#if i edit anything in para 2 i rinse and repeat the steps above. otherwise i scroll again so para 3 is now at the top and para 7 is revealed | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

velociraptoraddict · 4 years

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I'm going on a camping trip this weekend

I'll still have my phone and access to the internet

But unlikely I'll get anything done with Chomp

I already have roughly 3/4 of chapter 17 written though so hopefully I'll have it done sometime next week then 2-4 weeks for editing (>_>; I really should figure out a better method to editing...😅 Right now my method is so complicated it's hard to describe without visual aid (no joke) but if you want to see how my weird (possibly ADHD) self edits, hit me up and I'll make a quick tutorial... maybe then someone can give me tips on how to actually edit where it doesn't take me a full month to go through one chapter)

EDIT: Apparently Tumblr only lets you have 30 tags on a post!? Thank goodness I was able to actually say everything I wanted/needed to say within that limit 🤣 (still though, I can provide visual aid like a quick video if anyone wants to see how exactly it is my mind works or if you simply don't believe me when I say this is literally how I've been writing/editing for over half a year (I'd probably be unstoppable if I didn't live this way))

#chomp #actually yeah...let me see if i can describe my editing method without visual aids #so. i have a play of music list in the background. the first 200ish songs are for writing and the other 400ish are for editing #(thats just how it seems to work out for sone reason? but its weird cause if i try writing with the 400ish i struggle and if i try editing #with the 200ish im inspired and end up wanting to write more than edit and i end up with really long chapters)#anyway #in another tab i have the music playlist again. but this time for editing which order the songs are in #then i have the fic in a third tab #now with tte fic. lets say i have 5 paragraphs on the page in front of me #i read/edit paragraph 1 2 3 4 and 5. mostly focusing on 1 and 2. when i reach the bottom of the screen i switch to the List Edit tab #and move a few songs around so it flows and nothing is too jaring (like a slow quite song immediately followed by a quick loud song can pull #me from my writing Zone)#after i move a few songs i go back to the fic #think of these as a 'pallet clenser' if you will #i now re read/edit paragraphs 1-5. if i change ecen one word in para 1 i rinse and repeat the steps #if i find i am satisfied i scroll slightly so i am now looking at para 2-6 #if i edit anything in para 2 i rinse and repeat the steps above. otherwise i scroll again so para 3 is now at the top and para 7 is revealed #and i do this for the /entire/ chapter...TWICE #once im done the first time. i go through again anf find myself still finding places to change wirds around or i decided to add entire scene #the third read through is usually where i find only minor edits needed and focus mainly on flow to make sure the scenes dont switch too #suddenly #and ill sometimes give it a fourth read if i find myself editing a bit too much during the third read #then i post it #though i think i got to mention; first i write the chapter #then ill do a quick read through/edit #then ill write the next chapter #then i go back to the previous chapter and do the above mentioned through edits #then when i read the unedited next chapter #i do a quick read through edit. write the next chapter. rinse and repeat #and /that/ is how ive been writing Chomp almost nonstop for 7 months straight

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