Comments on: Editing–Are You Butchering Your Creativity?

By: Alex Sarll

Alex Sarll — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 07:23:58 +0000

Another great post! This is so useful, and I really agree with your three points. It makes sense to me to finish a book, then go through it only noting the changes that you want to make, rather than making those changes straight away and at that point. As you say, your subconscious may be doing something that you’re not immediately aware of.. and I think, to avoid the fear response, you need to give the whole novel to kind of sit and stew.. I think often inspiration comes when you’ve left your mind, and the text, to wait and simmer.. good stuff happens at that time. Thanks again for sharing!

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[…] Writing: our creative muse has to “settle” too. If we only write a few scenes and start editing them (I’m so guilty of this), we’re not giving ourselves the time we need to spread our branches, so to speak, and reveal the spaces where we can really make our writing shine. This post of Kristen’s really resonated with me: Editing: Are You Butchering Your Creativity? […]

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By: Debbie Haynes

Debbie Haynes — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:53:56 +0000

Wow –Thanks Kristen. I was so proud of my editing skills. Now you have forced me to admit that I was mistaking busy work for real work – my fear being that if I finish the book I will actually have to DO something with it! Ouch – the truth hurts! I promise, from this moment forward, I will NOT look at the 60% I have already written until I finish the rest. Alright, I don’t know if I’m ready for that yet, but I’m sure gonna try! Thank you for the insight! So glad I found you and your peeps!

By: bailish

bailish — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:28:46 +0000

This is the best defense I’ve ever seen for why we shouldn’t edit as we go. I didn’t realize how much I’ve been sabotaging my work by doing so.

Thanks!

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Blog Treasures 11-19 « Gene Lempp's Blog — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:12:32 +0000

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