IMHO, editing must be approached with the same level of passion as drafting. Editing springs from the same noble root as the drive to improve ourselves through unrelenting consistency.
Again. Again. Again. Until it’s right. That describes the professional’s very way of being.
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Because you’re right. But my
comments full of typos and turtles should tell
You my
True thoughts on that. You know I struggle…I go through the process screaming👿👿👿
And in a sense…it’s good you’re screaming, because that makes your readers scream less when they try to understand your work. (just trying to put a positive spin on it, don’t hate me)
I over edited in the end…because I realised the first two drafts either left no space,for the reader to think and make their own bridges or they left wide rivers to cross.
One thing I realised today…besides my blogs and bantering here I haven’t written a chapter since February. You do write a lot and compel me to say something.
I am writing cover letters and revamping my synopsis for,the various agents nervously. 6-12 weeks I have to wait and that’s if I am lucky.
Great, that is AWESOME! If you ever find yourself wondering if you’ve edited correctly (too much editing and you lose feel for how words should look) then just crack your favorite books open and see how they’ve structured their words, and you can see what they got away with and what they didn’t. But it requires a different kind of reading, the not for fun kind. Honestly, when I’m reading for fun, it’s like I’m watching a movie. I couldn’t even tell you what the actual words were in a lot of cases…
Kent Wayne 
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