Hiya, Everyone! π
Iβm back! I canβt tell you how excited I am to finally get back to working on Running the Asset. If you could see how big my smile is as I write this, then youβdβ¦ Okay, youβd probably think I was a crazed psycho with how wide my eyes are.
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Anyway. If youβre wondering where the hell Iβve been for the last half of 2022 after finishing my first draft, I wrote about it here. The main thing is that Iβm ready to get back to bringing Adam and Elleβs story to an e-reader near you in 2023.
The New Editing Plan
I wrote about my editing plan in May or June last year while trying to get everything done in the shortest time possible. You know, the strategy written by a crazy person on the very edge of burnout.
Now that Iβm safely away from the burnout cliff and a wee bittie less crazy hereβs the new plan:
- Iterative rewrites
- New scenes
- Amp up the emotions (I always have to go back in to add the emotionsβIβm a robot)
- Descriptions
- Dialogue
- Content edit
- Proofreading
- Beta readers
- Editor
This Weekβs Goal
Starting off nice and gentle, this week my aim is to:
- Re-evaluate the outline for romance and suspense beats for improvements
- Scene blocking for new scenes
- Scene blocking for rewrites
The crazy-looking screenshot above is the new-to-me program, Plottr, that Iβll use to complete this weekβs tasks. Plottr gives a visual timeline of multiple plot lines on one screen. But it does more than that; it also lets you input scene outlines and link characters and locations to those scenes. Itβs going to be a lot of funβand probably some frustrationβworking with Plottr for this weekβs tasks.
Thatβs it for today. Thanks for stopping by, and remember to hit like and leave a comment below. Have an awesome week!
Burnout can suck it. Iβm finally back working on Running the Asset! Check out my post to see what Iβve planned for this week. #amediting #scottishauthors susantbraithwaite.com/2023/01/09/autβ¦
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Plottr does look scary but I am sure youβll be back into the swing of things soon enough Susan. I though a photo of Jez on the cover would have attracted more readers π
Plottr doesnβt normally look that scary. Thatβs just a glimpse of what the inside of my brain looks like on an organised day π
The guy in the photo does remind me of Jez when we met π (kind of why I chose the pic). Maybe Iβll chuck in an old photo of Jez when I get around to designing the cover.π
Burnout can suck it. Iβm finally back working on Running the Asset! Check out my post to see what Iβve planned for this week. #amediting #scottishauthors susantbraithwaite.com/2023/01/09/autβ¦
Woohoo π Youβre back π₯Έ
Bwah ha!
Very exciting!
Thank you, Chris ππ
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Plottr looks difficult to me!
So glad you have a much more slower schedule Susan!
Thanks, Aletta! Plottr isnβt actually that difficult. The picture is a visual representation of how messy my brain is when it comes to plotlines. (Itβs now all neat and tidy!)
Then Iβm happy π