tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post4558408728013665341..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: The Edit, or How the Delete Button Takes Over Your Life, by K. M. GrantMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29936384300987478932013-04-28T17:33:36.375+01:002013-04-28T17:33:36.375+01:00Brilliant post! Like Caroline I keep a file with ...Brilliant post! Like Caroline I keep a file with all big chunks I may have taken out. Just in case.....adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-71563776400069094922013-04-28T17:33:34.368+01:002013-04-28T17:33:34.368+01:00Brilliant post! Like Caroline I keep a file with ...Brilliant post! Like Caroline I keep a file with all big chunks I may have taken out. Just in case.....adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-90226222487562594922013-04-28T09:49:34.414+01:002013-04-28T09:49:34.414+01:00A great post - I find the satisfying thing about e...A great post - I find the satisfying thing about editing is allowing the jumble to settle and discovering the work is much better for it - though I still grieve a little for the lost wonderful bits!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62340105178528259112013-04-28T08:21:14.541+01:002013-04-28T08:21:14.541+01:00You describe it so well, Kate!
I call my cut out ...You describe it so well, Kate!<br /><br />I call my cut out bits file "deleted scenes". It makes them feel better, leaving them with hopes of making it onto the extended DVD. Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-82059123381538583292013-04-28T07:38:43.236+01:002013-04-28T07:38:43.236+01:00Great post, Katie!
It's always fascinating to...Great post, Katie!<br /><br />It's always fascinating to see how other people edit. I find it's much easier to delete a passage if you don't actually throw it away, so for every work in progress I have a document labelled "cut out bits" and paste excised passages there. It makes it easier to delete because you think you can always put it back, if necessary. And sometimes I DO re-instate the cut-out bit. But nineteen times out of twenty I don't.<br /><br />Happy writing... and editing!Caroline Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249424644829463560noreply@blogger.com