I'd not edited any of my friend's for a couple of weeks. Yesterday I sat down in a free half hour and picked up where I left off, four chapters into a friend's novel. The red pen had a mind of it's own. The balance of red had shifted from circles and comments to straight lines drawn through the things that didn't work for me. The result was a much cleaner looking document and I had to spend less time trying to write really small. I like the fact that I'm happier to make cuts rather than changes too. I wonder if this is because my own style and voice are changing...
A Changing Approach
I'd not edited any of my friend's for a couple of weeks. Yesterday I sat down in a free half hour and picked up where I left off, four chapters into a friend's novel. The red pen had a mind of it's own. The balance of red had shifted from circles and comments to straight lines drawn through the things that didn't work for me. The result was a much cleaner looking document and I had to spend less time trying to write really small. I like the fact that I'm happier to make cuts rather than changes too. I wonder if this is because my own style and voice are changing...