{"id":338,"date":"2019-10-19T17:13:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T17:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lanafreitas.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2021-01-04T16:06:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T16:06:56","slug":"coming-soon-beyond-center-linereflection-on-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/19\/coming-soon-beyond-center-linereflection-on-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming Soon: Beyond Center Line\u2026Reflection on Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Almost four years\nago, I published my first novel, At Center Line<\/em>.\nIronically, Beyond Center Line<\/em>, it’s\nsequel, is set nearly four years after the events of At Center Line<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I was 16,\npublishing a novel was a big deal for me–I had never planned to get published\nand I never thought my work was good enough for publication. So when I got\naccepted by Page Publishing in New York City, New York, I was completely\necstatic. Luckily, this excitement was able to be channeled into improving my\nwork, however, my elation also got the better of me and I made many mistakes\nduring the publication process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my weaknesses is patience and unfortunately, this was reflected in the final product of At Center Line<\/em>. As I look through my own copy, I find minor syntax issues that should have been fixed. Some words could have been stronger, scenes could be more dynamic, I could go on. These mistakes are a result of my lacking patience and my over zealous excitement to just finish editing<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of my friends\nhave asked if I blame the publisher for these mistakes and honestly, I don\u2019t\nblame the publisher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was, and still am, very fortunate to be working with a company that believes that the author is the sole owner of their work. For this reason though, Page Publishing only provides a copy edit–streamlining the minuscule grammatical edits to ensure consistency–so that they do not intrude upon the author’s work. Essentially, I can’t blame my publisher for not catching the changes. It’s my job as the author to understand the direction and purpose of my own writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite my poor\nediting abilities at 16, I still knew exactly how I wanted my novel to look and\nI was ready to start promoting right away. I learned very quickly how to\ncommunicate exactly what I wanted for my cover design and started promoting my\nnovel very quickly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last four\nyears, things have been going well. I’ve sold books, made a reputation on\nsocial media, participated in several book signings, have become a part of\nvarious supportive writing communities, and I’m expanding and learning more\nabout writing everyday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all of this\ngrowth and the continued support, I’ve definitely approached my sequel\ndifferently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t worry, I won’t give away spoilers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through my work as a consultant and my growing openness to corrections and feedback as good news, I have come to thoroughly enjoy editing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the last 6 months, I have been working on editing and perfecting my manuscript to become a true reflection of my writing. As any of my writer friends know, editing is a tiresome and belaboring process, one that many of us dread. But with this time, I found that I was incredibly enthusiastic to begin working on the editing portion of my manuscript. Why? Because I wanted more than anything to ask myself the same complex questions that I ask other writers and I wanted to challenge myself to become better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, editing wasn’t just making changes. Personally, I have found that editing is a reflection on my own writing: it’s pushing myself to be the best writer possible, and developing my voice in the public discourse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the story is essentially written better. So what?<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well there’s more\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This sequel is one\nof those tricky ones. At Center Line <\/em>provided\nthe surface setting for Threa and focused more on themes than characters. In\nmany ways, I find this aspect of my writing very intriguing–but this was not\nwhat I wanted for my sequel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond Center Line<\/em> is a prequel and a sequel.\nIt’s a complete expansion of the world of Threa through evolving characters and\ndynamic plotlines. Additionally, at request of my morals and many of my\nreaders, Beyond Center Line<\/em> completes\nthe multi-faceted two-part Center Line <\/em>series.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Beyond Center Line <\/em>establishes the absolute\nbounds of the world of Threa while maintaining a thorough and complex\nnarrative. With strong themes of identity, patience, and endurance, I believe\nthat Beyond Center Line <\/em>is a true\nreflection of my writing and the reality of Threa and it’s surrounding\nentities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully, my future\nreaders will find their own meaning in the two-part Center Line <\/em>series and come to identify and understand the story\nas a whole. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beyond Center Line is a prequel and a sequel. It’s a complete expansion of the world of Threa through evolving characters and dynamic plotlines. This growth however did not come easily. For the last 6 months, I have been working on editing and perfecting my manuscript to become a true reflection of my writing. … Continue readingComing Soon: Beyond Center Line\u2026Reflection on Writing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[33,32,35,37,22,38,34,36,3],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-books","category-posts","tag-at-center-line","tag-beyond-center-line","tag-coming-soon","tag-growing","tag-learning","tag-my-readers","tag-reflection","tag-updates","tag-writing-process"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lanafreitas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}