Comments on: Training my inner editor http://www.pensandswords.com/2009/08/18/training-my-inner-editor/ Talking shop with fantasy fiction author Kameron M. Franklin Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Lost Art of Drafting - Pens and Swords - Talking shop with fantasy fiction author Kameron M. Franklin http://www.pensandswords.com/2009/08/18/training-my-inner-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-58081 The Lost Art of Drafting - Pens and Swords - Talking shop with fantasy fiction author Kameron M. Franklin Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:04:52 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=965#comment-58081 [...] to draft. That is, I was no longer able to simply write down my thoughts as they came without my inner editor rearing his ugly head and bringing my creative process to a screeching halt. Everything need polish [...] [...] to draft. That is, I was no longer able to simply write down my thoughts as they came without my inner editor rearing his ugly head and bringing my creative process to a screeching halt. Everything need polish [...]

]]> By: bobisimo http://www.pensandswords.com/2009/08/18/training-my-inner-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-53519 bobisimo Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:01:02 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=965#comment-53519 My inner editor is pretty controlling but during the creative phase I maintain about 25% of my concentration on holding it back. In fact, there have been times where I stop, momentarily, searching for the perfect word -- but override that editor's voice by inserting my general thought into brackets and motoring along. My general feeling is that I can "activate" my inner editor with absolutely no effort. Creativity, on the other hand, is much more elusive and difficult to harness. Look at it funny and it goes away. :) .-= bobisimo´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.trickybuddha.com/2009/re-i%E2%80%99m-a-convert/" rel="nofollow">RE: I’m a Convert</a> =-. My inner editor is pretty controlling but during the creative phase I maintain about 25% of my concentration on holding it back. In fact, there have been times where I stop, momentarily, searching for the perfect word — but override that editor’s voice by inserting my general thought into brackets and motoring along. My general feeling is that I can “activate” my inner editor with absolutely no effort. Creativity, on the other hand, is much more elusive and difficult to harness. Look at it funny and it goes away. :)
.-= bobisimo´s last blog ..RE: I’m a Convert =-.

]]> By: J.M. Martin http://www.pensandswords.com/2009/08/18/training-my-inner-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-53426 J.M. Martin Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:17:57 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=965#comment-53426 My inner editor is entirely in control. Note I said "IN" control, not "UNDER" control. He's a word-slashing, sentence-rearranging, paragraph-tweaking, page-scrutinizing, scene-cutting-an-pasting S.O.B.! It's love-hate all the way. If you ever get wind of that shock collar technology, please, please, please blog it to the rest of us wretched bond servants to our pens and s-words! I'm dying over here. .-= J.M. Martin´s last blog ..<a href="http://corpseofmilk.blogspot.com/2009/09/book-review-satan-factory-by-tom.html" rel="nofollow">Book Review: The Satan Factory by Tom Sniegoski</a> =-. My inner editor is entirely in control. Note I said “IN” control, not “UNDER” control. He’s a word-slashing, sentence-rearranging, paragraph-tweaking, page-scrutinizing, scene-cutting-an-pasting S.O.B.! It’s love-hate all the way. If you ever get wind of that shock collar technology, please, please, please blog it to the rest of us wretched bond servants to our pens and s-words! I’m dying over here.
.-= J.M. Martin´s last blog ..Book Review: The Satan Factory by Tom Sniegoski =-.

]]> By: Mike http://www.pensandswords.com/2009/08/18/training-my-inner-editor/comment-page-1/#comment-53282 Mike Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:28:19 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/?p=965#comment-53282 Not only do I keep my inner editor on a short leash, I've clubbed him and thrown him in the stocks. I refuse to agonize over the right word choice, or word repetitions, or anything I consider to be a "small" issue (i.e., one that ultimately doesn't affect the story). If I can't fix it in thirty seconds, I keep moving. Only when the story (or the chapter) is finished, from beginning to end, will I go back to make those small edits. It's something I've forced myself to do. Otherwise, my inner editor turns me into a completely unproductive writer. Not only do I keep my inner editor on a short leash, I’ve clubbed him and thrown him in the stocks.

I refuse to agonize over the right word choice, or word repetitions, or anything I consider to be a “small” issue (i.e., one that ultimately doesn’t affect the story). If I can’t fix it in thirty seconds, I keep moving. Only when the story (or the chapter) is finished, from beginning to end, will I go back to make those small edits.

It’s something I’ve forced myself to do. Otherwise, my inner editor turns me into a completely unproductive writer.

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