Great post from Merry Farmer.
So for the last three or so weeks I’ve been neck deep in revisions of my latest novel, The Courageous Heart. And through this process I’ve learned so very, very much about the fine art of revising. Each novel that I write teaches me more about the craft. It also makes me revise my former opinion of the process, no pun intended. So here are a few tidbits of I’ve learned this time around.
First of all, The Courageous Heart is the third book in a trilogy. The first one was “easy” to write. The second one was relatively easy too. And then I completely rewrote it. But that was good. The version of The Faithful Heart that I published was light years better than the first draft. Because I worked on it. But the third book? Ah, that’s another story. TCH and I did not get along very…
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Wow, thank you for reblogging this post, Ella. That was exactly what I needed to read tonight. I’m in the process of revisions for the 2nd book in my Witch Way series, and it’s slow going…and the real work hasn’t even begun yet. Eep! Revisions are definitely where I feel like my best work shines, but I’d forgotten how much hard work it actually is. This post was inspirational though. Just to know other writers are dealing with the same issues and to know they are making progress and so will I. Like all things in the publishing industry, revisions can’t be rushed either. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Karen.