tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post3607868680953781462..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Revisiting Revisions (and cooking pasta)Maureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-52583141745339792032007-07-05T12:31:00.001-04:002007-07-05T12:31:00.001-04:00Yes, Inkpot. I think we all need to work at the pa...Yes, Inkpot. I think we all need to work at the pace that's right for us. More important to continually improve and create quality work than to produce tons of volume.<BR/><BR/>Sure, some people can do both. I am so jealous of those people, but have to realize that right now, that's not me.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-91089074108053604152007-07-05T12:31:00.000-04:002007-07-05T12:31:00.000-04:00Yes, Inkpot. I think we all need to work at the pa...Yes, Inkpot. I think we all need to work at the pace that's right for us. More important to continually improve and create quality work than to produce tons of volume.<BR/><BR/>Sure, some people can do both. I am so jealous of those people, but have to realize that right now, that's not me.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-56747140856404458662007-07-03T21:11:00.000-04:002007-07-03T21:11:00.000-04:00This post really hit a chord with me. I'm working ...This post really hit a chord with me. I'm working on finishing a book at the moment and then I want to go back and revise the first book in the trilogy and get it ready to be sent out to agents by September. Sometimes I am thinking so much about missing my deadlines and all the things I haven't done that I lose sight of the things I have done. I'm always beating myself up for not having written twenty wonderful books, short stories, novellas already this year in a variety of different genres. If I manage to do what I am doing well I should be happy! Anyway, it is nice to read that other writers feel as insecure and rushed as I do. :) Sorry for the rather rambling incoherant post, but I am tired and it is late (the excuse of the internet, I know)Inkpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253894925544281211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-52633453024795532542007-06-28T12:08:00.000-04:002007-06-28T12:08:00.000-04:00I'm in the part of the process where revisions are...I'm in the part of the process where revisions are hard.. worse still, because apparently my brain doesn't work when I'm pregnant so three weeks worth of work has to be completely redone. <BR/><BR/>I also want to learn to write faster.. and better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-27428731987822469152007-06-27T19:51:00.000-04:002007-06-27T19:51:00.000-04:00Oh, thank goodness you posted this, Maureen! I'm f...Oh, thank goodness you posted this, Maureen! I'm feeling exactly the same way about my WIP. I think the pressure of the upcoming conference is definitely adding to my worries. I really like my WIP, and in editing I discovered that it needed a single scene added - a short one - and yet it's taking me forever to get it straight in my mind. At least it's not just me having this problem, you've made me feel much more normal today.Leah Braemelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096818299653189737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-4880676280870987622007-06-27T14:17:00.000-04:002007-06-27T14:17:00.000-04:00Oh, Molly, I'm soooo reminded of when my son was a...Oh, Molly, I'm soooo reminded of when my son was a baby and my friend, whose son was 4 months older, would write to me and tell me what all she was doing. See, her son would nap for three hours every afternoon. My son? Half an hour was a big nap for him.<BR/><BR/>So she'd be telling me how she was baking her own bread and sewing curtains, etc. etc. and I'd be thinking, "I had a shower today....." :-)Margaret Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-35526936040959437802007-06-27T13:08:00.000-04:002007-06-27T13:08:00.000-04:00Those are interesting points Margaret -- I think y...Those are interesting points Margaret -- I think you're probably right - there's some peace of mind that comes from staying off the loops. I'm doing as much as I possibly can - I don't need to hear how someone else manages to rewrite, raise kids, lose weight and speak at three conferences a year.<BR/><BR/>I agree the problems and pleasures are different with every mms. I always think I have something nailed in one mms only to blow it again two books later.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-14551602675881045422007-06-27T09:24:00.000-04:002007-06-27T09:24:00.000-04:00I think that there's more pressure than ever on wr...I think that there's more pressure than ever on writers to produce and produce quickly and for that, I blame the internet. We are so much more aware of what everyone else is doing and how they work, we start to question our own methods and even why we write. That's only natural, but it doesn't help the process.<BR/><BR/>You've given yourself a tough row to hoe, and that's going to take more time than a less complicated story. Just the way it is. Accept, try to relax (but not too much) and you'll get it done. Better to send something as polished as you can make it than half-baked (talk about yer mixed metaphor! I should probably revise that, but you know what I mean.)Margaret Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11556769462995493735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-44453375154315129042007-06-27T07:48:00.000-04:002007-06-27T07:48:00.000-04:00I tend to write my first draft very quickly, then ...I tend to write my first draft very quickly, then I have to go back through and see where all the holes are. I have a love/hate relationship with editing. I love the end results...hate having to do it. I always second guess myself. I think that's why its important to have someone else read it through and have them identify parts of the story that aren't working. The rest comes as you edit those bits. <BR/><BR/>I feel the pressure to write fast, but that's something I've done to myself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777733587200293442noreply@blogger.com