Tuesday, 10 November 2009
A different editing problem
Normally I have to edit down. That is to say that I usually have to trim the odd word or phrase here or there to make a story fit a word count requirement. Just for a change I have the opposite problem today. I've typed up my first draft only to find out that I am 500 words short. Now that's a sizeable chunk. The problem isn't so much the padding out but padding out without waffling. This could be a problem.
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I usually have a problem finding enough words, so can empathize with your problem today.
Thanks Debs. To be honest if I didn't have this problem I'd have another.
Why not add an extra scene, then edit down some more?
That is exactly the plan. I'm going to start writing in about 5 minutes.
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