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1/15 Thread about EDITS.✏️As someone on both sides of the publishing fence I wanted to talk a bit about the editing process + how to deal with it. Having your book edited can be terrifying - after all, it’s something you’ve worked on for ages + now it’s in someone else’s control!
2/15 Of course that feels weird. AIM: the aim of edits is to make your book better + to ensure it appeals to as many readers as possible. Often, as the author you’ve spent so long working on your ms that you naturally become a bit blind to it + so another pair of eyes is crucial.
3/15 One thing to keep in mind throughout is that you + your publisher have the SAME goal - to sell books + reach readers. We’re all on the same side! ATTITUDE: when you receive big edits on your ms, the temptation is to read them all at once, panic + respond with a knee-jerk
#Procrastination is funny.
Am I doing it because I'm bored? nah.
Do I want to do something else? no.
Why then?
Totally afraid of fucking up.
So we'll sit here until the deadline waiting for me to not fuckup?
BRILLIANT!
(telling on myself, to give myself a kick up the backside)
Am I doing it because I'm bored? nah.
Do I want to do something else? no.
Why then?
Totally afraid of fucking up.
So we'll sit here until the deadline waiting for me to not fuckup?
BRILLIANT!
(telling on myself, to give myself a kick up the backside)
Step 1, draw borders
Step 2, draw something that looks like it follows the action on the previous page.
Step 3, write a bad line. (All it has to be is plausible, not finished)
Step 4, make the next panel to follow the first.
#edits can be done #later
#Fear of #blankpages is real
Step 2, draw something that looks like it follows the action on the previous page.
Step 3, write a bad line. (All it has to be is plausible, not finished)
Step 4, make the next panel to follow the first.
#edits can be done #later
#Fear of #blankpages is real
And if i hate what i wrote on these panels, i can scrap it.
Or, if i like some panels and not others, i hold the page up to the light, trace the panel onto the back and do something else.
In this age of computers, you arent trapped.
No such thing as " #AllOrNothing "
#webcomics
Or, if i like some panels and not others, i hold the page up to the light, trace the panel onto the back and do something else.
In this age of computers, you arent trapped.
No such thing as " #AllOrNothing "
#webcomics
