I need your help with a special interview ✨ (+ Editing Adventures Tag!)

Subscriber Interview…

Hello! Today I have some exciting news… at the moment, I’m only 3 away from 50 followers!!! *squeals excitedly* I’m so honored and thrilled by all the support and interest you’ve given this blog! Thank you so very much! 😀 Seriously, you all have made this so rewarding. ❤️ I can’t wait to see how this grows in the future (and I’m counting on three more people to subscribe soon to make it officially 50… 😉 )

The reason I need your help? Well, I had the maybe or maybe not brilliant idea of hosting a bookish interview of sorts with you, where you get to answer the question(s) of your choice, and then I’ll collect the answers and feature them on my blog in the official celebratory post.

So if you’re a follower of this blog, please join the fun by taking a quick moment to fill the form below! Answer however many or few questions you want! The button below will take you where you need to go. 😉

Answer the questions!

If you really can’t use the Google form (though I don’t think you even need to have a Google account to fill it), message me in the Contact Form page, and I’ll find another way for you to answer the questions of your choice!

Thank you so much, my amazing friends!!! By the way, for my newsletter subscribers, I’m sorry your newsletter hasn’t come yet… *sheepish laughter* But, not to worry – I’m sending it today! Now for the Editing Adventure Tag, which I decided to combine with this post, because why not?

Editing Adventure Tag

The Rules

• Link back to the original site. ( https://kristinahallauthor.wordpress.com/ Thank you for making the tag, Kristina!)
• Thank the person who tagged you. (Thank you so much, Sisters Three!)
• Include the lovely graphic.
• Answer the ten questions.
• Create ten new editing-related questions of your own or stick with the questions you answered.
• Tag however many of your fellow writers you want.

What’s the goofiest correction spellcheck has suggested you make (nothing profane, please)?

*thinks hard* I know there are plenty but I can’t remember any, sadly.

What’s your most embarrassing typo?

‘Now’ instead of ‘know’? Alas, I know there have been actually embarrassing ones but I can’t remember any!

What is your record number of complete edits on one project?

I don’t know… I have about three books (two of those are literally unfinished – like, I didn’t finish writing the first draft) that I’ve done several edits on, maybe 6 or 7 rounds. Alas, I never thought to count them. 😀 

When is a project good enough for you?

Never. Most of the time, I’d say “barely tolerable” is how I view any finished projects. *winks* But it’s weird, cause I also love the finished projects. Yes, I see how much they fall short of what they could be in my imaginations, but hey, they’re still my babies, as writers seem to say. 😉 😀 

On a more realistic note, a project is good enough for me when I’ve truly done my best and I don’t see any other ways I can improve it – after having gotten all the feedback I can from beta readers, etc.

Do you live in fear of finding a typo in your published work (novels, short stories, blog posts, etc.)?

Yes, even though I’ve only published blog-related stuff. (Wait, fanfics count too, I’m assuming.) And yes, I always go back and edit the published post when I find the typo. But when I see a typo on other people’s things, I never mind it. Urgh, perfectionism and double standards, lol.

What mistakes or writing styles drive you the craziest (when you’re reading)?

The writing style of 3rd person omniscient. I haven’t read many books where head-jumping is pulled off so fantastically. It can tend to feel abrupt and estrange you from the characters. *in my opinion*

Have you ever written in a library book to correct a typo?

I don’t think so. Notice that I’m not 100% sure. Lol, I seriously just can’t remember.

Can you edit and write in the same day?

Yes. I can.

Should I? Well, that’s another matter entirely.

What’s your favorite part of editing?

Getting to enrich the story and make it more polished. And that includes line edits, even though those can be super annoying. I mean, in general, I just love playing with words.

What’s your least favorite part?

Anything changing the plot itself is scary. And thus my least favorite part. Though I will admit, I love chasing “plot bunnies” and exploring with different paths the story can take, different backstories, etc. I also hate editing boring sections/sections I’ve been over again and again, as well as deciding whether to keep, delete or rewrite something.

My Questions

1. How often do you read books (not written by you) and find yourself mentally editing them?
2. What’s your overall editing process like?
3. Do you follow the same editing process each time?
4. What word have you misspelled for most of your life? (There has to be one, right?)
5. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy line edits?
6. Do you tend to over-edit?
7. Why do you love or hate editing?
8. Do you ever print your WIPs to edit them, or do you only edit from a device?
9. Are there times you misspell your own name? (Tell me I’m not the only one!)
10. In your opinion, which round of edits are the most rewarding?

I’ll leave an open tag, so if you’re reading this post, feel free to snag this for yourself!

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Oh, the life of a writer. 😀 I hope you liked reading this, and remember: take a quick moment to answer the questions of your choice for the subscriber interview! Until next time, I want to know… Do you write in library books to correct typo?s typos? (I can’t believe I just had a typo writing “typo.”) What word did you once constantly misspell? (For me, it was “necessary”. Among others, of course.) How do you feel about needing to change things to your story’s plot? When is a project good enough for you? How do you feel about gifs – love them or hate them?