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fandomsecrets2012-12-05 05:21 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-12-05 05:21 pm
[ SECRET POST #2164 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2164 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 044 secrets from Secret Submission Post #309.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: Editing Advice?
1. Write long, write rambling, spill out your guts and don't concern yourself with length or wordiness. Just get everything you need to out on paper.
2. Print it out if you can. You'll be amazed what a difference a hard copy makes.
3. Go over it with a red pen, cross out every word that doesn't substantially add to or change the meaning of the sentence it's in; rewrite every lengthy sentence in the shortest way possible; and take note of every time you write a line that conveys the same information as a line you've already written
4. Try to consolidate the information in the scattered redundant lines into just one line (or a couple of lines) that conveys all the necessary information in a single go. Make everything as short as possible without sacrificing important information.
5. Now that you've chopped your writing way down and it's all spartan and brusque, go back over it and add stuff back in, carefully, critically - add slightly superfluous words and phrases for imagery and aesthetic value, repeat lines if such repetition holds some meaning for the story (like it's reflecting a character's thought process or something), break up descriptions again into scattered fragments if it's meant to show an idea gradually coming together piece by piece.
6. This time, don't worry so much about length. Yes, you are once again re-lengthening the story, but, this time, it's different, because you're carefully selecting and adding in words to an already-completed, coherent draft, rather than building up a coherent draft buried somewhere amongst your word-vomit, so this time you'll be way, way, way less wordy and all the stuff you add back will be far more focused and necessary and useful to the text of the story.
Re: Editing Advice?
(Anonymous) 2012-12-06 12:00 am (UTC)(link)Thanks so much, you have no idea how helpful this all is. Thank you!