SUMMARY OF EDITS ON CHAPTER SIX
Chapter Six has required the least work so far. My editor highlighted a
paragraph of text which was telling. Revisions to Chapter Five enabled me to delete
this.
Further into the chapter I wrote “Now as it loomed before her it took on
a more intimate form. Soon, every joint, crack and knot in the wood became
apparent.” My editor wrote “Describe it then.” I felt a lengthy description would
slow the pace and what I’d written gave the reader enough to imagine the rest. Until
I can get my head round this one, I’ll leave it as written.
On the second to last page I wrote “She had been guilt ridden ever
since.” My editor wrote “Really, that’s the first we’ve heard of it.” In this
case my editor was absolutely right. The problem resulted because I’d cut some
text in Chapter Two which I thought was OTT. Once this was reinstated (see my
post entitled Waste Not Want Not) my editor’s comment became redundant.
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