http://www.darcypattison.com/revision/reader-tips/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.darcypattison.com/revision/reader-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Helen Landalf Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:25:35 +0000 http://darcypattison.com/revision/reader-tips/#comment-72 When I'm revising, I find it helps to look at each element of a chapter or scene and ask myself, "Does this belong in my current version, or is this a holdover from my last version?" Sometimes I try to revise around an element, say a character, that I particularly like, changing everything but that one element. But when I step back, I realize that the element in question must change too. Otherwise, it's like looking at a painting of a forest with one tree painted in a different style from the others - it just doesn't match! When I’m revising, I find it helps to look at each element of a chapter or scene and ask myself, “Does this belong in my current version, or is this a holdover from my last version?” Sometimes I try to revise around an element, say a character, that I particularly like, changing everything but that one element. But when I step back, I realize that the element in question must change too. Otherwise, it’s like looking at a painting of a forest with one tree painted in a different style from the others – it just doesn’t match!

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