Comments on: Going to Great Lengths http://writeyourmindjournals.com/blog/2009/10/02/going-to-great-lengths/ From one writer to another...sharing the experience. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:36:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: anna scott graham http://writeyourmindjournals.com/blog/2009/10/02/going-to-great-lengths/comment-page-1/#comment-1859 anna scott graham Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:04:03 +0000 http://writeyourmindjournals.com/blog/?p=1780#comment-1859 Give the work an innocent read-through. if it's somewhat broken into chapters, take notes; things you like, things that need work. if long and loose, then perhaps notate pages. either decide to not touch a thing, or to allow small alterations (substituting a word, fixing punctuation, etc) but DON'T do any heavy handed editing until you've read it through. then look at your notes, see where you are. then give it a go. thinking edit-addict thoughts your way! :) Give the work an innocent read-through. if it’s somewhat broken into chapters, take notes; things you like, things that need work.

if long and loose, then perhaps notate pages. either decide to not touch a thing, or to allow small alterations (substituting a word, fixing punctuation, etc) but DON’T do any heavy handed editing until you’ve read it through.

then look at your notes, see where you are. then give it a go.

thinking edit-addict thoughts your way! :)

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