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Showing posts with label Manuscript. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manuscript. Show all posts
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
1st person vs 3rd person
After giving it a lot of thought, I've made a big decision. This wasn't the easiest decision to make, but now I'm committed. I had been thinking about this since I finished the manuscript that's still in circulation. I'm really not getting anywhere with it, in terms of finding agents. So here's what I've decided.
I'm rewriting the manuscript and the current writing project in the 3rd person. 1st person is easy, but it tends to gets confusing. The infamous chapter 10 is what led me to this decision. I don't have writer's block, yet I was blocked. I couldn't go further to save my life. It was so frustrating! As it turns out, the perspective is wrong.
The disadvantages to 1st person perspective is that person may not see everything involved with the story. For my current project, I thought I had chosen the right narrator. As it turns out, the main character doesn't see enough to complete the story. Pity.
I realize this probably makes me look flighty, and I swear I'm not. I'm just a firm believing in doing whatever is needed to make the story the best product possible. I believe in the story above all else.
So, this is what I'm doing. My estimate to send out the second round of query letters to agents is Dec. 1st. That gives me about 2 months to rework the manuscript. For me, that's a long time. If I worked on it day and night, I could probably be finished in a week. But I'm not going to rush it, I'll just make sure it's done by Dec. 1st.
Reworking my current writing project is top priority. I only have 9 chapters to rework, so that I'll work on night and day. Hopefully it doesn't take longer than a few days to get back to chapter 10 and write the rest of the story.
1st person perspective is easy. Too easy. Because I have to write so much to overcompensate the character not quite seeing everything, the story ends up being confusing and coming across as less than professional. And that's just no good.
Don't think this was a rash decision. I tested the text first, to see what works best. After rewriting the first chapter of my manuscript in the 3rd person, I immediately saw it works a hell of a lot better. I did the same for the current writing project. It makes so much more sense now.
See, I honestly don't care about 1st vs 3rd person perspective. Whatever works best. And at worse, I'll have another version of my manuscript to show, which will hopefully increase my chances of traditional publishing.
And yes, I'm a total slave to my writing...
I'm rewriting the manuscript and the current writing project in the 3rd person. 1st person is easy, but it tends to gets confusing. The infamous chapter 10 is what led me to this decision. I don't have writer's block, yet I was blocked. I couldn't go further to save my life. It was so frustrating! As it turns out, the perspective is wrong.
The disadvantages to 1st person perspective is that person may not see everything involved with the story. For my current project, I thought I had chosen the right narrator. As it turns out, the main character doesn't see enough to complete the story. Pity.
I realize this probably makes me look flighty, and I swear I'm not. I'm just a firm believing in doing whatever is needed to make the story the best product possible. I believe in the story above all else.
So, this is what I'm doing. My estimate to send out the second round of query letters to agents is Dec. 1st. That gives me about 2 months to rework the manuscript. For me, that's a long time. If I worked on it day and night, I could probably be finished in a week. But I'm not going to rush it, I'll just make sure it's done by Dec. 1st.
Reworking my current writing project is top priority. I only have 9 chapters to rework, so that I'll work on night and day. Hopefully it doesn't take longer than a few days to get back to chapter 10 and write the rest of the story.
1st person perspective is easy. Too easy. Because I have to write so much to overcompensate the character not quite seeing everything, the story ends up being confusing and coming across as less than professional. And that's just no good.
Don't think this was a rash decision. I tested the text first, to see what works best. After rewriting the first chapter of my manuscript in the 3rd person, I immediately saw it works a hell of a lot better. I did the same for the current writing project. It makes so much more sense now.
See, I honestly don't care about 1st vs 3rd person perspective. Whatever works best. And at worse, I'll have another version of my manuscript to show, which will hopefully increase my chances of traditional publishing.
And yes, I'm a total slave to my writing...
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Done
I've finished editing and polishing the manuscript. All done. It's as clean and professional as I can make it.
Manuscript specs:
25 chapters, including prologue and epilogue.
Word count estimate (after editing) is 72, 000.
Satisfaction on a job well done, to the best of my ability, priceless.
And now, query letter writing...
Manuscript specs:
25 chapters, including prologue and epilogue.
Word count estimate (after editing) is 72, 000.
Satisfaction on a job well done, to the best of my ability, priceless.
And now, query letter writing...
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Where the Hell Have You Been?
Well, I finished editing the manuscript for my next book. I'm going over it one last time to make sure it's as clean as possible. Then, I'll start sending out query letters to agents. Get rejected a million times, and send out more letters. Get rejected a million times, and send out even more letters. You know, the usual process.
It's strange to me to be at this point with my writing. Having published Eden Fell through an e-publisher, I've never dealt with an agent before. But this story is different, and I've long since decided to go for it - traditional publishing. Even if it takes a lot of time, and many rejections, I strongly feel this story deserves to be traditionally published.
Wish me luck!
It's strange to me to be at this point with my writing. Having published Eden Fell through an e-publisher, I've never dealt with an agent before. But this story is different, and I've long since decided to go for it - traditional publishing. Even if it takes a lot of time, and many rejections, I strongly feel this story deserves to be traditionally published.
Wish me luck!
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