Anthea Carson's Blog - Posts Tagged "publishing"
Editing
I am working on the second book in my trilogy The Dark Lake. I am doing that painstaking, no fun work of editing. I'm trying to ruthlessly cut away everything that is not part of the story. I'm trying to figure out what the story is. I wrote over 600 pages about 5 yrs ago and thought it was brilliant. Time and distance gave me the objectivity I needed to see the problems with the story. I wonder how some writers can produce so quickly. I am personally glad I let this piece of writing sit for 5 yrs. I think it took that long for me to have the objectivity and detachment I needed to see the glaring problems in this piece of writing.
Then there's the other issue. When you see problems it's easy to get into the morbid mentality that the story is garbage and the whole thing should be thrown out, followed by the search for something other than writing to do with your life. But I think I'm past that too. I've heard enough positive feedback to know that's not true.
Then there's the other issue. When you see problems it's easy to get into the morbid mentality that the story is garbage and the whole thing should be thrown out, followed by the search for something other than writing to do with your life. But I think I'm past that too. I've heard enough positive feedback to know that's not true.
