tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post8417762240763438549..comments2024-02-21T05:25:03.233-05:00Comments on Adventures in YA Publishing: WOW Wednesday: S.T. Underdahl on Revising When Your Head and Your Heart AgreeMartina Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03358736828122139189noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-54766143315597427842013-03-16T22:22:27.251-04:002013-03-16T22:22:27.251-04:00Thanks for sharing the wisdom you learned from thi...Thanks for sharing the wisdom you learned from this journey, Susan, and for the courage of your convictions regarding your story. When it stops being your story, it's time to put the skids on.Jane Heitman Healyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584630141388764779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-6549844496579676732013-03-16T12:02:29.129-04:002013-03-16T12:02:29.129-04:00I had an editor do that to a short story once. I w...I had an editor do that to a short story once. I was new and uncertain, so I let her change a lot more of it than I would have liked. I think eventually I'll revise the story and make it closer to my original vision.<br /><br />Anyway, I know what you mean about following your gut. I've come through a year of intense writing-education, learning deep POV and all kinds of editing tricks. I've had a couple of short stories published and learned loads.<br /><br />I've also learned that the way I used to write--alternating between shallow and deep POV as the scenes needed--is a totally permissible form of storytelling. In fact, it's recommended. I feel like I've been blown in every direction for the past year, and I'm only beginning to find my center again.Kessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15019626781634777336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8005062827798430682.post-63755361914565951182013-03-13T11:36:00.703-04:002013-03-13T11:36:00.703-04:00This is so true! I tend to jump into revisions wit...This is so true! I tend to jump into revisions with both feet, and it's critical that I take the time to think about whether the changes resonate first. Editor Cheryl Klein has a great suggestion as part of her bookmap process (which I HIGHLY recommend for revision) that we consider the "core" of the book first. Not just the core in general, but the core that made us want to write the book in the first place--the one thing that we will not change in the story. That's helpful in that it will not only keep us from revising away what matters most to us, but it will also help to nail down the pitch for the thing that resonates strongest in the story.<br /><br />Thanks for a great post! Martina Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358736828122139189noreply@blogger.com