#labor intensive

[sapphicagenda]

Mushroom from Agatha All Along Set!

Look what I got/made my wife for Christmas!

It's a glowing mushroom from the set of Agatha All Along and I taught myself how to use Blender so I could design and 3D print a custom display for it.

I'm so proud of this haha

[carlisle980]

I've spent the last five days planning school

My head is spinning. There is SO. MUCH. AVAILABLE. And so few guidelines. I'm supposed to like that, but it's really intimidating. I'm a rules-follower, and there's nothing to go by. Still, I'm pretty excited about some of the things we'll be doing this year.

[timestechnow]

AI is changing the way logistics automation complements a labor-intensive industry

In a logistics environment, the potential for automation is massive and the benefits it brings are significant.

[dimigex]

zodiac writing asks: virgo Feeling already knowing the answer, still gonna ask lol

Still taking asks from this Zodiac Writers Asks

virgo: are you very critical of your own writing? how much do you find yourself editing (either during the writing or after the fact)?

Haha, yes. I am extremely critical of my own writing. I firmly believe that the first draft of anything is shit, especially when it comes to my own writing. This is one of the reasons that I'm so slow with posting. I spend far too much editing and deciding if something is "good enough" to post.

TL:DR - I'm an obsessive perfectionist who edits probably way more than I need to. (see below the cut for my process lol)

I think I've discussed my editing process before on here, but basically it gets multiple edits before it sees the light of day. Here's what a story looks like for me

Step One: word vomit in a doc. Honestly, it's probably passable but I would never post it. I sometimes edit as I go here because I recognize things I frequently fix but not always. If I catch something I'll fix it, but generally this step is about getting the story out.

Step Two: reread what I wrote (once it's finished) and edit for cohesiveness and flow (aka do I have the right character name (lol) are they moving, have I over used said, do the sentences need rearranged. Could I say this better. What about the sense, what does the place look, smell, taste, feel like, what sounds and colors are there, etc. I usually double my word length in this edit.

Step Three: In-depth edit. In this edit, I read each paragraph for things like word choice to make sure the emotional impact I want is there. Then I read the last sentence in that paragraph to make sure I haven't missed any words or that it makes sense out of context. Then I read each sentence in that paragraph backward for the same thing. (So: if a paragraphs is A. B. C. D. E., I read E. D. C. B. A) Then I read that paragraph in the right order to make sure it all flows with the new changes. Then I move on to the next. I usually add more words here as well. But it's fine details, maybe exclaimed instead of said or an image that I really want to drive home (or a theme). It's honestly mostly word choice or making an image stronger.

Step Four: Send it to beta once I'm totally happy with it or as happy as I can be. At this point, @cinlat goes through and generally tells me to stop using the same word too much, stop phrasing things the same way, cut my adverbs, fix my commas, and generally helps with places that I got stuck and asked for her to fix my wording (she does do beta for a fee if you're interested, I cannot recommend her work enough. Some of the most impactful things have come from her edits or suggestions)

Step Five: Reread a final time, accepting or rejecting the beta remarks and fixing anything small I catch. (usually by this edit, it doesn't change much. It's mostly the beta marks or if she needed me to clarify something). Generally I'm fairly happy with the story at this point. I should also mention that I complain all the time during writing about how I hate my characters and editing is hard and this scene will never work, etc. Poor Cinlat listens to me more than she should lol

Step Six: Post the chapter/story once I'm sick of looking at it (generally right after step five's read through)

So . . .yeah. . . I guess my process is a bit extensive haha Sometimes I skip step three, but rarely on anything over 1000 words. No idea if my readers can tell which stories got heavy edits and which got lazy ones, but I can lol

[echonightmarejournal]

Renewing rusted and ancient cast iron cookware is a labor-intensive and hateful process. If it doesn't count as a nightmare it really should.