Comments on: Sweat check http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/ Author of Glamorous, Sexy Romance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shesawriter http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Shesawriter Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:38:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/#comment-1177 Lynn,<br/><br/>I know how you feel. I did the same thing when I entered. I even went away for the weekend BY MYSELF to a local hotel courtesy of DH just so I could write. I got a lot done too. <br/><br/>I remember that pressure. I just wish I had waited to enter the following year, but coulda woulda shoulda's not doing me any good now.<br/><br/>Just take a deep breath and keep your nose to the grindstone. Send me what you can when you're ready. BTW, Cece helped get my synop in order. I suck at writing them. Lynn,

I know how you feel. I did the same thing when I entered. I even went away for the weekend BY MYSELF to a local hotel courtesy of DH just so I could write. I got a lot done too.

I remember that pressure. I just wish I had waited to enter the following year, but coulda woulda shoulda’s not doing me any good now.

Just take a deep breath and keep your nose to the grindstone. Send me what you can when you’re ready. BTW, Cece helped get my synop in order. I suck at writing them.

]]> By: Lynn Raye Harris http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Lynn Raye Harris Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:08:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/#comment-1176 Tanya, I'm working on getting the entire mss right. *sigh* And it's wearing me out. I have the inlaws arriving on Monday. They'll be here for a week. But, I'm just going to have to leave them watching TV while I head for my office and work during the day. :)<br/><br/>And I STILL have to write the freaking synopsis. I am very thankful I have you looking at it for me, though, because I think yours are excellent. :) Tanya, I’m working on getting the entire mss right. *sigh* And it’s wearing me out. I have the inlaws arriving on Monday. They’ll be here for a week. But, I’m just going to have to leave them watching TV while I head for my office and work during the day. :)

And I STILL have to write the freaking synopsis. I am very thankful I have you looking at it for me, though, because I think yours are excellent. :)

]]> By: Lynn Raye Harris http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 Lynn Raye Harris Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:06:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/#comment-1175 Cyn, it's easy to get bogged down in tightening and revising while writing, but it's not the best way to work for me. I've finally realized that, for me, Stephen King is right. You have to write it through to the end, then come back and rewrite. I have no problem throwing out words and replacing them. I just wish I knew if my instincts were correct. :) Cyn, it’s easy to get bogged down in tightening and revising while writing, but it’s not the best way to work for me. I’ve finally realized that, for me, Stephen King is right. You have to write it through to the end, then come back and rewrite. I have no problem throwing out words and replacing them. I just wish I knew if my instincts were correct. :)

]]> By: Shesawriter http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Shesawriter Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:45:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/#comment-1174 Lynn,<br/><br/>Trust me. You will not be able to revise your book once you send it in. This nonsense happens every year. A few people (wishful thinking) put this stuff out here and the controversy starts.<br/><br/>Once you send your book in, that's it. The editor judges read the partial, and if they want to read more, they get the rest from the copy you sent to National. Nobody is given a second chance to revise. Lord, how I wish it were so, but it's not. What you send in is what is judged.<br/><br/>As for my revising methods, I don't think you want to know. Then again, you probably already do. :-) Lynn,

Trust me. You will not be able to revise your book once you send it in. This nonsense happens every year. A few people (wishful thinking) put this stuff out here and the controversy starts.

Once you send your book in, that’s it. The editor judges read the partial, and if they want to read more, they get the rest from the copy you sent to National. Nobody is given a second chance to revise. Lord, how I wish it were so, but it’s not. What you send in is what is judged.

As for my revising methods, I don’t think you want to know. Then again, you probably already do. :-)

]]> By: Cynthia E. Bagley http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Cynthia E. Bagley Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:43:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/#comment-1173 Ummm... gosh I am happy if the first draft doesn't have to be changed a lot. :-)<br/><br/>I quit doing tightening because I couldn't get past five chapters. I now tighten afterwards. Ummm… gosh I am happy if the first draft doesn’t have to be changed a lot. :-)

I quit doing tightening because I couldn’t get past five chapters. I now tighten afterwards.

]]> By: Lynn Raye Harris http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 Lynn Raye Harris Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:35:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/#comment-1172 Rhonda, it's just not fair! You are gorgeous, hilarious, have cool leopard jammies, and you write a tight first draft? Sheesh. :)<br/><br/>I always want to change things. It's the 6 yr old perfectionist. In fact, my CP pointed out that I fuss with the beginning quite a lot. I guess I should have known I would. :) Rhonda, it’s just not fair! You are gorgeous, hilarious, have cool leopard jammies, and you write a tight first draft? Sheesh. :)

I always want to change things. It’s the 6 yr old perfectionist. In fact, my CP pointed out that I fuss with the beginning quite a lot. I guess I should have known I would. :)

]]> By: Rhonda Nelson http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 Rhonda Nelson Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:58:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/sweat-check/#comment-1171 Lynn, I pretty much revise as I go, if that makes sense. I always begin the morning by going over what I did the day before and making sure that I like it. Naturally, there are days that all I do is tweak, but by the end of the book, I think it's pretty tight. I'm weird that way, though. I *can't* move forward until I know it's right.<br/><br/>Good luck! Lynn, I pretty much revise as I go, if that makes sense. I always begin the morning by going over what I did the day before and making sure that I like it. Naturally, there are days that all I do is tweak, but by the end of the book, I think it’s pretty tight. I’m weird that way, though. I *can’t* move forward until I know it’s right.

Good luck!

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