I've learned something over the past few days as I've worked on my personal goal of spending at least 2 hours a day working on revisions of my rough draft.This is it: My words are not sacred. (Scared, maybe sometimes, but not sacred.)
It's true.
I thought they were so great when I wrote them...and then edited them to death...and then a little more just for good measure. Now I am back at them after a 2-month sabbatical and I find that they can become even better.
They can be changed.
This is why they should be scared.
After arriving at the end of my story, I know the beginning so much better and it's very exciting to see it coming together, fitting like puzzle pieces from one chapter to the next to the next to the next.
Loving this part of the process.
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Keep it up.
I hope it goes as well with my rewrite.
:-)
I love coming back to a book after a break and seeing how much better it can be. Good luck!
You inspire me! I am so excited for your book!
I love revision, too. It takes some writing to make a revision and when we feel it's better, it feels great. Keep going!
can't wait til you're done...
Realizing you *can* change those words is a big step and key in revision. Keep going! *cheering*
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