Novel Editing Procrastinators Club http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490 NightWings Who else is procrastinating to edit their novel? I know that's what I should be doing right now, but... I am at heart a procrastinator. I probably won't get around to editing until mid-January. *sigh* Anyone want to join the club? Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:28:38 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1005927 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1005927 readmyfingertips I am so ready for membership. I just said to myself, "Okay, time to start editing! ...well, let's check the NaNo forums. You know, for some tips on editing." Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:23:23 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006076 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006076 flyawaybefree Oh yeah. I am so there. I was going to edit and then life and Christmas came along. And a great short story that's mostly revised. So I swear to myself that I'll start it... after the 10 page term paper... uggh. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:28:52 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006080 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006080 readmyfingertips Yikes. At least I'm on winter break. Term paper? Ouch. I feel like I have so much free time there's no time to focus on editing. XD Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:42:10 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006092 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006092 PeverellSister I should be editing right now because this is my one completely free day during Christmas Holiday, but here I am, on the Nanowrimo forums as usual. Must. Get. Back. To. Novel. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:09:41 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006279 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006279 paythepiper I was doing this for a while but I find that my inner procrastinatrix can be easily bait-and-switched. As long as there's something I want to do even *less*, I can use the first thing i was procrastinating on to procrastinate on the new thing. Which is the real reason I've finally started editing. Better to edit than to dwell on stupid boys! My novel is my happy distraction for the moment. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:38:01 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006585 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006585 WriterGirl_16 A perfect club for me to join!! I keep getting distracted by facebook and the nanowrimo forums. How is any writer supposed to concentrate with such wonderful websites to consume your free time with?! I have been working on an outline for another novel I want to work on but I've been procrastinating for that too which ultimately makes me procrastinate for everything else that involves writing.... =) Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:23:34 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006650 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1006650 Marie.94 I haven't started yet because I didn't even finish my novel until the middle of December. Last night about 30 minutes past midnight I turned to my friend and said "I just had a horrible realization. I told myself I would start editing after December...And it's not December anymore!" DX Editing is this huge monster staring me in the face waiting to be possessed by my inner editor so they can work together to devour me. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:23:50 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1018210 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1018210 becca Z Ha! I'm still typing my novel! Becuase of this lovely thing called school, I was forced to write it all (or most of it) in a notebook, and type it at home, however, I fell behind on my typing, and I am now paying dearly for it. And even better, I lost like 10,000 words! Uggg so that took my typed word count from 35,000 down to 25,000! Yeah! And I hardly ever have time to work on it! Can I join! Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:54:05 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1019043 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1019043 Earthsick I'd even had ideas already what things I definitely have to change. Thing is, I can't do that right now due to my health. /: Also, I have to look up first what to do and blah, you know. Get some knowledge about the whole editing thing. Also, I don't even know why I should do it. Alright, a lot of people told me they were interested in my novel. Even people I don't know. So I guess the plot itself sparks at least some interest. But I don't know if they meant "I want to read it online but would never waste money on it" or "I would buy it if it was published". Another problem: Say, if I really spent my time editing and rewriting this thing until it looks like a proper novel ... I still have the problem that I live in a german speaking country but wrote my novel in English. And I don't want to translate it myself since meh, my characters speak English in my head and I tried writing this in German and failed. /: This gets me down again. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:39:51 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1028880 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1028880 Kay Proctor Count me in. "Oh, I cleaned up one whole chapter! I can totally take a break. For the rest of the night." Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:52:58 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1049100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1049100 Erica in the novel Count me in! I joined WriYe thinking it would help. It did, for about 7 days. Then...nothing... Sigh! Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:11:25 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1049657 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1049657 Tex2S Count me in. I'm all so anxious to get it capital-D Done and slap a query letter on it and start sending it on its way, but I know it needs at least one more good pass, and you know, you only have so many of those in you before you're just burnt out on the whole endeavor, and it's so much easier not to start than it is to start and run out of gas before you finish. It's a heck of a thing. