Charlie Stross on Nostr: #WritersCoffeeClub 29Nov—What did you edit out of your most recent book? It ...
#WritersCoffeeClub 29Nov—What did you edit out of your most recent book?
It depends. Next novel out ("A Conventional Boy") needed edits to *add* stuff—background/interstitial scenes to colour in the background. Current WIP ("The Regicide Report") needs cuts in the first half because there's too much authorial throat-clearing (although the last third needs more material adding). I am to write just once, though, and need as little reworking as possible: time is money.
It depends. Next novel out ("A Conventional Boy") needed edits to *add* stuff—background/interstitial scenes to colour in the background. Current WIP ("The Regicide Report") needs cuts in the first half because there's too much authorial throat-clearing (although the last third needs more material adding). I am to write just once, though, and need as little reworking as possible: time is money.