tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post859660691256776592..comments2023-04-27T04:30:40.440-05:00Comments on Digging Out of Distraction: To Write Well is to Revise a Lot!Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-37163595575569910972010-01-24T09:55:59.256-06:002010-01-24T09:55:59.256-06:00Martha, it's true. The relationship writers ha...Martha, it's true. The relationship writers have with their work is an ambivalent love affair!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-48170313749751064732010-01-23T17:01:30.637-06:002010-01-23T17:01:30.637-06:00You have such a way of putting things... it is suc...You have such a way of putting things... it is such a love/hate relationship we have with our manuscripts, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-82978073853961007072010-01-22T22:16:26.934-06:002010-01-22T22:16:26.934-06:00Tina, this is so true! I know you're right. An...Tina, this is so true! I know you're right. And I still visit my first WIP and I know I can fix it based on what I have learned. <br /><br />Great insight.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-78292625582367084852010-01-22T19:32:16.530-06:002010-01-22T19:32:16.530-06:00And sometimes the best reward is seeing the orgina...And sometimes the best reward is seeing the orginal story, the original idea five time better than you thought it was originally. I'm back on book one, something I swore I was done revising and I'm making changes, thinking how did I not catch that before. But I've learned so much in the past two years, so I look for things and at things differently. It can be painful 'cause sometimes you just want to get to the next project and as a writer that is one more thing we have to learn - is knowing when to put it away and truly move on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10251531547727119406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-2093969972679285432010-01-22T06:33:40.849-06:002010-01-22T06:33:40.849-06:00Hi Zoe: yes we are masochists. I even added more p...Hi Zoe: yes we are masochists. I even added more pain to my work by deciding to stretch a category romance of only 50,000 words into a single title contemporary romance with suspenseful elements. That's another 25,000 words and I have to delay some of the emotional elements till later. I guess I must really like hitting myself over the head with my writing bat.<br /><br />Good luck with your baby. I know you'll get to the end again. Third draft in is usually where I feel the story coming together. Hang in!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523176879771875815.post-71192387044911274732010-01-22T02:44:11.194-06:002010-01-22T02:44:11.194-06:00We're masochists aren't we?
I used to ch...We're masochists aren't we? <br /><br />I used to churn out books and refuse to go back to them until my WIP, but now, 3rd draft in, I feel your pain. But I recognise the joy too, sure this new draft is a pain in the hole, but I can see things coming together, the story is becoming more than it was, my baby is growing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775698658948958161noreply@blogger.com