Thursday, February 23, 2012

Revision Woes

Sorry for the lack of updates this week.

I'm in the middle of revision woes right now.  I'm revising.  And I'm scrapping.  And I'm reconsidering.  I teeter back and forth.  Start over from scratch.  Revise what's there.   Start over.  Back and forth and back again.

This manuscript is proving especially troublesome for some reason.

As I revise I consider what every scene is contributing.  And in doing so, I begin to question everything about the manuscript.  I wonder whether it's worth even trying to save.  That's when thoughts of starting over from scratch come into my head and roost.  I try to shoo them out and sit down to revise what I've already written but then I despair.

And then an idea hits me and I celebrate for a few moments thinking it's the answer to all the problems with my revision woes.  Then the woes come home to roost again.

At the moment, I'm re-outlining the entire Heirs of the Seven Realms trilogy.  I'm not terribly thrilled with it but then by turns I do like the new outline a little more than what was there before.  Sigh.  The battles continue.

6 comments:

  1. Keep at it! You can do it! I'm in the same position myself. It seems like my manuscript will never be as good as I want it to be. But with enough hard work, it'll get there! :D

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    1. Good luck with your revisions! They can be such a pain sometimes.

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  2. Ugh. The revising headache. I'm in the process of doing another revisions with suggestions from my CP who is great with plotting and pace. There's some work I've gotta do, but I'm gonna get there. You can too! Keep on going.

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    1. CPs are the best, aren't they? They see the forest when we can't.

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  3. Oh, revisions. :P You love them and hate them at the same time. Good luck!!

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