First Step Complete
Feb. 29th, 2008 10:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marfiskSo I suppose it was inevitable to everyone else, but I am heaving a huge sigh of relief that I have finished typing in the comments on Shadows of the Sun, even if that is only the first step in a long editing process.
This is actually the second time I've read through the whole crit, and I had an odd disconnect. The first time through, I made a lot of notes and came up with solutions, which I then passed back to my critter for slaughter. Somewhere in between that step and now, I got the feeling those changes had already been incorporated in the manuscript. And since the most recent edit was before this crit, I have to keep reminding myself that those comments were what sparked the solution rather than a sign that the solution failed its purpose.
That said, what I have not done yet is gone over my proposed solutions and the discussions that ensued regarding them. I'm planning to make up a list of the major changes, and then as I re-outline the novel from scratch, mark which, if any, of these major changes apply to each scene. I'm hoping to craft a monstrous battle plan that I can follow step by step to keep my feet moving and my eyes on the future when I can ship this book off.
So, next step is to create that list. I've taken notes as I went along, but I need to read my older solutions and either replace the new ones or remove the old from consideration.
I know one of the real puzzlers now has a clean-cut solution, or so I think. I'd come up with several possibilities, but each was a bit of a stretch. The sight of a comment stating bluntly: William could not be that stupid, set me on a logical path that works for me because I like the layers within layers and the information presented when it appears to have one form of significance that turns out to have another later in the book.
Whether I succeed or not, this is definitely a wild ride :).
This is actually the second time I've read through the whole crit, and I had an odd disconnect. The first time through, I made a lot of notes and came up with solutions, which I then passed back to my critter for slaughter. Somewhere in between that step and now, I got the feeling those changes had already been incorporated in the manuscript. And since the most recent edit was before this crit, I have to keep reminding myself that those comments were what sparked the solution rather than a sign that the solution failed its purpose.
That said, what I have not done yet is gone over my proposed solutions and the discussions that ensued regarding them. I'm planning to make up a list of the major changes, and then as I re-outline the novel from scratch, mark which, if any, of these major changes apply to each scene. I'm hoping to craft a monstrous battle plan that I can follow step by step to keep my feet moving and my eyes on the future when I can ship this book off.
So, next step is to create that list. I've taken notes as I went along, but I need to read my older solutions and either replace the new ones or remove the old from consideration.
I know one of the real puzzlers now has a clean-cut solution, or so I think. I'd come up with several possibilities, but each was a bit of a stretch. The sight of a comment stating bluntly: William could not be that stupid, set me on a logical path that works for me because I like the layers within layers and the information presented when it appears to have one form of significance that turns out to have another later in the book.
Whether I succeed or not, this is definitely a wild ride :).
