tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post4005740543178654422..comments2024-03-29T09:09:33.450-04:00Comments on alien romances: What Exactly Is Editing - Part VRowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-45940193163467586692010-09-02T12:42:15.522-04:002010-09-02T12:42:15.522-04:00Anonymous:
Personally, I've been very lucky ...Anonymous: <br /><br />Personally, I've been very lucky to have fans ready, willing, and able to disseminate the "out-takes" from my work so that for those who really want it, the cut material and the original vision are available. Others who are just readers have been very satisfied with what they bought.<br /><br />So, no, I've never had to regret any editing decision. <br /><br />Here's an example. Compare the published version of my first award winner, UNTO ZEOR, FOREVER (a 5th draft) to the 2nd draft which fans love much more than the published version. <br /><br />The published version is available on Amazon. Here's the 2nd draft up for free reading:<br /><br />http://www.simegen.com/sgfandom/rimonslibrary/surgeon/SURGEON1.html<br /><br />Here's a blog entry about that very heavily rewritten and edited novel that won me an award. I probably should have included this link in the EDITING Part V post:<br /><br />http://aliendjinnromances.blogspot.com/2010/06/mutants-as-aliens.html<br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br />http://jacquelinelichtenberg.comJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-51388040510255817782010-09-02T12:41:28.474-04:002010-09-02T12:41:28.474-04:00Anonymous:
It always seems you're going to h...Anonymous: <br /><br />It always seems you're going to hate the result as you're pulling out material and tossing it, replacing it with something else, or just line-editing for space requirements, losing nuances, rhythm, style, atmosphere -- art!<br /><br />My "writing style" has been called names because of the line-editing necessary to meet length requirements changed between contract signing and publication. <br /><br />In fact, such length requirements have been changed on me DURING copyediting, after the editing process and acceptance, because of increasing price of paper (due to demand for cardboard in China or manipulations of the dollar by "The Fed.") <br /><br />So I feel "Reviewers" of books & films should be experienced and knowledgeable in assessing what is the writer's product as opposed to the result of carving-to-order for the publishing or producing process.<br /><br />In film, reviewers likewise must be able to separate what is the product of the Director's hand, the Actor's interpretation, the Producer's financial decisions etc.<br /><br />The WRITER will be happy (or miserable) depending on the reader/viewer's ultimate response to the finished product.<br /><br />If your editors get you that response, then your anguish over losing material or art pales in comparison to your reader's satisfaction. <br /><br />If the writer is skilled in the craft, the writer will be able to get that personal artistic vision across to the ultimate consumer despite anything the fiction delivery system mechanism does to mangle the work.<br /><br />That's the point of this series on EDITING -- the writer must understand what the editor is doing and WHY in order to deliver the artistic vision to the consumer undiluted, but still help the editor keep her job.<br /><br />Working with an editor is a separate skill-set from creating the vision and from writing down the story in words or pictures. <br /><br />Without that separate skill set, no amount of artistic excellence will get your vision into your consumer's mind and dreams. <br /><br />Jacqueline Lichtenberg<br />http://jacquelinelichtenberg.comJacqueline Lichtenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613040740264804278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-69672120955764996022010-09-02T07:31:17.097-04:002010-09-02T07:31:17.097-04:00Question: Have you ever had a novel published whi...Question: Have you ever had a novel published which you disliked because you were obliged to change it so much during editing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com