Macro- view Micro-view
What are these editing processes, you may ask. One of my most relied upon books during the revision process is Susan Bell's The Artful Edit. She talks about the process under two broad topics - macro and micro views. Macro is the big picture and micro is the details. Another way to think about it is when a scene is considered from the balcony (macro) or the floor (micro). It would be great to say that you go through one process (macro) first and then follow it up with a close micro look. But that ain't how most folks do it. We go back and forth between the two - sometimes to our own peril, but nonetheless.The macro-view involves looking at intention, character, structure, foreshadowing, theme and continuity of tone.
The micro-view involves language, repetition, redundancy, clarity, authenticity, continuity, show and tell, beginnings, endings,transitions. Whew! Just reading that made my head swim.
I'm putting most of my attention right now on macro type things - mainly the structure and intention. I, of course, can't help but look at the language while I do so and try to clear up repetitions and produce a clarity with how I say things. Sometimes I think of this like building a house (my fella is a house builder, so it comes naturally). There is no point in decorating walls that might not be in the building once it is done. Sometimes I can't help it - I might not know that something in the plot doesn't serve my story until I've tinkered about with it - moving a scene here and there, strengthening the language, layering in the themes - but at some point I will realize that the pig won't fly, no matter what sort of tutu I force it into, and I'll let it go.
Pandemic journal: I cannot just pretend this is another April and share these ideas of mine and others as if everything is just ticking along. So...hello in there, whatever in you happen to be in. I'm having a tough time focusing on my revision - these little posts are actually quite helpful in reminding me of what I want to get done - all the same, it is rough sledding. I hope whatever you and yours are up to that you remember what is important on the planet now and forevermore. For me it is my spiritual practice, the love I feel for everyone, and my creative life. Falling into despair will not help others and it sure won't help me - so I keep on truckin' with a few more breaks than I'd normally give myself.
Be well good people!
2 comments:
I'm so glad you took up this topic, Jan! That's the thing about writing: it's a macro process and a micro process. Both are needed if the story is going to be a good one. And sometimes, you have to do them simultaneously.
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