I had a late night revelation a few nights ago (as opposed to a late night revelation which I could have had in the afternoon) and am now playing with changing certain plots - which will necessitate changing other plots, which could lead to a whole bunch of re-writing.
The bigger question is: When is enough enough? How do you know that the book is where it should be and to just leave the damn thing alone? If a large siren would sound it would be better. Or a loud deep voice warning me to 'step away from the computer'.
Ah well. Perhaps I'll work on something else and come back for a 'sober second look' later.
I find that I'm never finished rewriting. I can read Faking It and think "I should've used this word instead of this word" or think of a scene that could've worked.
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True, at some point you have to call it finished. I think you do that when you're ready to throw the damn thing against the wall. That, and when you get some readers to read it and they say, "don't change a thing."
I love the revision process, but I have my days when it's just not working, or I know it's time to call it done.
Thanks for your take on this, Elisa. I understand the feeling of wanting to throw it against the wall!
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