{"id":316,"date":"2013-10-31T20:46:56","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T18:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suchwanderings.wordpress.com\/?p=316"},"modified":"2013-10-31T20:46:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T18:46:56","slug":"nanowrimo-preparing-for-the-editing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/snuu.kapsi.fi\/saranorja\/2013\/10\/31\/nanowrimo-preparing-for-the-editing-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanowrimo: Preparing for the editing process"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firstly, let’s reveal the working title of the novel I’ll be editing this Nanowrimo: Dim Vanities<\/em>. The name is from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem ‘Tamerlane’: <\/p>\n

Dim, vanities of dreams by night \u2014
\nAnd dimmer nothings which were real \u2014
\n(Shadows \u2014 and a more shadowy light!) <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dim Vanities<\/em> is the name I randomly came up with while Nano-prepping in 2008, and it’s stuck. The title will most probably change eventually once I think of a better one. Yes, there are shadows in my novel, but it’s still not the most relevant or awesome title. <\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Anyway! Back to business (i.e. more babbling)!<\/p>\n

The stats:
\nDIM VANITIES<\/em>
\nword count:<\/b> ~134,000
\nchapters:<\/b> 31<\/p>\n

Yesterday I read a 15-page chapter-by-chapter synopsis of Dim Vanities<\/em> that I’d written last year when I was editing the messy zero draft into a somewhat coherent first draft. The plot still needs some tightening to make it more coherent – there’s some weird magicky stuff that I worry is too vague. Will have to work on that. But mostly, the synopsis seemed decent. I tinkered a lot with the plot last year, so I hope there won’t be a need for too many major changes now. <\/p>\n

I’ll really have to work on making the characters alive and their relationships believable, though. <\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

I’ve been preparing for this editing process by reading a lot of posts on editing, and doing a lot of thinking with regard to what my strategy will be. <\/p>\n

I just read this entertaining post on editing a novel<\/a> by Chuck Wendig. Some sound advice there! Such as: <\/p>\n

Writing is editing. Editing is writing.<\/p>\n

Writing is rewriting. And rewriting. And rewriting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So damn true. Good thing I actually like editing… Although I have to say that tackling a whole novel is overwhelming. But hey, this is how we learn: by digging into it and getting shit done. <\/p>\n

*<\/p>\n

Lastly: good luck to everyone doing Nanowrimo the traditional 50K way! *waves pom-poms*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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