It’s essential to be dragged into your story when you draft it—to wallow in unrestrained wonder. After it’s finished, the painful process of editing begins. Seeing it with an objective eye you think, “How did this ever entrance me? It’s barely understandable.” And as you edit and edit and edit, you slowly see the original magic in it, and at that point you have forged it so that it doesn’t just enchant the author, but the audience as well.
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Like an archaeologist removes the dust and dirt to reveal the original fragments of a story.
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You have reminded me to enjoy the drafting because the editing is harder. So off to write a battle. Actually….do you have any tips on how to writie a battle scene to make it feel authentic?
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Well, I’ve been steeped in literary mayhem and comic books since I was little, so maybe it comes a little easier to me than others, haha, but here’s what I suggest: To keep it simple, study two or three action scenes that really spoke to you, and really dig into how the authors constructed their wording and why that worked. Obviously don’t plagiarize, but see if you can replicate the principles they were able to pull off successfully. Hope that helps! 🙂
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“It’s essential to be dragged into your story when you draft it—to wallow in unrestrained wonder. After it’s finished, the painful process of editing begins.” Loved that.
The process of editing is indeed painful, lengthy and expensive (if you hire a pro); but the wallowing in unrestrained wonder is so much fun!
Editing is the illumination of what you have been wallowing in.
Kent Wayne 
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