Tearing my hair out

[lady_karelia]

Having read some excellent advice and hints that harmony_bites put together for new writers, I have spent the better part of today going through my original work, applying the advice, or trying to at least. I've reached page 14 and the manuscript is about 5k words shorter now. Hm.

I never realised that deleting lots of unnecessary words could be painful. *snerk* And the prologue really makes me want to tear my hair out because I just don't know how to do this entire thing without one. *grumble*

And the weather. Just. Sucks. I'm going swimming now.

Comments

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I'm sure if I had read those tips in such a concise format a year ago, I probably would have saved myself a lot of time with that work!

*Encourages_you_to_re-think_giving_up_on_that_work* :-)

[juli-min.livejournal.com]

Oh the icon looks cool.:D

Maybe I'll pick up my never-ending-story again one day. Who knows.

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

:-) I'm rather fond of it myself. I've credited you in the keywords.

Yes. Or write a new one. ;-)