I've found that if I spend too much time on revision, the activity gets like chewing gum too long...the gum has lost all flavor and my teeth and jaws begin to ache. So eventually I stop.

In recent stuff, I've been using my word processing program to pick out and change things. I've tried removing all the "-ly" adverbs. I've been trying to spot and revise verbs like has and [/i]was[/i] (and any and all associated forms), trying to make sentences and events and descriptions more immediate.

But I've come to wonder about that. The resulting sentences sometimes seem awkward...and doesn't seem to help much...and, besides, it takes a godawful lot of time to do it. I haven't yet put it into practice, but I plan to do less of it and leave some of all that in my stuff, first chance I get.

Good advice, though.
I am finding analytical revising (having just started the revision of my novel) far more difficult than the actual creative writing.
And nowhere near as fun.
It is far more work, than play--and I do [u]not[/u] want the story to seem over-worked.

Hey Skadder, you in LA?

I keep getting e-mails that folks are gathering.

I want to watch the award ceremony, but when they say 7:30 I have a feeling they mean PST and that's past my bed time. =(