At this stage of working on my book, there is a lot more cutting than writing. It’s sad to have to cut but it’s also a good sign. It means that the end is in sight.
4 responses to “Cutting”
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I think that the pages you are cutting off would make another book. 🙂
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Sometimes when I’ve been working on books, I like to “kill my darlings” by assembling the left-out pages into a collage that I bring with me to America …
That’s where I can share in the fun of “killing my darlings” with the help of some friends at a local gun range where we can rent automatic small arms.
Some forms of radical editing are more enjoyable than others. 🙂
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