tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post6399125735117981486..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: Revising Storiestate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-78899622872045180182009-05-03T20:54:00.000-05:002009-05-03T20:54:00.000-05:00am dealing with this now. I have a manuscript I th...am dealing with this now. I have a manuscript I thought was almost ready to shop, but I read it and found out I was wrong. My writing style has changed, I've found my voice since I wrote that book, and other issues. So I sent it back to my readers and told them to rip it up. And boy did they. Since I got it back, I ripped it apart, as well.<br /><br />Right now, it's a mess. Sitting on my desk in tatters. Trying to stitch it all back together. <br /><br />I don't mind revisions - it's in the revisions where I tend to find the true meat of my stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-47778980317143459652009-05-01T11:38:00.000-05:002009-05-01T11:38:00.000-05:00I'm the opposite. Usually, I like revisions becau...I'm the opposite. Usually, I like revisions because at least I have a finished project in hand. However, I understand about the perfectionism. It's hard to know when to leave things well enough alone.tate hallawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-50099956324616501612009-04-30T16:36:00.000-05:002009-04-30T16:36:00.000-05:00I knew one man, a poet and teacher, who said that ...I knew one man, a poet and teacher, who said that writing was much like a process of elimination (that's a euphemism) and who wants to revisit what's been "eliminated"?<br /><br />Rewriting is the slow part of the process for me.Paul Lambhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com