We have another sunny day today, not a warm one, but things look promising later. April is the month of surprises here in Eastern Ontario. The snow melts revealing all the rubbish tossed out and buried during the winter months as well as grass damaged by moles etc. It’s one of the ugliest months of the starts out as one of the ugliest months of the year, but by the end, flowers start to bloom, the trees bud, and the promise of spring is fulfilled–but we are a long way from there yet still wearing winter coats around here.
Today’s letter is the letter E for editing. Every writer knows that editing is a lengthy process that involves preparing a manuscript for publication by checking its mechanics such as grammar, spelling, and word choices, as well as its flow, and its adherence to the rules of skillful writing as they apply to point of view, characterization, and plot. The editing process involves correction, condensation, organisation, and other modifications necessary to produce a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete piece of work.
Ask any writing guru, and they will tell you that editing should begin only after the first draft is written in its entirety, following your outline, if you use one, or writing whatever pops into your mind if you’re a pantser, like me. Try as I might, I can’t do it. I edit my work as I write it. If I had to describe my personal writing style, I could compare myself to a brick layer. I place the first brick, then the second, then the third and so on until the first row is complete–or in my case the page. Then, like that mason, I go back and check that each brick is straight, undamaged, or otherwise marred. If he’s satisfied, he adds mortar to the top and moves on, just as I do, knowing he may have to go back again before he’s ready to add more layers. Is it time consuming? Yes, but for me, it’s the only way I can write.
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Editing can surely be a tedious task!
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I try to write my blog posts in their entirety before I edit them. The problem is that often when I get to the end I sometimes forgo editing altogether because of my excitement to be finished. https://dave-homeschooldad.blogspot.com/2022/04/e-is-for-edmonds-eustace-and-equal.html
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I checked you out. Interesting stuff.
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