tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post5265708219013750350..comments2024-03-11T22:54:06.514+00:00Comments on Wordsmithing: INFLATION who'd have thought a novel could suffer from it tooAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-65552620164206543052010-03-03T04:43:32.164+00:002010-03-03T04:43:32.164+00:00My third novel - a kinda women's fiction - rem...My third novel - a kinda women's fiction - remains at 117,000 because I just can't face cutting nearly 20k from my sweat and tears.<br /><br />Some day though; it'll have to be started, then finished. I feel with you.<br /><br />........dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-16750253753667572782010-03-02T23:16:22.509+00:002010-03-02T23:16:22.509+00:00thanks, elaine! much appreciated :-)thanks, elaine! much appreciated :-)lexcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094072290983267178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-56174053606441192652010-03-01T22:26:03.908+00:002010-03-01T22:26:03.908+00:00Sounds like the book I've got marinating :) It...Sounds like the book I've got marinating :) It started at double the word length!Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-61841810080799251282010-03-01T05:26:47.326+00:002010-03-01T05:26:47.326+00:00Sounds like you have a very creative daughter and ...Sounds like you have a very creative daughter and the possible makings of a saucy character in you next book. I have two boys, thank goodness.Dana Elmendorfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07130309062939542854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-7061381277721691052010-03-01T05:17:59.234+00:002010-03-01T05:17:59.234+00:00Oh darling, it's so hard to cut your baby to s...Oh darling, it's so hard to cut your baby to shreds, isn't it? I've been there, am still there. I've pretty much cut my ms in half, and what a painful task that was. But so glad to hear you're well on your way with yours.<br /><br />And I hear you on the sudden change in children. It goes so fast doesn't it? But yes, what great material for stories surround them.Carolina M. Valdez Schneiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11589934533051907801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-88909070435930460592010-03-01T01:17:00.614+00:002010-03-01T01:17:00.614+00:00Hi Anne and Charmaine
That need to cut until the s...Hi Anne and Charmaine<br />That need to cut until the story is told without clutter is the real lesson for writers. I find I read on at least two different levels now.<br />Trimming? I do it the way I cut my partner's hair - a curl by curl, hair by hair experience.<br /><br />My third revision, the serious one, was a red pen and printed manuscript one. Everything looked so different on paper. I'd have sworn I was done after two computer re-edits but I live to learn.<br /><br />Lexcade <br />I hated cutting descriptions that were poetically beautiful most - kept reminding myself I wasn't writing poetry!<br />I popped by your Blog with "the where."<br /><br />Hi Natalie<br />Welcome to the Blog! Nice to meet you.<br />If you'd read my book in the original form you would not doubt that 50,000 words were going spare. <br />Running short must be frustrating, too. Good Luck with your writing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-90867821569967239782010-02-28T22:58:26.143+00:002010-02-28T22:58:26.143+00:00I wonder with people who self-publish how they kno...I wonder with people who self-publish how they know when their manuscript is finished with edits (or maybe some don't know?). When I used to groom dogs I would keep snipping tiny stray hairs until the owner dragged them away, I think for my novels I would need someone to yell 'stop already, it's DONE'.<br />Great post and thanks for visiting my blog too :-)Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642615452680721583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-21099352711759046672010-02-28T22:03:26.546+00:002010-02-28T22:03:26.546+00:00I can't imagine cutting 50,000 words! That mu...I can't imagine cutting 50,000 words! That must have been tough. My manuscripts tend to be short so I'm always working in the other direction-- trying to flesh out characters and add plot lines.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861022355718378425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-47872541334907442962010-02-28T20:58:33.602+00:002010-02-28T20:58:33.602+00:00also, i might be a moron. which link am i looking...also, i might be a moron. which link am i looking for? *one of those days*lexcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094072290983267178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-50434820221258814262010-02-28T20:28:00.757+00:002010-02-28T20:28:00.757+00:00i had to start my cutting with these dream sequenc...i had to start my cutting with these dream sequences that i thought were totally awesome. but i didn't get the idea until later in the novel, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand i couldn't find any places in the beginning stages where they'd fit. i was sad, but it needed to be done.lexcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094072290983267178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-41138591184563694362010-02-28T19:44:52.767+00:002010-02-28T19:44:52.767+00:00No worries, my first novel had 124,196 which after...No worries, my first novel had 124,196 which after 4 revisions got down to 95,600. That's the hardest part of tinkering, I agree, to make sure what you don't take out is the voice. Good luck.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.com