"Yeah, I know we all tend to zip through the first draft, waxing poetic, as they say, and don't take time to edit our lyrical voices. And the second draft focuses on dialogue (or continuity or chapter hooks or ...), but what about the fifteenth draft? Somewhere along the weary staircase of drafts, we have to stop, catch our breath, and take a close look at the actual words we've used." Helen Ginger in the Blood-Red Pencil.
Also Hunting Down the Pleonasm by Allan Guthrie - also an excellent guide to editing.
The simplest definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect different results.
Illustration by Chaz Kemp
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About Me
- VK Whetham
- Wyoming, United States
- I am foremost a Christian who has rededicated her life to Christ. Everyday I seek to be a better daughter of God's and every day I fall short. I am blessed to have a Father that still and will always love me.
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