Onward Editing Soldiers
@pgiblett (6524)
Canada
December 21, 2015 10:24am CST
Having started this day 13 pages from the end of editing my NaNo story after struggling with three pages some restructuring and moving things around I am now after 1.5 hours effort 14 pages away from the end of editing.
It is amazing sometimes how you must go backwards in order to go forwards once again. The weirdest thing about this experience is that the story is now a better one for the readjustments.
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to make it complete.
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Dec 15
hope the story does well for you
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
22 Dec 15
It's like when you are stuck in the snow, if you cant go forward then you must go backward. Glad that you are almost completed your project. All the best! 
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
21 Dec 15
The story is complete, I wrote it during November as a part of the National Novel Writing Month - achieving 76,000 words in 26 days. This is the first pass of editing the book, which I aim to complete Wednesday. Only one thing left to do at that point which is make a great opening paragraph.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
24 Dec 15
i can't imagine writing that long and that many pages. You make me happy I am an artist and not a writer. In the 1950's I had an Aunt and Uncle with 6 kids that went to Ecuador to be medical missionaries. They once lived upstairs over us and I remember taking baths with their kids (my cousins) when they watched me when my parents had the opportunity to go out together. My aunt would have us singing while taking a bath and I remember singing Onward Christian Soldiers in the tub. Every time I hear or see those words or similar words I think of them. Thanks for that moment...today.
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
@PainsOnSlate I consider myself an artist who uses words.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
27 Dec 15
@pgiblett I agree, words are very powerful and beautiful too.
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@Ketage (56)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
21 Dec 15
Tips hat, I have wanted to try Nano for a while now, ever since one of my friends did it a couple of years ago, but... well, writing a book is such a daunting task, I started one, then stopped, I go back to it every couple of weeks, but haven't made any significant headway on it. Maybe I should write a couple of short stories to get into the flow of it?
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
22 Dec 15
@Ketage My opening day was 1,284 words and I thought I was going to have trouble catching up after falling only 400 words short. As the excitement of the project mounter it was simple to be motivated. In a large part the trick is to be associated with others, like members of the Facebook group that I was in.
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
21 Dec 15
Your experience is like my other project. The purpose of National Novel Writing Month is to get you to "Just Write". In other words crash through the month, write the majority of the story then at a later stage you can edit it. I may seem daunting to write 1,667 words per day, but on the best day I achieved just under 6,000 words I just got electrified.
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, if I managed that everyday, my book would be done in no time at all.
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
21 Dec 15
It always if but then I feel so tired and it is only 11:30 in the morning
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
21 Dec 15
I am confident that I am two sessions away from completing the task. Tomorrow brings the start of the final chapter and I don't anticipate any editing problems with that.
@Traceyjayne (1784)
• United Kingdom
21 Dec 15
it will take time but it will be worth it .... especially if the end result is better than first thought !
