Comments on: revising

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:42:36 +0000

I change the font first, so it doesn’t take up as many pages. And I print on the back of old contest entries and such.

I highly highly recommend a laser printer, though. I got mine for $100 two years ago and I think I’ve only bought 4 cartridges at around $50 a pop. Considering I was buying black ink in bulk, it’s a huge savings. Plus much faster than ink jet.

By: LoryKC

LoryKC — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:02:14 +0000

I am the same way. I’ve been trying to reform as I too hate to waste all that paper. It’s the only way that really works, though!:coffee:

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:22:33 +0000

I like hard copy too. For one particular manuscript that I made major changes for, the paper had shit written all over it. I wrote in the margins, between the lines, drew arrows pointing to the back of the page where I’d write paragraphs.

To me it just seems less overwhelming on paper. Dunno why.

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:36:50 +0000

I don’t usually revise because everything I write is perfect :rofl:

Anyway, I used to be that way but found I’d lose my pages or ignore my revisions when I typed them into the WIP. So I just do it on screen now.

By: Amy K

Amy K — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:19:48 +0000

I like to read the story and make marks on a hard copy as well. But the thing is, I rarely use those revisions. Small edits, yes, I’ll transfer them from hard copy to computer. But for big storyline revisions, I just get ideas in my head while I’m reading and then revise on the computer. Kind of an extra waste of paper. (Double-spaced, too.)

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:54:38 +0000

Me too, Kasey – I MUST revise on hard copy. And usually doublespaced etc, though if I’m running low on paper, I do print galley style, but only if necesary.

Hope to catch up on the rest of your blog entries before I go – but right now, packing rules. *deep sigh*. I’m going to love BEING on the West Coast, just am no really keen on getting ready to go out there

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:38:28 +0000

I revise on screen first, but then I have to do a full printout for my final read through. I have to read it like a book to pick up all the things I miss on screen. I think the computer screen hypnotizes me so I don’t see the mistakes…

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:50:20 +0000

I revise by computer mostly, but I have thought about doing print-outs too.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:51:36 +0000

I usually do better at revising on the computer, but I don’t always catch the little errors. So I guess I do both – revise on the computer and on hard copy (and yeah, it’s single-spaced – DS just freaks me out too much for some weird reason!):rofl:

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:42:42 +0000

I do revisions on single-spaced landscape format. But line edits? No way. I have to double-space those. I can’t see the errors otherwise because I read too quickly. For revisions, that’s a good thing because I can see the overall picture. Not line edits.