Self-editing: knowing how to listen to your gut
A great list to focus self-editing tasks.
Self-editing: are you only listening to your gut or are you hearing what it’s saying?
A big part of the writing process is self-editing.
Self-editing means different things to different people. I’m not talking about the little things like missing words and grammar right now, but the bigger issues like plot construction and characterization–the things that can have big holes, but are harder to fix. And harder to know how to fix.
Everyone says listen to your gut. But what I am talking about is the difference between listening to your gut and actually hearing what it’s saying.
Listening to your gut: a passing thought that something might not be working.
Hearing your gut: recognizing specific weaknesses, articulating them to yourself and others, and knowing how to fix them.
Those residual feelings that your character might need to be stronger, and a bit larger than life or your plot might…
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