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:08:07 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1053330 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1053330 Saspirilla I'll join you all tomorrow. Thanks to final year at university and applying for post-grad courses and jobs, I simply haven't had the time. When I do have a few hours to spare, I spend them knitting with my nana. Yeah. I'm cool. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:44:22 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1055424 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1055424 red-lucy I'm just about to take my first look at my efforts, hardly a novel more of an outline, so really need to actually tidy up and expand it before editing but I'm going to read it all first. I vow to get the red pen out and edit as I go so I can at least see any gems hidden in the rough stuff!! Good luck fellow editors. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:43:53 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056427 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056427 Phillipa Oh my word, this seems harder than writing the flipping thing, maybe I needed the pressure of writing x number of words a night, now I'm eating chocolate, checking facebook, looking for tips on here, putting the washing away...you get the picture and I'm back to being as wrecked as I was during NANO because I'm still up til 2am every night doing it! Please, someone knock some sense into me! Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:17:38 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056571 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1056571 faithlessone I totally understand this!!! I really need to actually finish mine before I can really start editing it, but every time I sit down and go "Right, writing time!", I get distracted by something. It's compounded by the fact that all I've got left to write is the big climax (which I am terrified of writing) and then the fallout, which is where the novel ends. I reckon it's a case of maybe another 10/15k, which seems like nothing, but it's been just sitting there for over a month!! Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:14:55 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1059349 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1059349 PeverellSister Hello! I'm procrastinating from rewriting my second chapter because I'm tired and really don't feel like trying to come up with new dialogue for it. And besides, it requires so much less brain power to browse the forums than it does to actually write. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:32:05 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1091460 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1091460 PumpkinKing97 I, sadly, won't ever be joining this club, at least with this novel. Finishing the first draft is the extent of my plans for it. The plot is so terribly flawed (I actually thought I could wing 80,000 words) that the only thing it's good for is practice. However, I have high hopes for my upcoming fantasy novel, so maybe I'll see you all in a few months in this club. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:50:31 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1092335 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1092335 cdyard OK, a club I can easily be a member of. I'm still editing my novel which means I do it 2 or 3 times a week. Why? Strangely enough, I'm afraid of publishing it. Now, don't get me wrong. I won't send this novel to a publisher or even to an agent. I'm considering self-publishing or putting it for free on the Internet. And that's what makes me unable to do what needs to be done. I had the same problem with another novel I put on the Internet four years ago. It was as much fun as going to the dentist to have all my teeth pulled out. Writing is great, publishing... well, that's another story. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:11:49 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1093140 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1093140 Lisa.Vail I was totally procrastinating... up till today. I've edited about 80 pages so far and I want to crawl back into the safety of 'I've written a novel and it's amazing' rather than 'I'm editing a novel and I can tell that it was written in a month'! My advice - DON'T. DO. IT. Spare yourself the pain! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:02:22 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1094895 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1094895 Ginaxx I've done a once-over edit to rid my story of typos and awkward sentances, but I'm also intimidated and I can't bring myself to start editing it yet *lamelamelame*. Right now I'm waiting for my friend to finish her really in-depth edits of my story, so that's my other excuse xD Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:44:51 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1099780 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1099780 KaelynAngelfoot We should all edit more... tomorrow! Writing is all fine and good but editing is a huge pain in the ... ahem. I'm horrible at making myself edit. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:41:41 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1103545 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1103545 Zookeeper I think I definitely qualify for this thread. It's been exactly two months since Nanowrimo, and I have not even opened my novel file since then. But I found my notes for a previous Nano novel, so I have no excuse not to finish that one up. Yeah, like I need an excuse to procrastinate. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:47:23 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1106875 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1106875 ashleynichols Me when I first started editing my current project: oh this is gonna be easy, let me draw out a timeline, can't wait to reread my older stuff. Me a mere 30-odd pages into editing: I hate my characters, why can't I just skip to the sex scenes, good lord I use too many helping verbs, these plot holes make my eyes hurt. For those looking to procrastinate I suggest a google search of Writer Leopard, English Major Armadillo, and Lit Major Lemur. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:38:58 -0800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1112425 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/novel-draft-aftercare/threads/48490?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1112425