tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8806244977869265498.post372922204044593782..comments2024-03-12T05:19:17.262-04:00Comments on Oasis for YA: The Editorial Process ... And When do You Shelve a Manuscript?Jessie Harrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11581727105030086814noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8806244977869265498.post-82395203797291829452012-09-22T00:42:29.981-04:002012-09-22T00:42:29.981-04:00So much of this process is timing too. Shelving a ...So much of this process is timing too. Shelving a project might not mean giving up on it so much as knowing when to bring it back out for a market that's ready for it. Maybe?Jessie Harrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581727105030086814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8806244977869265498.post-82230152270249580002012-09-19T07:42:56.737-04:002012-09-19T07:42:56.737-04:00I have books on a shelf, too. One book, I complete...I have books on a shelf, too. One book, I completely rewrote, and it's still going nowhere. It's hard enough to kill our darlings in edits, but then to shelf them after all of the angsting, working, bleeding and crying? So. Hard. But write it anyway<br /><br />Learn from the ones on the shelf. An if it's amazing and you're in love with the concept, try stripping it to the core and rewrite. If writing is in your blood, keep at it! Even, if like me with BROKEN, you're frustrated and through trying to please anyone but yourself. Write it anyway.AE Roughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262109683422690285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8806244977869265498.post-82149168196031900842012-09-19T06:22:09.657-04:002012-09-19T06:22:09.657-04:00I tend to wait before i show my work to CPs. I fin...I tend to wait before i show my work to CPs. I find the first few edits I can tell it needs works and showing it to others too early means they just point out obvious stuff. In particular, once I have a complete draft, even though the story makes sense and has a beginning, middle and end, usually it doesn't have enough happening that's interesting and entertaining so I go through each scene trying to bring it to life, and then I get feedback.<br /><br />mood<br /><a href="http://moodywriting.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Moody Writing</a>mooderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523337588830695638noreply@blogger.com