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Terry Odell's avatar

We seem to have similar writing processes. I read each chapter as it's finished, printed out, in bed with minor markups or big red "FIX THIS" notations. Gives me a running start the next day.

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

I would be buried under paper if I printed, lol. I only print the manuscript when it's final, meaning in the best possible shape for my first reviewer/editor to mark it up...and then it's back to the keyboard, I also don't keep successive drafts, what's gone is gone :)

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Carlotta Dale's avatar

I see different things on the screen vs. a printout. And yes, I'm buried in paper.

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James L Proctor's avatar

Cutting 20% of a short story sounds like "unwriting" to me. Congrats on the award nomination. Fingers crossed!!

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

That kind of cutting stretches the meaning of fluff, that's for sure...

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Jody Wenner's avatar

Oh, yes! People say, "how do you write so much?" to which I usually reply, "how do you not?" It's as simple as that. I do it because it brings me joy. It's not a chore. And, it sounds like we have a similar routine. I dabble in and out of smaller projects while the novel is ramping up!

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

Birds of a feather...

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Terry Odell's avatar

Not me. I print on recycled paper and don't print revisions to chapters. I do a final printout for editing when the ms is done. I also save every day's work as a separate file so I never lose more than a day's work, although it's saved in Dropbox and Carbonite, so I could get any file back if needed.

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

Now you're making me nervous :) - I trust iCloud.... but when I travel, I will email the last version of the manuscript to myself.

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Someone said if it's hard to write it'll be even harder to read : )

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M.E. Proctor's avatar

Ah, I love that!

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