Sarah Webb has written a blog post telling us exactly how her novels go through the writing and editing process. It’s a very interesting read and shows us just how long the editing process is.

Here’s what happens to my novels in a nutshell (the non fiction books are a little different):

1/Finish first draft - now I don’t rewrite much as I go along - so it’s a messy first draft and needs a lot of work.

2/ Print out the whole thing - I can’t edit on screen - I need to scribble - and read through the whole thing - A4 pad by my side, to write on and insert extra scribbled pages into the manuscript as necessary.
I delete scenes/chapters that don’t work, plotlines that go nowhere, delete a lot of descriptive passages and rewrite them in a sentence or two. Work on making each character stronger.

Read the rest of the blog here…

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