish this section, time allowing that is. I say that but strangely feel compelled to reread my synopsis to Darrienia and read the manuscript again. I wonder why it is so difficult to let go of now it is finished? Perhaps because I have been working on it for so long, it feels strange not to be doing so now. The thing is, it is finished, it turned out better than I imagined, it doesn't need any more work, unlike this one.
The sequel is only in its third draft stage, I have set it aside a few years and I love the plot, I know it has at least a few more drafts before I even ask for someone else to cast their vision over it. I love doing this kind of editing, I find it captivating and imaginative, I know once I have started and been reading for ten minutes I will find it difficult to pull myself away, so really I better make a start.
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