Revisions done (for now)!
After a lot of hard work, I’m happy to say I turned in my revisions to my agent this week! Hoorah! I’m sure I’ll have a little more work to do before submission, but for now, I’m done! Right now, I’m working on synopses for books two and three, and I still am not a fan of writing these things. It is just so hard to sum up an entire book in three pages in an interesting fashion. Luckily, I have full outlines for both books, at about 16 pages each, but I need to trim them down to about 3 pages each for sub.
Anyway, I’m feeling really, really good about the changes I made to the manuscript. I feel like it is so much stronger now, and I love this version so much more than the previous version, and that’s saying a lot, as this book is my favorite of all the ones I’ve written. I’ve heard writers refer to “heart books” before, and this one is mine. I often wonder if I’ll ever feel this way about a book again. I hope so. I’ve put so much work and time into it, and I’m STILL not tired of it.
I use a lot of different techniques for first drafting and revising, and the one that really worked for this revision round was my cork board covered in notecards of my plot. I needed to move a couple scenes and add a couple scenes, and using the cork board really helped me organize everything. I don’t think this would have worked well in first draft stage, but it REALLY helped me during revisions. I have it hanging on the wall next to my desk so I could refer to it while I typed away.
Once I’m done with the synopses, I’ll be first drafting again. It’s been awhile! I have a few ideas rattling around in my brain, but I’ll probably start AMPED back up again. I’m about 40k into it, and while I know it needs a lot of work, I’m excited about working on it again. Of course, there’s this other idea that has me pretty excited…so, we’ll see! I’m planning on devoting March to first drafting, writing every single day, and getting some good progress done on something new.
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Yay for being done with revisions! I’m with you on the synopses writing. A necessary evil but still… Bleh.
Wow, you’re organized. Every time I think about putting together a board like that, my brain shorts out. I suppose if I ever get published, I’m going to need that skill, but until then, I’m winging along without it.
Good luck with your agent feedback, and have fun starting your new story. =o)
I definitely couldn’t have made that for a new project! I do like outlines, but still, a lot of my first drafting is pantsing.
And thanks! Anything new going on in your world?
can you explain your card system?
I’m pretty close to finishing this draft of the old WIP, but other than that, it’s same ol’ same ol’ here.
Wow. I’m super impressed, and it looks pretty too!
Thought I’d come by and say hi. I’m Denise Jaden’s friend and part of the march madness gang.
Shelli - Maybe I’ll make a full post about that later this week. A lot to say in just a comment!
B.E. - Good luck finishing! I love typing The End.
Elle - Thanks! Good luck with March Madness.
I just have to say that cork board is pretty. It looks like a quilt. It makes me embarrassed about my own use of sticky notes, which are everywhichwhere. Yesterday my little dog was walking around with an orange star-shaped one stuck to his beard. The note said, “ponytails, levitation, ceramics, time travel, blind pilot.” I gave it back to the dog.
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