http://pitry.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] pitry.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] dbskyler 2012-07-10 02:47 pm (UTC)

I think I have a decidedly different writing style from yours, which also affects the editing process.

By the time I sit down to write, I already have all the important points of the fic in my head, or, depending on where I was/ what I was doing when I thought of the fic/how long the fic is, written down. Not as an outline - actual bits of the story, often with specific wording (this is why I hate when really good ideas come to me at work or worse! when I'm walking TO work. By the time I get down to write it, I usually lose some of the wording). I then write the whole thing. This is, by then, I'm already writing it semi-edited, because a lot of the processes of "this should go here that should go there, this is the best wording" has already happened in my head. I would edit still at this point if I feel I'm doing something wrong, but that depends on how hard it was to start the story. Once I finish writing it I give it a read (if it's a long chaptered fic, usually it would be in chunks, but if it's a shorter story then I probably write the whole thing in one day then re-read it), then let it stew on itself for a bit, then give it a second reading, polishing some wording etc. If I have a beta this is where I send it to her and not look at it again until I get it back with her comments - I first go over the comments specifically, then give it another full read. And that's usually it. I should probably give it more reads/edits, I guess, but in order to do that I have to let it sit again otherwise I'm bored by it and simply can't re-read it again, but I'm usually too impatient and send it on its merry way by then.


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