Deep Into the Third Draft

Friday, March 12th, 2010 | Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Writing Life

I am deep into the third draft of TO BE QUEEN, and I am loving every minute of it. I have gotten my notes back from my editor, and as always, she has seen things I never noticed and has questions to ask that I would not have seen.  I am on my way to answering them all.  It is an adventure to take the scalpel back to the body of the text, to trim away that things that need trimming, and to clarify all the things that might cause confusion.

Reading a good book is a smooth sail on a glassy sea; I want to take out all the waves and bumps that might cause my readers to be knocked out of the story, so that they can simply be transported by the book in its final form. I’ve got a long way to go before it’s ready, but I know that with my editor’s keen eye, I will be able to produce a book that will honor Eleanor and the readers both.

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