Ye Olde Bloge has been unusually quiet of late because I’ve been editing. I writ a book, book clunky, book needs revision.
So I reread. Hmm, thinks I. That sucks. I edit. It sucks a little bit less. I edit whole page. Page sucks less, but takes a while. Now I repeat process 387 times. Whole things sucks a bit less, but in a slightly different way. Eyes very glazed.
Yetsomehowduringallthis, I keep stumbling across goodly things about editing.
First, some advice on rewriting:
Next, the (karaoke) experience of rewriting with an editor:
And last but not finally, a word on the the impotence of proofreading (yeah, you read that right)
First Person Irregular 
This is fantastic. I love the youtube videos as well as your commentary. I haven’t gone as far as you yet but after 40 pages I already found myself obsessively editing a few weeks ago to the point where I did not know what story I was trying to write anymore. So, my sympathies. And kudos for sticking with it.
Thank you!
It isn’t often I feel the need to dip into ‘abbreviation culture’ but I don’t often laugh out ‘load’ either.
My book’s current working title is ‘Not exactly as long as it was…’ 129,300 to 107,900. The thing I find strange is that nothing is actually missing either!
That was a fantastic video, thanks for posting that first one – now I need to steal it and post it myself. : )