#revising process

So we’ve just finished talking to two more of our editors, both of whom were tasked with plot/sensitivity editing.

They had a lot of good notes, including:

Keeping our main character’s brothers distinct, so they fulfill different roles rather than blending together

Adding some more early detail about our main child character’s issues

Making sure one character had a logical arc 

Adding a bit more of the Cuban culture 

Setting the scene a bit more in our love interest’s apartment

Showing the reason behind a certain character’s personality shift

Showing the evolution of how our POV character sees the love interest

(Yes, we’re being vague.  Can’t give too much away!)

     The two people I noticed have a few differences.  I noticed that king did not really care for first drafts very much.  He said "a first draft should take no more than three months."  Sommers on the other hand talked about how experienced writers should keep working on their first draft until it is well off.  Time does not matter.  Sommers also talks about how the revising process is constant; this is not the case with King.