https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/#comment-678046 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:23:54 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=34681#comment-678046 […] January marked the publication of my first guest post of 2019: “3 Signs It’s Time to Stop Editing That Manuscript.” I’m pleased with the way this one turned out, in large part because I experienced so […]

]]> https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/#comment-635403 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:01:59 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=34681#comment-635403 […] Editing your novel is a project unto itself. Sofia Ashdown has 10 editing tips, Michael LaRocca gives us 7 proven strategies for editing and proofreading your own writing, Benjamin Dreyer lists 3 writing rules to disregard, and Kyle A. Massa advises us of 3 signs it’s time to stop editing your manuscript. […]

]]> https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/#comment-634834 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 19:57:48 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=34681#comment-634834 Kyle,
Nice article. EXCELLENT point about making change for its own sake and not as improvements.
I know I’ve taken a story as far as it can go when I feel that everything the characters want to say has now been said. If I’m driving along thinking about them & their personalities and no further incidents come to mind that could be added to deepen their place in the story, then I feel nothing is missing. It’s time to exit the stage.

]]> https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/#comment-634808 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:49:30 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=34681#comment-634808 Whenever I get sick of a project I will put it in the drawer for a week or two, then read it in full. Most of the time, I don’t find anything significant to change so I make a few minor tweaks if needed and then send it out. 🙂

]]> https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/#comment-634799 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:00:08 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=34681#comment-634799 Great article, Kyle. I usually go through at least five drafts, sometimes more. But I know when to stop. I think.

]]> https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/#comment-634796 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:43:56 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=34681#comment-634796 That third point is golden. I get to that point with every manuscript (I’m a fiddler), and that’s when I know it’s time to kick it to the curb. Thanks for being here today!

]]> https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/01/3-signs-its-time-to-stop-editing-that-manuscript/#comment-634781 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:29:55 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=34681#comment-634781 … and now it’s time to send to your editor so he/she can tell you everything you missed in glorious blood-red ink

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