That's exactly what I'm doing. I am literally pushing myself every night to revise/proof my ms. Like I said in my previous blog entry, it is going so excruciatingly slllloooooow. I'm not sure what happened to the patience I had a year ago while writing my book, but it's long gone. Replacing it, is this never ending pang of anxienty. I know in the end, it'll be worth it. Even if nothing becomes of it, at least I'll know I did my best, and I in the end, that's all that matters (so they say).
I read on someone's blog (can't remember whose- sorry!) that you're supposed to wait six weeks after completing your first draft of your ms, before you start reading and revising it. All I can say is, I WISH I HAD KNOWN THIS SIX MONTHS AGO!!!! This would've saved me so much time and frustration. I literally starting "revising" the day after I finished it. My ms was like my newborn baby- "perfect and flawless" in my eyes. I zipped through my ms in probably a week (as opposed to the two months+ it's taking me this time). Sure, I noticed some typos, and maybe a couple gramatical errors, but other than that, I thought it sparkled <supressing laughter>. Needless to say, lesson learned.
Just keep revising, revising, revising . . .
Oh, by the way, just a note to the one or two people who follow my blog- I probably won't be posting any more entries until after the Holidays. Christmas (and everything that goes along with it) is sucking up all my time. Not to mention, I'm REALLY tired of writing about REVISING, and hopefully this will be my last entry regarding the topic ;o)
Happy Holidays to all!!
I read on someone's blog (can't remember whose- sorry!) that you're supposed to wait six weeks after completing your first draft of your ms, before you start reading and revising it. All I can say is, I WISH I HAD KNOWN THIS SIX MONTHS AGO!!!! This would've saved me so much time and frustration. I literally starting "revising" the day after I finished it. My ms was like my newborn baby- "perfect and flawless" in my eyes. I zipped through my ms in probably a week (as opposed to the two months+ it's taking me this time). Sure, I noticed some typos, and maybe a couple gramatical errors, but other than that, I thought it sparkled <supressing laughter>. Needless to say, lesson learned.
Just keep revising, revising, revising . . .
Oh, by the way, just a note to the one or two people who follow my blog- I probably won't be posting any more entries until after the Holidays. Christmas (and everything that goes along with it) is sucking up all my time. Not to mention, I'm REALLY tired of writing about REVISING, and hopefully this will be my last entry regarding the topic ;o)
Happy Holidays to all!!
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