tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post1412030966869158010..comments2024-02-01T14:06:20.674-06:00Comments on Knitted by God's Plan: Rewrite or Edit? with Kendra E. ArdnekKendra E. Ardnekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03593051552921296108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-89066630571098609612017-03-23T16:27:47.656-05:002017-03-23T16:27:47.656-05:00Oh, that first draft thoroughly mattered - it'...Oh, that first draft thoroughly mattered - it's how I discovered what the story was about. The second draft is for me to tell it correctly. Kendra E. Ardnekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593051552921296108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-18983558540585471392017-03-23T16:22:45.978-05:002017-03-23T16:22:45.978-05:00Ah, I prefer editing as well, although even that i...Ah, I prefer editing as well, although even that isn't fun. After I shared a decent draft of my first novel with beta readers, I had to do a pretty significant edit. There were sections I had to rewrite and scenes to add. But the rest of it was minor, laborious changes (typos and sword to bow type things). I'm so thankful I've never had to do a complete rewrite! The very idea seems so counterproductive ... like your other draft doesn't matter at all :( I'm sure I'll have to face it eventually and then I'll learn how helpful it is :)Abigayle Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182504899939054458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-82948383512639432772017-03-22T06:13:33.531-05:002017-03-22T06:13:33.531-05:00Ok, I think one of my favorite things about Indie ...Ok, I think one of my favorite things about Indie e-Con so far is that I keep running into authors who use the same methods I do and it makes me happy. I don't quite know why. But anyway, yeah, the copy method is my favorite thing ever. The story I'm currently editing, I'm sort of doing something in between the copy method and the rewrite method, so, yeah. Anyway, thanks!Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-34006301730578409462017-03-21T16:39:07.897-05:002017-03-21T16:39:07.897-05:00I like the red to black idea. Makes me think of ma...I like the red to black idea. Makes me think of making more money as an author :)Kathryn Elizabeth Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06356432638093994278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-23839143498824537852017-03-21T15:24:19.953-05:002017-03-21T15:24:19.953-05:00I agree that both are awesome! I've done so ma...I agree that both are awesome! I've done so many rewrites and edits on different books, and I've learned a lot from doing both. Thank you for this post, Kendra! <br /><br />~ Savannah <br />scattered-scribblings.blogspot.comSavannah Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668452024211579085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-89082378533549882592017-03-21T15:16:10.122-05:002017-03-21T15:16:10.122-05:00Mostly I've been able to get away with just ed...Mostly I've been able to get away with just editing, sometimes extensive, but usually that's all. I did start a rewrite on the first novel I ever wrote about William Wallace which was never published, but stopped halfway through and instead wrote my book "On a Foreign Field" because it was a better story and more character driven than bogged down in the ridiculous historical stuff that made the previous one read like a biography. I think I saved a couple scenes for "On a Foreign Field" but apart from that, I just scrapped the original book all together.Hazel Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234157921832851920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618645909538172709.post-25417155718899346902017-03-21T14:13:24.134-05:002017-03-21T14:13:24.134-05:00I prefer editing. But we'll see what I think a...I prefer editing. But we'll see what I think about rewriting once I've finished both Happy Days and Victory's Voice...Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320910373401276845noreply@blogger.com