March 13, 2017

Editing: From Nay to YAY!


Hello friends! I’ve been feeling a bit exhausted lately, so when my husband invited me to join him at a conference last weekend in Bagan Lalang, on the Malaysian Goldcoast, I gladly accepted. And I must have found the inspiration I needed, because I managed to finish the very last revisions in the manuscript for my novel! It was the third/fourth round of edits, so no wonder I was getting a little tired of looking at the same paragraphs over and over…

I had saved the hardest parts for last (I always do this: pick the “low hanging fruit” first, aka the “easy” edits, and then I end up with a bunch of difficult places to go over…) but sitting in a comfy armchair in our house on the ocean, with the sliding doors to the balcony open to this view, and the warm ocean breeze…; I guess this was just the right spot for me, because suddenly those difficult parts were not so difficult anymore, and I found solutions to passages that have frustrated me for weeks.

So I guess that’s the solution to editing frustration: relax, breathe, and enjoy beautiful scenery. Come to think of it, that sounds like a good solution to many kinds of frustrations.

And it’s another story that I woke up Monday morning with a few new revisions in mind! (Maybe I got an overdose of beautiful scenery, ha ha.) But these new ideas were minor really, and easily fixed, so I do have a finished manuscript! Phew! After all this time! It feels surreal; at one point I thought I’d never finish, especially since so much time this year went to physio therapy for my hand, travels, and getting settled in Kuala Lumpur.

Now I can’t wait to start my next book project, I have already started to brainstorm a couple of book ideas. I feel like this is a magical phase, when characters grow from vague notions to real people, and setting and plot come together. This is also the phase when I enjoy immensely to read books on writing, just to boost the place in my brain where stories are born.

So this is what’s been going on with me lately. Hope you’re all having wonderful late winter/spring months, and enjoying yourselves wherever you are!

Hugs,

Lene

PS. If you want more pictures from Bagan Lalang, you are very welcome to check out my Instagram account.



Comments (14)

  • Yay! Congratulations on finishing your manuscript!! I’m so excited to read the finished product. And I’m convinced I also need to go to Bagan Lalang to get some writing inspiration…one day, I hope! Hope the relaxation follows you home and that the next project starts off well!

    • Thanks Angelica! Yay, finally finished! This one took a year longer than I expected… And I can picture us out on the balcony of one of those houses on the ocean in Bagan Lalang, chatting away when we had planned to be writing… 😉 Would be so much fun if you came to Malaysia!

  • Grattis Lene! Underbart att miljöombytet gjorde susen. Ser fram emot att fĂ„ lĂ€sa. Hoppas vi fĂ„r veta mer snart. SjĂ€lv fortsĂ€tter jag skriva och gĂ„ pĂ„ Sören Bondesons kurser. Gillar verkligen detta 🙂

    • HĂ€rligt Eva, lĂ„ter som jĂ€tteroliga kurser! Jag hade ju ocksĂ„ Sören som lĂ€rare som du vet. 🙂 Tyckte det var kanon. Och tack för pepp, hoppas kunna berĂ€tta mer snart om detta svĂ„rfĂ„ngade manus som Ă€ntligen sett dagens ljus!

  • Grattis Lene! LĂ€ngtar efter att lĂ€sa boken – kan nĂ€stan inte vĂ€nta. Platsen ni har varit de senaste dagarna ser helt ljuvlig ut. Även jag skulle bli inspirerad att skapa en bok med de omgivningarna men det skulle bli en fotobok.

    • Nu hittade jag bĂ„da dina kommentarer, de hade hamnat som spam av nĂ„gon konstig anledning. Och wow vilken fotobok det skulle bli, jag har ju sett dina andra fotoböcker, det Ă€r en imponerande skara böcker du skapat! Tror att du skulle gilla Bagan Lalang, det ligger dessutom sĂ„ solen gĂ„r ner i havet bakom husen, Ă€ven om det var grĂ„molniga kvĂ€llar nĂ€r vi var dĂ€r.

  • Vilket bra tips att Ă„ka till en vacker plats för att fĂ„ inspiration! Det finns ju sĂ„ mĂ„nga runt om i vĂ€rlden … En av mina favoriter Ă€r SkĂ€rsjön, utanför Kungsbacka. Lycka till vidare i bokprocessen!

    • Ja, vilken skillnad det gjorde att fĂ„ komma ut i naturen! Jag saknar ofta de svenska vidderna av skog, hav och sjö. Och jaa, SkĂ€rsjön som Ă€r sĂ„ vackert, tack för att du pĂ„minde om det. Och tack för pepp! Alltid vĂ€lbehövligt! 🙂

  • Grattis till att du fĂ„tt ett avslut pĂ„ arbetet du satt dig för att göra, mĂ„tte vara skönt + bonusen vacker plats för bĂ„de öga o öra o sinne.Vi glĂ€ds med dig! Och vĂ€ntar med spĂ€nning, förvĂ€ntan o stolthet pĂ„ resultatet. Kramar

    • Tack snĂ€lla, och ja, otroligt skönt att Ă€ntligen se slutet. Detta manus tog ett Ă„r lĂ€ngre att fĂ€rdigstĂ€lla Ă€n jag rĂ€knat med, men samtidigt kĂ€nns det lite tomt nu… FĂ„r börja pĂ„ nytt sĂ„ snart jag kan för att fylla tomrummet. 🙂 Kram, kram.

  • Underbart, skönt att pusselbitarna föll pĂ„ plats nĂ€r du Ă€r pĂ„ bĂ€sta plats. Ser drömlikt vackert ut. Skulle gĂ€rna Ă„xĂ„ vara pĂ„ plats med en ljuvlig bris lekande pĂ„ huden.kram Lene ser fram emot att kanske fĂ„ lĂ€sa vad du skriver.

    • Ja, jag var tveksam till om det skulle gĂ„ att skriva pĂ„ ett sĂ„ vackert stĂ€lle, tĂ€nkte att man kanske skulle bli distraherad, men det gick ju finfint. Roligt att du vill lĂ€sa och stor kram tillbaka!

    • Tack, vad roligt! Och visst Ă€r det fin utsikt i Bagan Lalang! Hela omrĂ„det med hus pĂ„ havet var ordnat som ett stort palmtrĂ€d, vilket var vĂ€ldigt smart, för alla husen har sĂ„ hĂ€r fin utsikt.

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