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BookCat · 11-28-2014, 10:16 PM

I also agree with the idea of "get it writ, then get it right" and "shitty first drafts". Carry on with the flow of creativity, when you get to the end, put the manuscript away for a few weeks/months - however long it takes to develop distance. Then come back and read it as though you were reading the work of another author and set about the work of changing it where it needs to be changed.
It you are thinking of publication, be careful, maybe even run it past a lawyer/solicitor otherwise your point of view could become libel. (This is why I'm not publishing mine, but just writing it for my own benefit.)
I don't know how Dickens avoided these issues.

11-28-2014, 10:16 PM	#12
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	I also agree with the idea of "get it writ, then get it right" and "shitty first drafts". Carry on with the flow of creativity, when you get to the end, put the manuscript away for a few weeks/months - however long it takes to develop distance. Then come back and read it as though you were reading the work of another author and set about the work of changing it where it needs to be changed. It you are thinking of publication, be careful, maybe even run it past a lawyer/solicitor otherwise your point of view could become libel. (This is why I'm not publishing mine, but just writing it for my own benefit.) I don't know how Dickens avoided these issues. Last edited by BookCat; 12-01-2014 at 08:40 PM.