/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.7796486]

How is your editing process? What do you do when you face a first draft?

[Anonymous No.7796502]

Procrastinate

[Anonymous No.7796511]

Get drunk, get high, open word, get distracted, get more drunk, get higher, close word, do something else.

[Anonymous No.7796512]

I print it and read it with a red pen, underlining and annotating anything that can be corrected

[Anonymous No.7796516]

>>7796486

>read through it again
>if you see a typo, fix it
>if a sentence or word choice is awkward, change it

That's pretty much it for me.

[Anonymous No.7796532]

"write drunk; edit sober." - hemingway

[Anonymous No.7796558]

>>7796532
>"if its on the internet, it must be true" abe lincoln

[Anonymous No.7797001]

>>7796512
I do the same, although I tend to use a waiting period between drafting and editing. I have to take a week off between each so I can edit with fresh eyes.

[Anonymous No.7797005]

i print it off and read/make changes with a pen

some reason errors are so much more visible on paper, though maybe its all in my head and just the chnage of scenery getting off my computer is the main factor there

[Anonymous No.7797008]

>>7797001
I reversed searched that image and one of the results was CP. Thanks.

That "Thanks" was sarcastic, mr gchq.

[Anonymous No.7797029]

>>7796486
depends. if it's a long work of fiction, i let it sit for a week or two. I then i read it, jot down inconsistencies in plot or character, and fix them up. then i print it out and do the red pen to fix up grammar and anything that catches my eye as not working, writing down ideas to enhance the text or suck it up and delete it. finally i reread the work one last time to see what i can to do tighten up the narrative. hope that helps some.