Category Archives: Editing

Up in Here

Posted on March 13, 2014 by achristinewriter

So I’m gearing up to start a bit of tidying in Fairy Tale Remix 1—which shall hereby be known publicly by its title, Thorns—followed immediately by the first and most brutal edit of Fairy Tale Remix 2—which shall be known … Continue reading →

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This and That

Posted on July 22, 2013 by achristinewriter

The second pass of edits for the nightmare novel took longer than expected, but that’s because I did a third pass as well. The second pass was for the corrections that a psychologist consultant gave me on some scenes (I … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Remix Editing: Week 3 FINISHED

Posted on February 27, 2013 by achristinewriter

Pages edited: 434/434, cut down from 448 (1.5 spacing, closer to 588 double-spaced) Original word count: 195,545 words Final word count: 183,434 words, 12,111 words cut Finished last night around 12:30 in the morning! To celebrate, I slept. 🙂 I … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Remix Editing – Week 2

Posted on February 25, 2013 by achristinewriter

Pages edited: 372/436 Number of words cut: 10,500 words Favorite mistake: Sadly, none this week. All of it was pretty straightforward stuff. Well, the cuts started in earnest this week, whittling down the total number of pages from 448 to … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Remix Editing: Week 1

Posted on February 18, 2013 by achristinewriter

Pages edited: 180/448 Number of words cut: 3,841 words Favorite mistake: Actually, there wasn’t anything that really got me giggling over these last 180 pages. I think the closest I got to an amusing mistake was when I stated that … Continue reading →

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Nightmare Novel Editing: Week 2 FINISHED

Posted on February 3, 2013 by achristinewriter

Pages edited: 308/308 Number of words cut: 3,262 words Favorite mistake: “She let herself be led into the black temple, into the room with the dais, which was where the Night Mare led her.” Honestly, that line still cracks me … Continue reading →

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Nightmare Novel Editing: Week 1

Posted on January 28, 2013 by achristinewriter

Pages edited: 170/308 Number of words cut: 1,788 words Favorite typo: “White power dusted her fingertips…” The number of words cut is surprisingly low for me, perhaps because I didn’t write this novel during NaNoWriMo, and as a result, I … Continue reading →

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