Post by account_disabled on Jan 1, 2024 7:07:36 GMT
I sent my UDPD story, which I intended to self-publish on and around Amazon, to the editor and it was returned to me with “heavily revised” added in the file name. Except for a few pages out of 39 total, the rest were full of comments and deletions. In practice, in this story I gave the worst of myself between repetitions, banalities, inconsistencies, clichés, gaps. A caciara , in short, as we say in Rome. The first sensation with editing It was to let it go. And even now, as I write the post, I don't know if I will ever publish this story, after having worked on the revision I mean, nor if I will publish it here on the blog. To tell the truth, the feeling was also that of letting go of fantasies of publishing fiction altogether.
Thinking back to all the ideas I've jotted down, to the novel I'm writing, to others I'd like to write, it all seemed so distant from me, light years away, that I really wondered if it's worth continuing with these fantasies and isn't it better? instead focus on something else. How come I made such a mess of this story? Perhaps there are two answers: I chose a type of story that I had Special Data never written I chose a very difficult protagonist to use in a story Why did I make these choices? Because, if it is true that you never stop learning, it is equally true that you never stop making mistakes. Jokes aside, I had this idea: to write a story that in a certain sense was reminiscent of a cartoon – and in fact it will be illustrated – and I wrote it. Editing is not dogma Any comments, suggestions, cancellations must not be accepted. My editor wrote it: "see if you accept my changes, but I think that on some things you should take into account what I tell you". And so I did.
On many things he was actually right, while on others, even if very few, I disagreed. I wonder how it works with a publishing house: is the author always required to accept the editor's suggestions? Anyone with direct experience respond in the comments. And when does an author not have to take into account changes proposed by the editor? Read below to find out. Take editing into account without depersonalizing yourself I'll give some practical examples, because it's easier to explain. The editor deleted a sentence for me and proposed one that contained the word “mantra”. I say it without problems, it's a word I know, but I don't fully know the meaning of. Above all, it is a term that I don't like, I have never used and nor will I use it. I therefore cannot accept that suggestion, because that word is not part of me. I would never use it in one of my stories.
Thinking back to all the ideas I've jotted down, to the novel I'm writing, to others I'd like to write, it all seemed so distant from me, light years away, that I really wondered if it's worth continuing with these fantasies and isn't it better? instead focus on something else. How come I made such a mess of this story? Perhaps there are two answers: I chose a type of story that I had Special Data never written I chose a very difficult protagonist to use in a story Why did I make these choices? Because, if it is true that you never stop learning, it is equally true that you never stop making mistakes. Jokes aside, I had this idea: to write a story that in a certain sense was reminiscent of a cartoon – and in fact it will be illustrated – and I wrote it. Editing is not dogma Any comments, suggestions, cancellations must not be accepted. My editor wrote it: "see if you accept my changes, but I think that on some things you should take into account what I tell you". And so I did.
On many things he was actually right, while on others, even if very few, I disagreed. I wonder how it works with a publishing house: is the author always required to accept the editor's suggestions? Anyone with direct experience respond in the comments. And when does an author not have to take into account changes proposed by the editor? Read below to find out. Take editing into account without depersonalizing yourself I'll give some practical examples, because it's easier to explain. The editor deleted a sentence for me and proposed one that contained the word “mantra”. I say it without problems, it's a word I know, but I don't fully know the meaning of. Above all, it is a term that I don't like, I have never used and nor will I use it. I therefore cannot accept that suggestion, because that word is not part of me. I would never use it in one of my stories.