No matter where you live, you’ve probably said something like, “Hey, if you don’t like the weather, wait two minutes and it’ll change.” That saying could apply to the past four days. On Friday morning, when I got up with the chickens to go to Wal-Mart, it was 16 degrees. Today, it’s in the 60s, possibly 70, and really, really windy. We’re under a tornado watch until 6 p.m., nearly six hours from now. I’m hoping the mailbox doesn’t blow down the street with my bill payments in it. I took a work break earlier and went for a walk around our cul de sac several times while listening to a conference workshop. I take every warm opportunity to get outside during what is normally cold weather. Today’s walk hopefully burned off more calories than usual because I was walking into very gusty wind half the time. Of course, the other half had it pushing me down the opposite side of the street.
Breezy walk over, I returned to Intrigue revisions, which I began this morning. I’m up to Chapter 3 in the initial read-through/note-taking phase. I’m putting all my scenes on colored index cards as suggested by Lisa Gardner in the online class I’m taking. Hopefully that way I’ll be able to spread all those scenes out in front of me and be better able to eyeball where the new red herrings, clues and scenes need to go.
So, how do you approach revisions if you’re a writer?
November 28th, 2005 at 1:36 pm
I usually approach revisions with a big stick. If they move, they’re toast.
Seriously, I usually print out, read through, make notes on the big picture revisions that need doing, revise, then go back through one more time with a line edit.
I haven’t tried the index cards idea yet. Now I wish I’d taken that Lisa Gardner course.
Paula
November 28th, 2005 at 4:19 pm
Screaming….crying…..wailing…..
What? Just me?
November 28th, 2005 at 10:57 pm
Put a clothes pin on my nose and dive in!
November 29th, 2005 at 8:38 am
LOL! You all have funny approaches. Paula, I love the picture of whacking the revisions with a big stick.