| Ally Cowee ( @ 2008-06-10 22:27:00 |
| Current location: | On my way to bed |
| Current mood: | content |
| Current music: | Silence |
| Entry tags: | novels, revision, teen novels, the brown shoe diaries, writing, ya novels |
Objects in Mirror are Larger Than They Appear
Tomorrow I begin revisions on The Brown Shoe Diaries.
Armed with comments from 3 beta readers and my lovely CP
idaho_laurie plus the normal route I walk.
Tomorrow and the day after, I will read through each reader's comments,
making notes, and adding notes to the revision sheets I am already starting
out with, ie.
BSD Revisions (surfing) Things to watch in descriptions: flow/fluid/grace/style
These aren't WORDS to use or that I might have overused (that comes way later in
the process) these are keywords to remind me of the comments I need to incorporate
into the surf scenes.
I'll read through for Voice, seamlessness, pacing (Ari's incline etc.)
Ask, is there conflict on every page? Are the 5/6 senses present on each page?
Can any visual details be added or expanded?
And remind myself that except in summary:NO TELLING! SHOW!
And I'll make the necessary changes.