It never occurred to me that writers would get other people to compile their index for them. Â Are there people who do this for a living? Â Where do I send my CV?JonB wrote:I've just finished writing an index. It really wasn't a smart idea to try and do it myself. Never again.
There was an option to have it done by a third party - freelance, I guess - but I would have had to pay for it. I'd expect a really big publisher would just take care of it.adkm1979 wrote:It never occurred to me that writers would get other people to compile their index for them. Â Are there people who do this for a living? Â Where do I send my CV? Also, don't word processors have the function for you to highlight a word and say, "add this and every other instance of this word/phrase to the index, and then keep track of the page it's on, and alphabetise the index? Â They can handle Contents pages at the front...I've just finished writing an index. It really wasn't a smart idea to try and do it myself. Never again.
tin_robot wrote:I've literally (within the last 30 minutes) just finished the first draft of a 78000 word novel. Â I had pictured myself being unbelievably proud and excited at this point, but in reality I'm just really anxious about having to read the whole thing back again, as I'm certain a hell of a lot of re-writing will need to take place. Â Such is my fear of rereading, nearly everything I've written in the past has been one draft and done, but there's no way I'll get away with that for this. Â (This is my first time writing anything long form.) Â Think I'll leave it for a few weeks at least before I go near it, and then I'll probably delete it in a fit of pique. Anyone got any tips for reducing the horror/ tedium of doing this?
Dark Soldier wrote:What genre is it?
Missed this at the time. Â Just cracked 60k in my thesis and the re-reading never gets easier. Â I habitually review what I wrote the previous day, make some changes. Â Gets me moving for writing new stuff. Â Fucking thesis.tin_robot wrote:I've literally (within the last 30 minutes) just finished the first draft of a 78000 word novel. Â I had pictured myself being unbelievably proud and excited at this point, but in reality I'm just really anxious about having to read the whole thing back again, as I'm certain a hell of a lot of re-writing will need to take place. Â Such is my fear of rereading, nearly everything I've written in the past has been one draft and done, but there's no way I'll get away with that for this. Â (This is my first time writing anything long form.) Â Think I'll leave it for a few weeks at least before I go near it, and then I'll probably delete it in a fit of pique. Anyone got any tips for reducing the horror/ tedium of doing this?
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