tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post1693531267003080679..comments2023-11-17T01:32:25.790+00:00Comments on Aleksandr Voinov - Letters from the Front: Long weekendAleksandr Voinovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-39108154804478002052010-08-15T23:55:15.097+01:002010-08-15T23:55:15.097+01:00It's not so bad - the edits I've done for ...It's not so bad - the edits I've done for First Blood so far are between 1-5 edits per page. Some repetition, some style, a sentence cut and added here and there.<br /><br />Special Forces has very solid bits with hardly any editing, and bits that I have to edit three times. It would sometimes be easier and faster just to rewrite whole passages. The tangled POV and inconsistent character voice doesn't help. <br /><br />So, it really really depends how good the original text is. "First Blood" kicks the shit out of "Special Forces" in the consistent quality of writing, no doubt. <br /><br />TCaS is a different spiel again - here I'm editing for the plot. And *that* is a complete bastard. Developing the spy arch and planting the clues and developments in the right order with the right spacing... not easy at all.Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-73838038128486833492010-08-15T23:45:25.965+01:002010-08-15T23:45:25.965+01:00If I can get 5K a day, I'm doing well, because...If I can get 5K a day, I'm doing well, because I keep wanting to change so much. It's a never ending job, isn't it? Everything seems that it can be better.<br /><br />Yeah, 10K is terrible. You'll fry your brain, eyes cross, hair falls out and you begin to babble incoherently. Not good on relationships.<br /><br />Head up this week! Forge on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770060882041443770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-27073399604027178672010-08-15T23:39:30.454+01:002010-08-15T23:39:30.454+01:00I do talk a lot to Americans - and then I steal th...I do talk a lot to Americans - and then I steal their words. MUAHAHA. (Okay, sanity has been better).<br /><br />No, I try to stay under 10k a day if I can... otherwise it seriously hurts my brain. 4-6k is doable (when I do SF, for example). 10 is bad. 20k is super-bad. But anything to meet the deadline. <br /><br />Have a good week!Aleksandr Voinovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583805228909693924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29109752791794032.post-14662970697370714572010-08-15T23:36:55.614+01:002010-08-15T23:36:55.614+01:00When I read your blogs I forget you are German, li...When I read your blogs I forget you are German, living in England. Shuteye, flipside and so many of the things you say make me forget.<br /><br />I don't envy your editing, I've been doing my own, but I can't imagine getting through so much in one day. I have an old MS with so many POV changes, my head is spinning. UGH! Adverbs galore. Want to chuck it but I like the story.<br /><br />Anyway, have a good week. Had to comment on your phrases, they sound so American.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08770060882041443770noreply@blogger.com