Gud, it sounds like she's interested (and maybe would like to write something of her own one day?), but there are no hard and fast rules to revision. Cutting out all the descriptors is ... not a good idea. *Some*, maybe, but not all.
Plus, even editors don't go in and just make wholesale changes. You make suggestions, and you explain *why* you're making them, and you have to trust your author, at some point, because it's his or her voice, and story.
It sounds like you're rocking right along, though. And as long as you know what you want, then stick with it.
I'm moving along, but I'm looking forward getting to a part where I'm not completely rewriting everything.
I have one last rewrite to do before Agent Kate can send it out to editors.
Quick! Say something encouraging!!!!
I have one last rewrite to do before Agent Kate can send it out to editors.
Encouraging words:
one last
Agent
editors
These are all good things. Go to it!
edited for line breaks!
I'm a nervous wreck. I mean, if Kate wants a second round of edits and is putting in the time to smooth it all out, then she thinks it's got a good shot. I'm having a bout of Imposter Syndrome, but other than that, I'm hopeful!
Go, Allyson!
Although I can have IS totally sitting in here working alone so I do get it
Back to writing after nearly two weeks off between the vacation and RWA Nationals. Three chapters revised with nearly a thousand new words in a scene. Making note of where I'm going to need to cut further ahead, because some of a future scene is now redundant.
It's like playing a game of chess.
Yup, I am made of Imposter Syndrome, so I totally sympathize. But you are, in point of fact, awesome, and Agent Kate loves your book. Do the polishing, rock it out, and off it goes!
Yay for Gud. I do the researching thing, like your wife, and I'm glad she's interested, but you should feel free with drawing your own lines, Gud. Also, you should feel free to ask for betas when you're ready for them, and we can be all interferey ourselves. Hee. Because we're going to love your book.
Yay for Barb back to writing! We have an awfully active thread all of a sudden, even without drabbles!
