Let me tell you, though. While deleting those 2800 words
hurt, I’m so GLAD those scenes were thinly written. I hadn’t spent all that
much time on them (although they were really great scenes and I wish I could
have salvaged them); I only wrote what needed to get the story moving. If I had
spent hours editing them to make them sound right, it would have hurt a whole
lot more.
So basically, when I come to a kissing scene, I just say they
kiss and move on. No descriptions. No emotion. Okay, maybe a little emotion.
Love scenes (and fighting scenes) are hard. No use spending time on them if
there’s a good chance they’ll be cut. Once I know everything is in place, THEN
I can add the meat. And as long as I can remember all that, the scenes should
get written faster.
At least, that’s the plan!
So… my eye exam went well (no big changes). I couldn’t
believe I’ve owned my current set of glasses since 2008. Okay, maybe I could
believe it a little bit. They are pretty scratched up. Time to get a new pair, something
I hate shopping for. Not only are they expensive, I’ll be wearing them all the
time, so they have to look like me. And they can’t distract me (no shiny
frames). I have a feeling when I finally get to the store to buy them, I’ll be
spending quite a bit of time there (I’ve been known to try on nearly every
frame). And no, I won’t consider contacts. Those are even MORE expensive (since
I have an astigmatism). If you wear glasses, how often do you buy a new set? Do
you get more than one? Yeah, I only get the one pair.
They don’t call me cheap for nothing! J
Have a good weekend!
Stacy
10 comments:
Sorry about the deleted words. I hate when that happens, but it's a necessary evil. your story will be so much better. :hugs:
Yay for the eye exam. I got my first pair of glasses in almost 20 years a few months ago. They're just for reading - when I remember to put them on. Since I don't have to wear them all the time, I just picked the cheapest pair that doesn't look horrible.
I used to wear coke-bottle glasses, followed by contacts, two laser surgeries and finally lens replacement surgery.
A lot of money over 40 years but I'm happy with the lens replacement.
Now the only glasses I wear are sunglasses.
B.E. - I've needed glasses since high school. And now I wear tri-focals. Ugh. I could probably get away with not wearing them, but then my eyes start twitching and that's no fun! :)
Maria - My doctor has never suggested laser surgery, so I'm not even sure if my eyes are eligible for that kind of procedure. It would be nice to only have to wear sunglasses, though.
Just for driving at night for me, otherwise, none.
Do you ever save those scenes that you like to another folder, for another time?
Back when I wrote fiction, I removed large chunks but they were fun scenes, however more of another adventure so I saved them in a folder.
That being said, chopping and deleting doesn't bother me. I'm all about what's important to the story.
Back when I was a published paid freelancer in non-fiction, I had to take long phone interviews and get them down to 1000 or 1500 words. So I learned early on, to chop away the crappy parts. Or stuff that we just don't need.
Good luck and Happy Writing.
Ivy - I create a new document every day, so the stuff that got deleted is in the old document. I don't have a document of just deleted stuff. That would be too time consuming.
And if I'm deleting a chunk of stuff I wrote THAT day, then I've been known to create a new doc with a -2 at the end of the date to indicate major changes.
And you know what? I rarely go back and re-use a deleted scene. See...there's a reason it's deleted. :)
I need a new set, as my lenses are all scratched, too. I'll get new lenses popped into the frames I have, which I like and I'll wear either until they fall apart or I decide I need/want something new. It could be years.
Jeff - Unfortunately, my frames need replacing, too. :(
Deleting 2800 words. Ouch!
I got new glass frames a couple of months ago....I'm ready for new ones.
Understandable. For me, I have gone back and used stuff.
Happy writing.
Sandra - Only two months old? I hate breaking in a new set, that's why mine are six YEARS old! Haha!
Ivy - Don't you notice that once you write it down, it never really goes away? If I get a chance to re-use a scene, I tend to write it better the second time around! :)
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