Tag: Editing

Write and Re-Write were sitting on a fence…

“Books aren’t written – they’re rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn’t quite done it.” American director, producer, and screenwriter, Michael Crichton, was born on this day in 1942 (died 2008). I have five completed novels. That’s right. Five. I’m re-writing all five …

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Edit. Edit. Edit.

  “I believe more in the scissors than I do the pencil.” – American author Truman Capote, was born on this day in 1924 (died 1984) Everybody needs an editor. Currently my novel is in the revision, not editing, process.  Revision because there are parts that need to be rewritten (or written), or moved.  Once …

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