{"id":1003,"date":"2012-11-05T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2012-11-07T18:30:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T18:30:24","slug":"so-i-havent-been-blogging-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/index.php\/so-i-havent-been-blogging-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"So, I haven\u2019t been blogging\u2026 pt 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you may (or more likely not) have noticed, other than my post on voting, I haven\u2019t been blogging for the last few weeks. Instead, I\u2019ve been editing<\/strong><\/span>. (Future posts will talk about the other things I\u2019ve been doing.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m lucky enough to get to work with some awesome authors on their books. I go through their manuscript with my red pen (okay, track changes, which I actually have set up to be teal<\/span>) and point out grammatical errors, typos, loose ends, things I don\u2019t quite understand, word choices that don\u2019t seem quite right, motivations or character traits that don\u2019t seem to fit, etc. etc. etc. (I also point out areas that I think are great, so you don\u2019t think I\u2019m all mean. I do realize these books are the author’s actual babies, and so I treat them kindly, but I’m also truthful.) Then I return the manuscript to the author, who reviews it, either accepts or rejects my changes, makes more changes, then sends it back … and so forth, until we\u2019re both happy with the finished product. The author may not always agree with me, but we are always able to come up with a mutually agreeable solution.<\/p>\n

As an editor, I find it interesting to discover the author\u2019s weaknesses, as it were. And we all have something – or many things – to work on. I tend to overuse certain words, like “lovely”. Many authors leave loose ends, because the story is in their head and they know what has happened. Some use a lot of clich\u00e9s, and forget to share what their characters look like \u2013 because of course, they know exactly<\/em> what they look like.<\/p>\n

Editing is a lot of work. I take a LONG LONG time to edit. I read each line, each paragraph, each page, each chapter, probably 20 times. Each. Then I do it again.<\/p>\n

Editing is also a joy. I get to help the author \u201cfix\u201d the weaknesses in their book. I get to help them find the best way to say something, so it really sings. And I get to share their passion and help fulfill their dreams of publication.<\/p>\n

And then I get to share it with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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