[stylist] Various Editting Styles

[Angela fowler]

It rained like anything here yesterday, and its raining on and off today. I
might have to swim to school tomorrow. 
	I too like to give things a cold read, usually at the point where I
have finished the draft and done the first round of editing. Often I get so
in love with what I'm writing that I fail to catch obvious mistakes. Its my
baby and of course its perfect, right? After a couple of days, or a week if
I have it, I feel I can give it a look through fresher eyes. Then the
mistakes that I missed the first time jump out at me. I failed to do this to
a thing I wrote yesterday and have cause to regret it.  
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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Various Editting Styles

oh go play in the snow.

blind people can throw snowballs too!  your storm hit us first, we have
about two inches of snow on the ground here in Kansas.

for me, I don't find the editor part of my mind is so different from the
composer part of me.  and often if I am coming back to a text after a day or
more I have to reread it all the way through, reread all of what's been
composed thus far, to feel like I'm in the right place to compose.  but in
rereading of course it ticks off some items I need to "fix" before I can
compose.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 01:18 PM 3/2/2009, you wrote:
>Judith,
>
>
>Thanks for your inspiring comment!
>
>Jim,
>
>On the editting front, it just depends on my mood. More often than not, 
>I'll write a chapter or part of one, let it sit for a day or two, and 
>then go back and edit it before going on, just to fix the little 
>things. I find out that sometimes I get too much into editor mode when 
>I'm supposed to be writing, and that closes the door to my subconcious. 
>Like I say: there is no set formula. To each his own.
>Minor note: We got a snow day here in Virginia. Great for writing!
>I'll go do some now!
>
>From,
>Chelsea
>
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