Does anyone have a particular question related to revising? I know I’m tootling along here doing my own thing, and I have some specific posts lined up, but is there anything that you struggle with? Any part of revising where you simply don’t know where to start? Anything on a specific aspect of revision that’s giving you grief, such as characters, voice, tension,plot?
Throw them at me and I will answer them this week.
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When you’re done, should your novel be longer or shorter? Meaning do you tend to add more content or delete. Thanks in advance!
Another good question! Reply incoming.
Any tips for plotting a novel you pantsed the first draft of? When I wrote my first draft I didn’t have one and now I’m trying to figure out a plot for my novel because I’m revising it and it’s not working very well.
Thanks
Good question, and one I have wrestled with myself. Stay tuned!
Replotting a several times pantsed novel, myself so I second that issue.
When that editing process strays too far into the rewriting process, I worry that I’m just pantsing another version of the same story.
Me too! I’m usually a total planner but the novel I’m revising was one I wrote for myself without any plan and I threw absolutely anything I wanted into it. Now it’s becoming obvious that I need to completely rewrite anything where the main antagonist is involved. :(