Editing

The creative process of writing is fun and exhilarating. When you get in the zone, everything just flows as if the characters, the plot, the ideas all take on a life of their own. The best part about writing is not looking back. It’s watching a world come to life before your fingertips.

Editing is one of those challenges as a writer that makes you question everything that’s on the page, to stop and rethink all the concepts that exist in the story. It’s about applying the brakes, critiquing what’s there: analyzing what works and doesn’t work. It can be frustrating to rewrite paragraphs and whole sections, to eliminate eloquent sentences and clever lines of dialogue.

But editing is an essential part of the writing process. It’s about looking back, returning to the beginning. To make the reading experience enjoyable and smooth, one has to fine-tune all the parts so that they work as a whole. Sometimes when I edit, I feel like I’m rewriting the entire story. But after that second or third draft, it’s much more enjoyable to read. It just takes patience and time and dedication to finish the job.