tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885739376242447475.post1364168119548985320..comments2024-03-25T09:35:50.377-05:00Comments on Nicki Elson's Not-So-Deep Thoughts: How to Get the Best Edit Evah!Nicki Elsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11412032684225126973noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885739376242447475.post-51121626348272173592011-07-04T15:00:38.707-05:002011-07-04T15:00:38.707-05:00Love it - and am laughing at our shared wavelength...Love it - and am laughing at our shared wavelength, as I'm first seeing this now after having posted on editing at the Monkey today. But I only (lazily) dropped in snippets of advice I gave / issues I addressed, not with a brilliant example like you did to put it into context. Bravo, Nicki! :)fallen monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01218232586082788114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885739376242447475.post-45498274512305680582011-07-03T09:20:02.346-05:002011-07-03T09:20:02.346-05:00...clipping out all the names in my dialogue was s......clipping out all the names in my dialogue was something I worked on during re-write number 2...of 4. Yep, took forever...and patience was waning, but worth it in the end.<br /><br />Great advice, Nicki. My editor would approve:)<br /><br />ELElliot Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271528871804399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885739376242447475.post-55172363022948120232011-07-02T07:31:19.475-05:002011-07-02T07:31:19.475-05:00Great advice. All the cuts in this example remind...Great advice. All the cuts in this example remind me of some of the picture book writing classes I've taken where we have eliminate no essential words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18226974782422398270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885739376242447475.post-33964391079570442072011-07-01T15:06:22.052-05:002011-07-01T15:06:22.052-05:00Hey,
Maybe I should work in reverse CHANGE BG to ...Hey,<br /><br />Maybe I should work in reverse CHANGE BG to the first version. I'll double my word count. I don't even have to do the whole MS... maybe the four middle chapters. The editor won't know what hit her... LOLMichael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885739376242447475.post-71180223997492595882011-07-01T13:37:31.502-05:002011-07-01T13:37:31.502-05:00Nicki, I'm not registered to comment there, so...Nicki, I'm not registered to comment there, so I will comment here - great tips! Most of those I am slowly learning, especially with the help of my critique partners.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885739376242447475.post-53345020071589068952011-07-01T12:41:38.018-05:002011-07-01T12:41:38.018-05:00Great pointers! Thank you.Great pointers! Thank you.Summer Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122694893668693244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885739376242447475.post-5179355343423845192011-07-01T12:23:46.106-05:002011-07-01T12:23:46.106-05:00Dear Nicki,
that's really convincing and need...Dear Nicki, <br />that's really convincing and needed a lot of cutting back! <br />The first (bad) version reminds me of the chapter on "Dialogue" in 'How Not To Write A Novel':<br />(quote): "Meanwhile, Judy shook her winsome locks," the interesting man from Michigan expostulated. <br />"But I cannot understand why we are talking like robots who have previously been discussed," Judy rejoined, startingly." <br />That's also an example for the way it should not be :-)Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.com