First off, Happy Labor day everyone. Hope you are enjoying your time off of school or work (or both in my case. I am lucky enough to work somewhere that closes for every holiday.)
So on to my post:
I can not stress enough just how important the editing process is to my book. When I finished writing the first draft (in just one month of NaNoWriMo) I thought "Wow, this is the best thing I have ever written." So I spent the month of December researching editing tips and advice. Pinterest is a great place to blog links on editing and writing.
If you want to check out some of links, you can go to my Editing Time board: http://www.pinterest.com/givingmyall/editing-time/
I learned from some pros about different ways to edit. I heard from people editing for the first time. I found out the following facts about Editing:
1. It is hard. Like the hardest thing you might ever do.
2. It takes a lot of time. The amount varies on the length of the manuscript, the way you edit, and the kind of book you are writing. But most people seemed to agree that if you were really serious about editing, like working several hours a week on your manuscript, six months to a year was the magic number.
3. You are going to want to quit about month three. Don't. It gets easier; I promise.
As someone who has been editing her book for a grand total of eight months, I can't even count the times I wanted to call it quits. I considered abandoning the tedious editing process and return to the glorious writing experience. It was SO tempting I even started writing down ideas for my next book.
How did I keep going? I will talk about the advice and tricks I used to keep focused on Friday.
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