work progresses

[lagilman]

And here at Casa Gilmerakos, the revisions to Staying Dead progress. Well, the note-taking and making part of revisions progresses, anyway. New territory for me -- making it up as I go along, on how it's to be done. Very odd. But fun.

Basically, my editor sent me a bunch of so-called global points, things that continue throughout the manuscript, not just one particular detail. Each global point has a breakdown of several smaller but still general examples (ferex: "how does X affect Y's life?"). So I'm taking one point per day, addressing each sub-point with potential solutions. Each point seems to be getting 2-3 pages of handwritten notes, to be expanded upon in the actual manuscript, as I can fit it in and use it.

There is the line-by-line stuff, too, which is just fill-in-missing-info. Lots of my dread 'clarify' appearing in the margins in my counternotes (my authors used to shake in fear at what they called "The C Word").

I feel like I've got a workable system. But I've never done editor-directed revisions before*, what do I know?

Having fun, though.


* on this scale -- I've revised stories before, natch.

Comments

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Mmm, revisions neep. Actually helpful for me, since I am working on a rewrite with very little outside guidance at the moment.

[scarlettina.livejournal.com]

Strange, interesting and kind of exhilarating, isn't it, to be on the other side of the editorial desk, something I'm experiencing myself right now. It's all to the good. I'm right there with ya!