{"id":10126,"date":"2024-05-24T09:34:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T13:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=10126"},"modified":"2024-05-25T19:43:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T23:43:55","slug":"reading-is-writing-sometimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/reading-is-writing-sometimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading is Writing, Sometimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/r-avatar-e1443983880436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>Our WIP has hit that point, roughly 100 pages in, where it&#8217;s time to go back and read over what we&#8217;ve done so far. Take it for a test drive and see how it handles at cruising speed.<\/p>\n<p>During the writing process, we have of course been continually reading and rereading as we added to it, but with a very narrow focus. Looking at the current scene, the current paragraph, the current word. Now, by taking it all in as a whole we are reminded of where the characters came from, how the current scenes came to be.<\/p>\n<p>It also recharges us by reminding us how far we&#8217;ve come. Reviewing your progress is a healthy thing, and can be fantastic for morale. We find it renews our desire to see how it turns out. (Even though we already know &#8212; there are always still surprises!)<\/p>\n<p>What this read-thru is not: a revision pass. Sure, we&#8217;ll clean up whatever easy stuff we happen to spot, and make some notes for later about any larger considerations. But it&#8217;s important to keep in mind that this is a WIP, and we have to keep moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>A writing partner is your first reader, your sharpest critic, and your biggest fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our WIP has hit that point, roughly 100 pages in, where it&#8217;s time to go back and read over what we&#8217;ve done so far. Take it for a test drive and see how it handles at cruising speed. During the writing process, we have of course been continually reading and rereading as we added to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[527],"tags":[559,569],"class_list":["post-10126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composition-progress","tag-as-yet-untitled-ghost-novel-2","tag-read-thru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10126"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10129,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10126\/revisions\/10129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}