Comments on: revising, part 3: different books, different needs http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/19/revising-part-25-specific-books/ a writer in search of zen-like clam Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:29:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: amanda ashby http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/19/revising-part-25-specific-books/comment-page-1/#comment-50125 amanda ashby Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:43:46 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=918#comment-50125 The nuts and bolts of it is that you use higlighters to breakdown your text. highlight all physical emotions (but only ones that can't be controlled like blushing, pounding hearts) in Pink. Use blue to do dialogue. Yellow for internal thoughts. Orange for tension/conflict and Green for setting and description. Oh, and use a red pen to underline nonverbals such as action/gesture/movement Margie Lawson obviously goes into it in a LOT more detail but once you do it, it's very easy to see what's going on in the page and so far it's the only tool I've ever used that actually makes sense to me!!! The nuts and bolts of it is that you use higlighters to breakdown your text.

highlight all physical emotions (but only ones that can’t be controlled like blushing, pounding hearts) in Pink. Use blue to do dialogue. Yellow for internal thoughts. Orange for tension/conflict and Green for setting and description. Oh, and use a red pen to underline nonverbals such as action/gesture/movement

Margie Lawson obviously goes into it in a LOT more detail but once you do it, it’s very easy to see what’s going on in the page and so far it’s the only tool I’ve ever used that actually makes sense to me!!!

]]> By: Julie http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/19/revising-part-25-specific-books/comment-page-1/#comment-49899 Julie Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:33:59 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=918#comment-49899 Hi Sadhbh! Good to see you! Girl from Mars is scheduled for May 09. I should get a move on and put something up about it on my website, huh? Hi Sadhbh! Good to see you!

Girl from Mars is scheduled for May 09.

I should get a move on and put something up about it on my website, huh?

]]> By: Julie http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/19/revising-part-25-specific-books/comment-page-1/#comment-49898 Julie Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:33:20 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=918#comment-49898 Kate, there might just be a little displacement activity there, too....just enough so I can think, though. Really. Kate, there might just be a little displacement activity there, too….just enough so I can think, though. Really.

]]> By: Sadhbh http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/19/revising-part-25-specific-books/comment-page-1/#comment-49886 Sadhbh Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:33:08 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=918#comment-49886 Hi Julie When is Girl from Mars going to be published? Hugs S Hi Julie

When is Girl from Mars going to be published?

Hugs

S

]]> By: Kate http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/19/revising-part-25-specific-books/comment-page-1/#comment-49841 Kate Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:08:29 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=918#comment-49841 Hey Julie, Thanks for your message on my blog! I am so with you on calendar issues. I am awfully hung up about making the timings work out, yet every time I seem to end up with bank holidays or birthdays or whatever clashing with the action. Next book I might make last just two weeks to get over the problem... I always love looking at your charts too. Mine are more displacement activity than tool, I have to confess. Kate x Hey Julie,
Thanks for your message on my blog!
I am so with you on calendar issues. I am awfully hung up about making the timings work out, yet every time I seem to end up with bank holidays or birthdays or whatever clashing with the action. Next book I might make last just two weeks to get over the problem…

I always love looking at your charts too. Mine are more displacement activity than tool, I have to confess.

Kate x

]]> By: Julie http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/19/revising-part-25-specific-books/comment-page-1/#comment-49806 Julie Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:59:52 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=918#comment-49806 Oooh! Oooh! What's the highlighter pen method?? Oooh! Oooh! What’s the highlighter pen method??

]]> By: amanda ashby http://www.julie-cohen.com/blog/2008/10/19/revising-part-25-specific-books/comment-page-1/#comment-49747 amanda ashby Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:42:25 +0000 http://www.julie-cohen.com/?p=918#comment-49747 I always get jealous when I see pretty and civilised revision tools. I've done major revisions on two books this year and it was so messy that I can't even talk about it without fear of being sent to therapy!!!! Thankfully, at our recent NZ conference Margie Lawson gave a one day workshop on deep editing that involved highlighter pens and that was amazing. I totally clicked with what she was saying so I'm definitely going to use when I finish my current wip. I always get jealous when I see pretty and civilised revision tools. I’ve done major revisions on two books this year and it was so messy that I can’t even talk about it without fear of being sent to therapy!!!!

Thankfully, at our recent NZ conference Margie Lawson gave a one day workshop on deep editing that involved highlighter pens and that was amazing. I totally clicked with what she was saying so I’m definitely going to use when I finish my current wip.

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