Comments on: WarriorRevisions Revisited, by Jeff Posey

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Writing Roundup, December 18 « Uncategorized « Jen's Writing Journey — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:10:06 +0000

[…] Warrior Revisions Revisited Jeff Posey shares the lessons he learned while editing the work he created during NaNoWriMo. How can we all apply these lessons to our own writing? […]

By: jasonamyers

jasonamyers — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:21:51 +0000

Whatever!!! Kristen, you are so much better than we are. Jeff and I area like boot camp scrubs to your Master Sargent.

By: Frances Hunter

Frances Hunter — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:43:23 +0000

Jeff, you are so right that (duh) only by actually writing a first draft, and then revising, and then polishing, and then pondering, and then revising, etc. can leave you with a finished book! Sometimes when I look back on it I can’t believe that I have one book and one on the way (February). You have to start with a dream, but you need persistence and a little chutzpah to make it actually happen.

By: warriorwriters

warriorwriters — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:00:32 +0000

I love how you have therapists, beta readers and editors listed together, LOL. How apropos. Great article. Editing is always a tricky task. The subconscious mind plants so many seeds, and, if one is not careful, it is easy to “weed out” some really great stuff. I LOVED number two about warriors improvising. So true and I think, again, that goes with my point about the subconscious. I think it “plants” those “gasoline trucks” to make life easier on you the writer. But then we get busy editing and essentially push them off the road…oblivious to the fact that out subconscious mind just gave us a helping hand.

Great job and another wonderful contribution! You guys are going to be a tough act to follow ;).

By: jasonamyers

jasonamyers — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:23:50 +0000

Don’t confuse poor Jeff.

By: jasonamyers

jasonamyers — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:22:09 +0000

But wait, Bob. I thought you edited as you went? Don’t you hate rewriting? Or are you taking a different approach?

By: Bob Mayer

Bob Mayer — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:16:30 +0000

I’ve learned the value of editing and rewriting over the years. There is only so much you can do on the first draft. After you get that down, then you have to add in layers to the story.
My goal in current WIP is to get a draft down as quickly as possible and then spend considerable time rewriting.

By: Jason Myers

Jason Myers — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:04:59 +0000

Editing and revising to me is the funnest part of writing. It’s where I can go in and enjoy the story, and find issues, and build up things I want.

My Nano story didn’t have a ticking clock in it, but I found one near the end of the story, and I will go back in and pepper the story with it.

I also plan on writing out all the names of my characters, and charting each one’s arc for the story.

I need to work on theme and create some other documents within the story to add layers to it. I can’t wait. It’s so fun.

I like to keep my story “in the drawer” for a month or so before I go back in and start revising, so I forget a lot of what I wrote. Then it’s like editing someone else’s work.