Comments on: The 5 Stages of Editing Grief https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/ A Blog On Writing Mon, 13 Jan 2025 01:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: ? Writing Links Round Up 6/18-6/23 – B. Shaun Smith https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-134651 Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:46:12 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-134651 […] The 5 Stages of Editing Grief […]

]]> By: LIsa Ciarfella https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-133918 Wed, 23 May 2018 18:55:13 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-133918 ughhh! I hear ya on all this.

It's unfortunate but real. My biggest problem stems from listening too much to the critique groups and re-writing too much every week to appease their concerns...probably could have finished the novel by now if I hadn't.

]]> By: wendyleslie https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-133390 Fri, 04 May 2018 01:11:45 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-133390 Thank you Julie, I got waylaid in the Depression stage each time after years of fine tuning each book, four manuscripts, four stories I love. But I know they are not quite right. Each conference attendance gives me new tools and a better understanding of craft.
Along the way many have said, "Put it aside and start a fresh one." But no, damn it, I like them. And the problem is not with the stories, it's with me.
Besides, going through all-of-the-above - beats starting with a blank page.
Cheers, Wendy.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-133384 Thu, 03 May 2018 20:39:32 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-133384 In reply to Julie Glover.

Ha! Yes, you do so you can play me. Non-writing pals don't LIKE to play with writing pals because we know weird words like "anaphora" and "wadset."

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]]> By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-133319 Wed, 02 May 2018 14:10:25 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-133319 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Even now, I can call up that feeling of my seeing the critique, my stomach sinking, my chest and shoulders drooping, and dread entering every pore of my body. "So much work!" But I truly believe that the difference between good and great is in the editing stage, as I know you do too!

And you remind me I need to reactivate my Words with Friends account. 😉

]]> By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-133318 Wed, 02 May 2018 14:08:26 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-133318 In reply to barbdelong.

Oh my, I'm giving you a virtual hug! It is tough being so weary of the editing, but I truly have been happy with every big edit I've made. I hope you find the same is true for you!

]]> By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-133317 Wed, 02 May 2018 14:07:27 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-133317 In reply to Terri Benson.

Thanks so much, Terri! I wish there was a way to get around the grief of editing, but I've concluded it just is. Hang in there!

]]> By: Julie Glover https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-133316 Wed, 02 May 2018 14:06:47 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-133316 In reply to jeanne kern.

No, you are not alone! And I'm glad you can see the book really is getting better. That's a great feeling.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/04/5-stages-of-editing-grief/#comment-133300 Tue, 01 May 2018 20:36:59 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33630#comment-133300 I giggled all the way through this post - not because I was happy that you were huddling with your wine, but because this is so so true. There's so many times we get that great feedback and resist because it's "so much work." But hunkering down and doing it, even if we have to take wine (or Words With Friends) breaks, is what this writing thing is all about.

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