Writing and Re-Writing

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | Once It Is Sold, The Writing Life

I disappeared for months again. In spite of all my best intentions, I keep doing that. This winter, I had a good excuse.

I was re-writing my book.

When I say re-writing, I don’t mean going over it once more and checking for errors. I meant that I started again at page one, and re-wrote the whole thing. Almost 500 pages. 483 pages, to be exact.

If I sound like I’m bragging, it’s because I am.

Not everyone can re-write an entire novel in less than two months, and make it better. I feel good about what I did, not only the intentions I had when I began, but the place I find myself now. Namely, waiting to hear back from my editor. No matter how joy-filled I am in my own accomplishment, in the end, I have to put myself back in the chair.

Good thing I like to live there.

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