Patterns emerge in the process of editing…

 

I’ve been away again, so work on Olgrun has slowed a little. However, I’ve now got fewer than 100 pages to go before I’ve finished this particular edit. Patterns have definitely emerged as I’m regularly chopping up longer sentences into more bite sized pieces. Shorter sentences can be used for impact, and I’m using that to good effect. The novel appears to be growing in size too (just like Dragon King did). It’s slow work, but it’s made me realise how much all three novels require attention before they can be considered ready. When I look back to when I first thought my work was suitable for release, a cold chill runs down my spine. It’s not easy to get this right and all I can say is that my previous work simply wasn’t done. 

It’s frustrating and embarrassing to know that what I considered to be finished was, in fact, a long way off being fit to read. The good news is that I’m more aware now, than ever before. I don’t really understand why the standard of my writing wasn’t clear to me, but it wasn’t (Tracey says it’s because I’m not a book reader. She’s right, that probably makes a massive difference). I read sentences now and I immediately begin to make changes. These are changes that are crying out to be made. I was blind to them in the past.

I’m using AI more to ask questions about sentence structure. Silly things, like the use of a comma, occasionally requires clarification. I can’t always rely on AI as it doesn’t always give an accurate answer, but in the most part it’s helpful.

Tracey has now finished her edit of Belus. She’s worked through a paper manuscript for me (thank you🥰). As soon as I finish with Olgrun I’ll get started on Belus and hopefully the process won’t prove as frustrating as it has been for the previous two books.

That’s it for now. I’ll keep plugging away at this until it’s right.

Until the next update. Be well.

Pete.🧙‍♂️😉