Autumn is a beautiful season of trees shedding leaves. Some of those leaves are so pretty, it’s amazing the trees have dropped them. You’d think they would want to keep them on display till the end of the season. The red leaves are my favorites. I don’t see them often, and I think they’re remarkable.
Just as trees let go of beautiful leaves, writers can let go of beautifully written sections of their book if those sections don’t serve the overall story. It’s part of the self-editing process that comes after writing your first draft. This process may include the difficult decision to remove some of your carefully crafted paragraphs if they no longer serve the focus of your book. And possibly replace them with something new.
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Janet Eriksson 