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Whenever I read a book where the author recaps what just happened, I imagine an asterisk at the start of that section with a footnote indicating that part is for the stupid people. This is more prevalent in sequels where they try to summarize the previous books just in case a reader decided to start on book three. I hate the redundancies.
And yet my writing is full of redundancies and explanations of things that could easily be understood in context. As I go through edits, trying to "tighten up" my story, I am increasingly embarrassed that I made the mistakes in the first place.
The editor requested I cut my word count significantly and I was initially worried that I would be losing content. Nope. I'm just losing the stuff that insulted the reader's intelligence. Seriously
When you edit, have you ever been embarrassed by yourself?
- Thank You, Captain Obvious
- For the Stupid People
- Redundancies and Redundancies
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And yet my writing is full of redundancies and explanations of things that could easily be understood in context. As I go through edits, trying to "tighten up" my story, I am increasingly embarrassed that I made the mistakes in the first place.
The editor requested I cut my word count significantly and I was initially worried that I would be losing content. Nope. I'm just losing the stuff that insulted the reader's intelligence. Seriously
When you edit, have you ever been embarrassed by yourself?
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Most definately. Though I imagine I would be more embarrassed if I didn't edit. *The reason I would be more embarrased is that the mistakes would still be there when I showed it to people.
*this part is for the cognitively challenged
LOL!!! Been there!!!! But i did run into trouble with my sequel...wondering how much to kinda recap, and if it was necessary at all.
I just finished the 2nd romance in a series. It was a very interesting idea because both love stories happen simultaneously for two sisters. The subplot (any non-romance "plot" in a romance novel is subordinate to the romance) entails an involved, madcap murder mystery. In many parts, the dialogue was the same. Although it was interesting, I read the books back to back and ended up skimming great chunks of book 2 because of redundancies...too much rerun! Anyway, if you're interested in this "hook", the books are by Lyndsay Sands..."The Heiress" and "The Countess."
Oh, yes, totally. And it comes with, "Did I really write that??"
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