tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post542907719830519844..comments2023-11-03T05:49:10.841-04:00Comments on Storytelling Rules: Revisions – Will the book ever be what I initially conceived in my mindMaureen McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-65905557944741596822007-07-03T21:15:00.000-04:002007-07-03T21:15:00.000-04:00Lol, I love the comments on this post! I would say...Lol, I love the comments on this post! I would say I am mostly a mess of self doubt. I have an idea, a feeling or what I want to achieve with my book. I think of it as the idealised version, and I think I am doing ok until I actually read what I've written and it is like comparing a stick man to ...erm... say Nathan Fillion (drools). Is it possible for the book on the page to live up to the book in your mind? I don't know, but I hope you get it pretty close. I'll let you know if I succeed :)Inkpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253894925544281211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-65157727779117796452007-06-29T19:22:00.000-04:002007-06-29T19:22:00.000-04:00We do? We gotta love it? I was hoping we could tra...We do? We gotta love it? I was hoping we could trade it in -- for a puppy or something.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-17466811171478804052007-06-29T13:57:00.000-04:002007-06-29T13:57:00.000-04:00I feel the same way about the rough draft, Molly. ...I feel the same way about the rough draft, Molly. Love that feeling, for however long it lasts.. <BR/>Which isn't very long usually. <BR/><BR/>Gotta love the mess of doubts and worry that comes with this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-19123579920515020602007-06-29T11:16:00.000-04:002007-06-29T11:16:00.000-04:00i was just thinking about this the other day as I ...i was just thinking about this the other day as I was sitting down starting a new first draft. And I realized that as I'm writing that first draft - before I reread anything - as the dialogue is coming to me without edits and the characters are only in my head - THAT'S THE ONLY TIME it seems as good as it seems in my head. As soon as I read what I wrote I see it for what it is -- a rough first draft.Molly O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171236688541657736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29864506.post-91611056449498491672007-06-28T23:27:00.000-04:002007-06-28T23:27:00.000-04:00I'm definitely a big bowl of self-doubt 98% of the...I'm definitely a big bowl of self-doubt 98% of the time (don't need to tell you that, Sinead. LOL) But I don't really have the same "not living up to expectations" thing it sounds like you do. Perhaps because i don't plot my books out enough or think them out enough before I start to have very high expectations at that point. I go through most of my terror/self doubt during the first draft stage.<BR/><BR/>But this confusion/inability to think straight thing I'm going through doing revisions this time is scary.Maureen McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00494408580378817045noreply@blogger.com