Holy shit, your self-editing is so much more structured than mine! :D
I agree with you on the let it be -mentality. I usually let my stories simmer for months if I can (depending on the story, of course), and then I start rereading and rewriting. I use Scrivener but I haven't tried revision tools. I just revise and rewrite the actual text, add highlights and comments (my own favorites so far being FURY WHAT THE FUCK? and ADD WET DREAMS). I do think printing stuff out and editing by hand would probably help but I don't have a printer and I'm...rather paranoid about printing stuff out at work...well...
I'm my own worst critique. I read a paragraph, turn it this way and that way, read it sentence by sentence, and ask what it means and what it lacks. I'm usually pretty good at figuring out what my fic is missing but if I get stuck, I'll ask a friend.
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Date: 2019-01-26 02:43 pm (UTC)I agree with you on the let it be -mentality. I usually let my stories simmer for months if I can (depending on the story, of course), and then I start rereading and rewriting. I use Scrivener but I haven't tried revision tools. I just revise and rewrite the actual text, add highlights and comments (my own favorites so far being FURY WHAT THE FUCK? and ADD WET DREAMS). I do think printing stuff out and editing by hand would probably help but I don't have a printer and I'm...rather paranoid about printing stuff out at work...well...
I'm my own worst critique. I read a paragraph, turn it this way and that way, read it sentence by sentence, and ask what it means and what it lacks. I'm usually pretty good at figuring out what my fic is missing but if I get stuck, I'll ask a friend.