tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post7683911443634194312..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: I Am Not MozartDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-37035083708995503532010-04-29T20:01:50.267-06:002010-04-29T20:01:50.267-06:00Excellent points, Kim, and I think we all learned ...Excellent points, Kim, and I think we all learned something from Katheryn's comment. I almost got sucked into a similar experience, but luckily I had Dani's "no" t-shirt. LOL<br /><br />I just read on another blog that an editor from a small press said that any freelance editor that charges more than a dollar and a half a page is ripping off the client. Obviously, she doesn't know the kinds of manuscripts we are given and supposed to make them shine. I have yet to get a ms from a beginning writer that is ready for the simply copy edit that I could do for $1.50 a page. Content editing takes a lot more time, expertise, and effort.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-62665318004355603602010-04-29T14:43:30.331-06:002010-04-29T14:43:30.331-06:00I go through many, many edits on my own work - and...I go through many, many edits on my own work - and on the work of others.<br /><br />Kim, I'd love to hear how you write in many voices - or how you capture the voice of the person you're ghostwriting for.<br /><br />Helen<br /><a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Straight From Hel</a>Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-83789062709074868352010-04-29T12:59:27.850-06:002010-04-29T12:59:27.850-06:00I've been caught in those "emergency"...I've been caught in those "emergency" traps before too, Kathryn. Not fun. I console myself by telling myself I learned something; however I've noticed that new lessons just keep coming.Kim Pearsonhttp://www.primary-sources.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-15002972213888424002010-04-29T10:56:39.700-06:002010-04-29T10:56:39.700-06:00Wow Kathryn... 2 days? That's just madness.
Y...Wow Kathryn... 2 days? That's just madness.<br /><br />Yeah, I kind of knew that pro-writers aren't Gods... kind of.<br /><br />I always need to be reminded of that, though. It's easy to be deceived by great writing -- it just feels like it was written in a matter of seconds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-45200849591252123112010-04-29T09:55:14.855-06:002010-04-29T09:55:14.855-06:00That's comforting. I go through many edits bef...That's comforting. I go through many edits before I have a finished product.<br /><br />Morgan Mandel<br />http://morganmandel.blogspot.com<br />http://facebook.com/morgan.mandelMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-10716520745283442182010-04-29T09:25:29.765-06:002010-04-29T09:25:29.765-06:00Kathryn, I need to buy you one of those NO tee-shi...Kathryn, I need to buy you one of those NO tee-shirts. ;) Two weeks would have been a challenge on that project. Oy.<br /><br />DaniDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-91190179088516576102010-04-29T07:06:13.851-06:002010-04-29T07:06:13.851-06:00Yes, Kim, yes!! Thank you for this insight. Writer...Yes, Kim, yes!! Thank you for this insight. Writers, take note! I just finished an emergency edit for a client whose self-publishing deadline was upon her, yet was nowhere near having a publishable manuscript. She wanted me to "fix" it. In 48 hours. I was hesitant to take the job, but I figured if she was determined to do this, she'd at least have a much better product. <br /><br />She had no clue how to organize her material. Despite the carte blanche, after completely deconstructing/re-organizing the prose and then completing her arguments I wanted her approval before moving on--it was nothing like what she had sent me. She waited until the 47th hour to return it. The clock would not stop ticking. What the heck was she doing? "I liked what you did but I asked you to edit this," she said, when she finally called, "and you sent it back to me with typos. I've had to go through and fix them all." <br /><br />This was my first experience with someone who felt that Perfection flowed from heaven to the page without several drafts in between. So now I know what you mean!Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.com