Comments on: “Snip” – And There Go 33,000 Words …

By: Where My WIP Went Wrong - Ms. Bookish

Where My WIP Went Wrong - Ms. Bookish — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:35:50 +0000

[...] In desperation, I even went as far as to cut 33,000 words from it. [...]

By: Cathryn

Cathryn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:08:37 +0000

Slashing is painful, yet it’s amazing how it gets the story going in the right direction. I’m glad you had the courage!
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By: Beth F

Beth F — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:24:41 +0000

Hey! That’s *my* job! Good for you for having the courage.
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By: Jemi Fraser

Jemi Fraser — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:41:31 +0000

That is one big snip! I held my breath until you said you saved them in another file. Phew. Even if I never look at it, I feel better having those snippets securely saved in a file :)

I’m sure the story will flow for you now you know where you’re headed :)
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By: Belle

Belle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:48:22 +0000

I’ve never done this before, Dorte. I’ve always liked everything that I wrote when I put it down for a while and then reread it. So it was a bit of a shock finding that once I got past a certain point, the story didn’t grip me. Then I took a good look and saw that it wasn’t actually the story I was wanting to write.

By: Belle

Belle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:47:33 +0000

Thanks, Steve. At least today I feel like I can still write this thing, that it was only that it got derailed. Didn’t quite feel like that yesterday!

By: Belle

Belle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:46:49 +0000

I felt quite despondent last night, Molly. Went to bed thinking, “I can’t write fiction … I can’t write fiction”. But I feel much better today about things. So at least I got a whole lot of clarity out of this.

But I don’t want to have to do this again!

By: Belle

Belle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:45:33 +0000

I hope I can use snippets of them – I think mostly I feel much better having them there just in case I wake up tomorrow thinking “oh no! What did I just do? Why did I cut out all those scenes???” :)

By: Belle

Belle — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:43:04 +0000

I don’t think I could have done it without keeping those words someplace, just in case!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:26:00 +0000

Ouch is right! Good luck on the rewrite. I envy your courage.
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