I decided to take another break from the big annotation project and instead get go through the edits I had back from the editor well over a week ago for my story "Incursion". There was a lot of red text in the story. I didn't agree with all of the red lines. Some lines that were scored through with red, I left in as I think them essential to get over the attitudes of the characters. There were other things too that I left in or slightly reworded.
I always look at the editors returns as informed opinion rather that a rule of law. I read the suggested change, and consider what it means and why the editor put it in there. Only after that do I apply the change.
In the end I implemented lots and lots of the changes, massaged a couple, and did re-write the ending which was ,as the editor suggested, a bit weak.
Dealing with edits like this always takes it out of me. The story is only 19 pages of double spaced text, but it still took me the whole evening to work through them.
I do have a better story now, and send out my unending thanks to Mrs The Editor.
I always look at the editors returns as informed opinion rather that a rule of law. I read the suggested change, and consider what it means and why the editor put it in there. Only after that do I apply the change.
In the end I implemented lots and lots of the changes, massaged a couple, and did re-write the ending which was ,as the editor suggested, a bit weak.
Dealing with edits like this always takes it out of me. The story is only 19 pages of double spaced text, but it still took me the whole evening to work through them.
I do have a better story now, and send out my unending thanks to Mrs The Editor.
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