Comments on: Three Cheers for Editing! https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/ Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:34:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-938 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:34:15 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-938 LOl, Lorraine! Don’t you mean re-written five books??
😉

]]> By: Lorraine https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-937 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:49:22 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-937 Funnily enough I was just about to do a post on editing. I’m enjoying it too but I suspect it may be because it’s distracting me from my stage fright about actually writing the requested partial!

Think you’ll have written about five books before I’ve polished my comp chapter at this rate 😉

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-936 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:15:41 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-936 Lacey – yeah,I have to say that editing is pretty cool – when it’s going well and you know what needs to be done. Otherwise it’s crap! 😉 Anyway, I know what needs to be done in the second half so I hope that it goes pretty smoothly. Hoping!

Janette – In the end I quite like the second half of my stories but it always takes me a while to get it to that stage. Lol re heroes! Yes they do, as well as frown and run their hands through their hair. 😉

]]> By: Janette Radevski https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-935 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:44:50 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-935 OMG – I’m having enough trouble just editing the partial…. but then again i tend to prefer my second half of the ms.

My problem words are just, that and I too have a grinning and shrugging hero… isn’t that what they all do??

]]> By: Lacey Devlin https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-934 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:53:17 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-934 You’re enjoying editing? It’s sick! Sick I tell you! lol 🙂 Actually it’s fabulous that it’s not as bad as you thought it would be I just hope the second part isn’t as vile as you’re predicting!

Chocolate?

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-933 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:45:22 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-933 Becca, to be honest, leaving them to sit is a great idea. I’m wondering if I should be leaving mine a bit longer but I might do that once I’ve finished this first edit.
Avoidance works for me too. 🙂

]]> By: Becca J. Heath https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-932 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:28:51 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-932 Looks like you’re going great guns. I have two manuscripts i need to edit but am letting them sit – is my avoidance too obvious?
Good luck!

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-931 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:09:13 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-931 Kristy, I think everyone has their favourite words. Those ones are just (ha!) the tip of my particular iceberg!

Sure I can do some crit for you. May not have time for an entire ms but I can look at a synopsis or partial if you like. Email me at coates dot jackie at gmail dot com.

Ha, Suzanne! Yes, shrugging broad shoulders seems to happen a lot in mine too. Oh and btw, I didn’t realise you’d put a photo on your profile. I kept thinking another Suzanne was visiting me! 🙂

]]> By: Suzanne Jones https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-930 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:00:40 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-930 My hero also grins a lot – and spends time shrugging a broad shoulder.

I’ve managed to delete two thousand words by cutting my favourite words. It’s scary stuff.

Good luck with the rest – you can do it.

X

]]> By: Kristy Price https://www.jackieashenden.com/three-cheers-for-editing/#comment-929 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:31:13 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=520#comment-929 Hi Jackie

I’m LOL about your comments re the most common words in your ms. They seem to be my top 3 too.

I also need to sort out an epilogue for the ms that I’ve subbed. At least I think I do. The story has its obligatory happy ending, but I’m not sure if it needs a bit more tagging on the end. So frustrating!

If you find yourself with any spare time, I’m in desperate need of a CP (none of my friends write or read HMB). No worries if you’re too busy (I suspect you are what with being entrenched in the editing process – just thought I’d ask on the off chance).

Good luck with the editing.
Best
Kristy

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