A little more progress last night on the Angel Odyssey edit. I’m chopping out some of the heavy-handed internal dialog. I feel that I’m showing the characters emotions just fine, I don’t need to beat my readers over the head with it. I think internal dialog should be used to contrast outward behavior instead of reinforcing it. Also I don’t want either character to come off as whiny and cutting some of the mopey internal dialog should help with that. That all said, I only edited a couple of chapters before I ran out of juice.
Instead, I edited a couple of short stories and sent them off. Both are fairly short pieces and hopefully exciting, something to catch and hold the reader’s attention and then ending before I overstay my welcome. Both were written during my April ‘30 in 30’ challenge. We will see how they fare. One is off to Asimov’s and one is being tossed to Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Here’s hoping.
Tonight I’m going to try the read-aloud again and hope I get further. Ugh. This editing is killing me. I am aching to start writing the next novel but if I don’t get Angel Odyssey out the door, even if it’s not perfect, I’ll be one of those writers who has a stack of unedited manuscripts. Writing is fun. Editing is hard.
Instead, I edited a couple of short stories and sent them off. Both are fairly short pieces and hopefully exciting, something to catch and hold the reader’s attention and then ending before I overstay my welcome. Both were written during my April ‘30 in 30’ challenge. We will see how they fare. One is off to Asimov’s and one is being tossed to Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Here’s hoping.
Tonight I’m going to try the read-aloud again and hope I get further. Ugh. This editing is killing me. I am aching to start writing the next novel but if I don’t get Angel Odyssey out the door, even if it’s not perfect, I’ll be one of those writers who has a stack of unedited manuscripts. Writing is fun. Editing is hard.
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