Tag: rewriting

• Indie Authors: Are You Listening to Your Beta Readers?

  I’ve recently run into something as an author I previously haven’t encountered: Beta readers who are less than enthusiastic about my new novel. In my four previous novels, the reviews were excellent. They bought into what I was doing, gave good insight, but were always very positive. And these aren’t “yes-people” either. They were being…

  sassevn

  February 29, 2016

  Indie Author

  accepting criticism, beta readers, novel writing, rewriting, writing process

• Observations on Revising

  One strange observation I have had as I am doing a second read-through revision on my third novel is that all of my writing is not created equally. It appears that sometimes I have the muse hanging directly over me, spoon-feeding me the words to say, while other times I feel like I’m just trying…

  sassevn

  July 16, 2013

  Writing Process

  editing, indie writers, novel writing, rewriting, sasse third novel, writing muse, writing revisions, writing sessions

• Re-thinking the way I write

  After lamenting in the blog the loss of over a 1000 words earlier this week, I finally went at it to recreate once again what I had already created once. Well, the effort has well paid off. I buzzed pass the threshold easily in such a way that I wonder if I should always throw…

  sassevn

  June 8, 2013

  Writing Process

  draft, rewriting, writing process