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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