Comments on: Drafting a Novel and Particularity https://dwaneknott.com/2019/12/drafting-a-novel-and-particularity/ Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:17:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Elizabeth Drake https://dwaneknott.com/2019/12/drafting-a-novel-and-particularity/#comment-7064 Wed, 18 Dec 2019 23:17:33 +0000 https://dwaneknott.com/?p=12161#comment-7064 In reply to Dwane.

Not sure I’d say prolific, but thanks 🙂

]]> By: Dwane https://dwaneknott.com/2019/12/drafting-a-novel-and-particularity/#comment-7063 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 18:29:15 +0000 https://dwaneknott.com/?p=12161#comment-7063 In reply to Elizabeth Drake.

Hello Elizabeth,

I am half way through this trip editing. I am satisfied there is a story here. I am turning it into something people will want to read. I sent a copy to my kindle. I found several things to change in the early chapters and noted for next trip through revising. If I don’t like the read, why expect others will.

I see you have become a prolific published author. *Red with Jealousy* I am proud to say I met you before you were published! LOL

Thank you for for your support. I really appreciate it.

]]> By: Elizabeth Drake https://dwaneknott.com/2019/12/drafting-a-novel-and-particularity/#comment-7062 Sun, 15 Dec 2019 13:22:59 +0000 https://dwaneknott.com/?p=12161#comment-7062 Yes! Adverbs aren’t bad. We have them in our language for a reason.

How is the editing going?

I agree it is a lot less fun than writing the first draft. At least the first draft to first edit is. My first draft is messy, but my second has to be coherent and the story has to hang together. After that, I start worrying about word choice.

It is fun after the third or fourth draft to see how far you have come, to see the gem hidden in the first draft.

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