So I've only had two solid sitting with editing my NaNo novel and managed to do about 30 pages of editing. The story right now is about 90 pages long, so if I keep on at this rate, it'll take me about a week to finish my first-draft editing (errr... let me know if my math is a bit off here!). :)
Going through the editing process, I can see, here and there, how I can improve on the characters, the flow of the story, the description, etc, and that makes for a pretty intresting ride. Of course, I find that I can only stand about two to three straight hours of editing before my eyes get a bit tired or my stomach starts rumbling or I get a bit antsy for sitting down too long.
So I find myself a distraction. Like writing this blog entry. Hehe... :)
Which is fine. I mean, I'm in no hurry to get anywhere (although sometimes I dream that my life is slowly slipping past me and fear that I'd wake up realising I have not really achieved anything substantially remarkable to be proud of). My freelance translation service is going a bit slow, but hey, I don't expect things to mushroom overnight. I plod along steadily. Just like I do with the editing. And it's all good Eve.
Oh yeah, am also writing a short story of sorts that I'll submit for posting at the Brand New Aspiring Writers group blog once it's finished. It's kind of a strange story that relaly came out of nowhere (or at least, I'm unable to pinpoint the location of its source in my sub-concious). And I'm reading a new book called 'The Hummingbird's Daughter' by Luis Alberto Urrea. A dish of a book! :)
Going through the editing process, I can see, here and there, how I can improve on the characters, the flow of the story, the description, etc, and that makes for a pretty intresting ride. Of course, I find that I can only stand about two to three straight hours of editing before my eyes get a bit tired or my stomach starts rumbling or I get a bit antsy for sitting down too long.
So I find myself a distraction. Like writing this blog entry. Hehe... :)
Which is fine. I mean, I'm in no hurry to get anywhere (although sometimes I dream that my life is slowly slipping past me and fear that I'd wake up realising I have not really achieved anything substantially remarkable to be proud of). My freelance translation service is going a bit slow, but hey, I don't expect things to mushroom overnight. I plod along steadily. Just like I do with the editing. And it's all good Eve.
Oh yeah, am also writing a short story of sorts that I'll submit for posting at the Brand New Aspiring Writers group blog once it's finished. It's kind of a strange story that relaly came out of nowhere (or at least, I'm unable to pinpoint the location of its source in my sub-concious). And I'm reading a new book called 'The Hummingbird's Daughter' by Luis Alberto Urrea. A dish of a book! :)
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