Comments on: The Internal Editor at Work http://deannahoak.com/2006/05/07/the-internal-editor-at-work/ SF/F Copyeditor Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:59:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Thursday Thirteen: Internal Editors « Impulsive Hearts http://deannahoak.com/2006/05/07/the-internal-editor-at-work/#comment-198923 Thursday Thirteen: Internal Editors « Impulsive Hearts Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:03:21 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=210#comment-198923 [...] Editor via The University Blog 5. Turning your editor into an ally from About Freelance Writing 6. Deanna Hoak’s illustration of an IE at work and also her discussion with Jay Lake about internal editors suggests trying fast-flash fiction 7. [...] [...] Editor via The University Blog 5. Turning your editor into an ally from About Freelance Writing 6. Deanna Hoak’s illustration of an IE at work and also her discussion with Jay Lake about internal editors suggests trying fast-flash fiction 7. [...]

]]> By: Good things going on at Deanna Hoak http://deannahoak.com/2006/05/07/the-internal-editor-at-work/#comment-2521 Good things going on at Deanna Hoak Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:11:43 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=210#comment-2521 [...] I’ve been working on a story based on that bit of setting I wrote a while back, and I’m very happy with it so far. I’m trying not to let it turn dark, which is a new thing for me. :-) [...] [...] I’ve been working on a story based on that bit of setting I wrote a while back, and I’m very happy with it so far. I’m trying not to let it turn dark, which is a new thing for me. :-) [...]

]]> By: the_red_shoes http://deannahoak.com/2006/05/07/the-internal-editor-at-work/#comment-1890 the_red_shoes Sun, 07 May 2006 19:02:31 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=210#comment-1890 <i>As near as I can tell, I'm one of those writers who has to write in order to get ideas. If I sit around waiting for an idea to occur to me, I'll just sit forever. Once I started painting this picture, though, plot ideas started to come to me. When I grab one and riff off it, I'm sure it'll lead to more. :-) This was really a fantastic exercise for me.</i> DINGDINGDINGDINGDING.....yeah That's Me as well. Ideas can come to me in a vacuum, as it were, but I don't really start understanding and fleshing them out til I explore them -- which sometimes involves a lot of wrong turns. As near as I can tell, I’m one of those writers who has to write in order to get ideas. If I sit around waiting for an idea to occur to me, I’ll just sit forever. Once I started painting this picture, though, plot ideas started to come to me. When I grab one and riff off it, I’m sure it’ll lead to more. :-) This was really a fantastic exercise for me.

DINGDINGDINGDINGDING…..yeah That’s Me as well. Ideas can come to me in a vacuum, as it were, but I don’t really start understanding and fleshing them out til I explore them — which sometimes involves a lot of wrong turns.

]]> By: jodi_davis http://deannahoak.com/2006/05/07/the-internal-editor-at-work/#comment-1889 jodi_davis Sun, 07 May 2006 15:25:03 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=210#comment-1889 I get ideas without writing - but I can't develop them. As I write - I nearly alwys am working on two documents - the prose and the outline. The outline is fluid till the last words of prose - but it makes sure that I don't waste time writing in a cul-de-sac. Re-arranging an outline for a new development for a few hours is a better use of time than writing 5k words I'm not going to be able to use now. I get ideas without writing - but I can’t develop them. As I write - I nearly alwys am working on two documents - the prose and the outline. The outline is fluid till the last words of prose - but it makes sure that I don’t waste time writing in a cul-de-sac. Re-arranging an outline for a new development for a few hours is a better use of time than writing 5k words I’m not going to be able to use now.

]]> By: sartorias http://deannahoak.com/2006/05/07/the-internal-editor-at-work/#comment-1888 sartorias Sun, 07 May 2006 13:36:16 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=210#comment-1888 I love seeing internal editor comments on a writing project. Others' processes might differ from mine (I always get action first, though with cinematic 'trailers' of the setting) but I can always learn from them. Thanks for sharing this. I love seeing internal editor comments on a writing project. Others’ processes might differ from mine (I always get action first, though with cinematic ‘trailers’ of the setting) but I can always learn from them.

Thanks for sharing this.

]]> By: markbourne http://deannahoak.com/2006/05/07/the-internal-editor-at-work/#comment-1887 markbourne Sun, 07 May 2006 13:27:12 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=210#comment-1887 <i>As near as I can tell, I'm one of those writers who has to write in order to get ideas. If I sit around waiting for an idea to occur to me, I'll just sit forever....</i> That's me in a nut's hell as well. The writing feeds itself. (And fwiw, it drives me bugfuck. Temperamentally I'd prefer to have a story shaped and beveled more fully in my head before I sit down to type.) As near as I can tell, I’m one of those writers who has to write in order to get ideas. If I sit around waiting for an idea to occur to me, I’ll just sit forever….

That’s me in a nut’s hell as well. The writing feeds itself. (And fwiw, it drives me bugfuck. Temperamentally I’d prefer to have a story shaped and beveled more fully in my head before I sit down to type.)

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