Revisionary

I like revising. Especially if I have a plan in mind. Borrowing from my friend Amber, who says she can’t remember life before her daughter, I find with each subsequent revision that I can’t remember the story before the changes.

I’m not an outliner (well, not really), I’m not one of those people with a massive color-coded index card system, I hate to do research (I prefer to make things up), I don’t do profiles on my characters, and I drink way too much Kool-Aid. But I am the queen of revisions. I love them. I love revising and pulling things out and putting things in and finding threads to weave through the story. I like setting out to change a scene 10% and then rewriting the whole scene. Bonus points if you can do that without changing the scene on either side.

My point is, I am having a great time revising The Girl Least Likely. Perhaps more great a time than is warranted. But I also find that I like my main characters; I’m rooting for them. I want them to win, and every day I spend mired in revision is another day I get to spend watching the outcome on the horizon.

Five Other Things I Like:

1. The Next Door Tapas Lounge
2. Winston!!
3. Quilting
4. Kool-Aid (duh)
5. Reaching that time of the evening where your contacts try to form a glue to keep your eyelids closed, and only needing to make the coffee before you can get ready and get in bed.

That would be now, in fact. *yawn*

Related posts:

1. On the third, fourth, and fifth days of Christmas…
2. Katie Alender’s Practical Rules For Writers
3. Like writing, only faster.

July 25th, 2006 Katie Alender

Tags: bad girls don't die, list, revising, stuff I like