Rituals - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T10:39:51Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/rituals?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A356236&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGreat ritual for revision!! I…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-10-02:537324:Comment:3565712012-10-02T16:39:41.039ZJohn Michael Brantinghamhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMichaelBrantingham
<p>Great ritual for revision!! I really like the process of only reading it. That's a good, effective technique.</p>
<p>Great ritual for revision!! I really like the process of only reading it. That's a good, effective technique.</p> That last sentence is so true…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-10-02:537324:Comment:3565262012-10-02T13:58:25.467ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>That last sentence is so true. I edit each chapters as I go, several times. That means my final edit is faster than Dana's. (At least I hope so: I'll soon start on another)</p>
<p>That last sentence is so true. I edit each chapters as I go, several times. That means my final edit is faster than Dana's. (At least I hope so: I'll soon start on another)</p> Like Ingrid, I never thought…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-10-01:537324:Comment:3565162012-10-01T21:55:18.421ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
<p>Like Ingrid, I never thought of this as a ritual, but I do like to read yesterday's work before starting on new stuff today. Only in drafts, though. Once I'm editing, I jump right in. </p>
<p>Now that you got me thinking about it, I do have what I guess is a ritual for a final draft. </p>
<p>Day One: Read Chapter 1. That's all. Just read it.</p>
<p>Day Two: Edit Chapter 1, read Chapter 2.</p>
<p>Day Three: Line edit on paper Chapter 1 (absolute last time I'll look at it), edit Chapter 2,…</p>
<p>Like Ingrid, I never thought of this as a ritual, but I do like to read yesterday's work before starting on new stuff today. Only in drafts, though. Once I'm editing, I jump right in. </p>
<p>Now that you got me thinking about it, I do have what I guess is a ritual for a final draft. </p>
<p>Day One: Read Chapter 1. That's all. Just read it.</p>
<p>Day Two: Edit Chapter 1, read Chapter 2.</p>
<p>Day Three: Line edit on paper Chapter 1 (absolute last time I'll look at it), edit Chapter 2, read Chapter 3</p>
<p>Day Four: Line edit on paper Chapter 2, edit Chapter 3, read Chapter 4</p>
<p>And on and on until I'm done. Then, and only then, do I type THE END, because by then--after the draft, several edits, and this process--I am usually well and truly sick of it.</p>
<p></p> Ha, that's great. And I bet t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-10-01:537324:Comment:3565502012-10-01T19:34:05.252ZJohn Michael Brantinghamhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMichaelBrantingham
<p>Ha, that's great. And I bet that sticks with your for the rest of your life -- being able to write in the small spaces in between.</p>
<p>Ha, that's great. And I bet that sticks with your for the rest of your life -- being able to write in the small spaces in between.</p> I used to have a lot of ritua…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-10-01:537324:Comment:3562402012-10-01T17:51:18.624ZEric Christophersonhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/datahog
<p>I used to have a lot of rituals but now only have one: Spring into action when the toddler falls asleep! (Or else take a nap with him.)</p>
<p>I used to have a lot of rituals but now only have one: Spring into action when the toddler falls asleep! (Or else take a nap with him.)</p> That's a great way to do it.…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-10-01:537324:Comment:3562362012-10-01T17:41:18.570ZJohn Michael Brantinghamhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnMichaelBrantingham
<p>That's a great way to do it. I used to do the same thing in the car, but thankfully now the commute's shorter. I wonder how that's affected my life.</p>
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<p>I'm certainly going to stean the last sentence trick. I think Hemingway did a version of that.</p>
<p>That's a great way to do it. I used to do the same thing in the car, but thankfully now the commute's shorter. I wonder how that's affected my life.</p>
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<p>I'm certainly going to stean the last sentence trick. I think Hemingway did a version of that.</p> Never thought about this as a…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-10-01:537324:Comment:3564252012-10-01T17:22:42.654ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
<p>Never thought about this as a ritual, but you're quite right. I never let a day pass without visiting the last sentence I wrote. Usually it means that I at least remind myself where I am in the novel, even if I don't have time to continue just then. I also walk every morning. At that time, I plot the story forward. Early on, experience showed that interrupting a novel or story could spell its death.</p>
<p>Never thought about this as a ritual, but you're quite right. I never let a day pass without visiting the last sentence I wrote. Usually it means that I at least remind myself where I am in the novel, even if I don't have time to continue just then. I also walk every morning. At that time, I plot the story forward. Early on, experience showed that interrupting a novel or story could spell its death.</p>