tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post1696952672512596668..comments2023-09-29T11:06:22.615-04:00Comments on One Aimless Writer: THE DREADED REWRITE...Aimlesswriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-71230709403758463832008-02-06T22:54:00.000-05:002008-02-06T22:54:00.000-05:00Aimless, unless the opening will change the rest o...Aimless, unless the opening will change the rest of the story/book, I would leave it alone.<BR/><BR/>For me, adding the death of the guard did change the book. That means rewrites on 38 chapters, but it's also what was missing.<BR/><BR/>Aside from that, I am going back to finishing it.<BR/><BR/>Compuserve Books and Writers' forum is having a firsts workshop and I foolishly got involved. I am right back to the opposite advice.<BR/><BR/>I think it often does depend on who is reading.Julie Weathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725236516593676381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-32382955281810164912008-01-31T22:34:00.000-05:002008-01-31T22:34:00.000-05:00Julie, I know what you mean! I have a story I real...Julie, I know what you mean! I have a story I really like but keep rewriting the opening over and over. I need the inspiration to get this finished and out the door. <BR/>I really liked the tongue opening in Dancing Horses. Great visuals!Aimlesswriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-74389817912190662172008-01-30T23:05:00.000-05:002008-01-30T23:05:00.000-05:00I understand that. I am so mortally sick of rewri...I understand that. I am so mortally sick of rewriting the first chapter of Paladin I want to throw up.<BR/><BR/>I'm not entering any more contests or inviting any more comments until the book is finished. It just makes me want to throw it away and go to work on Dragon Valley. Or The Bard. Or Gibson's Girl. Or Dancing Horses. Or Autumn Daze. Or Over The Hill.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I do need to concentrate.Julie Weathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725236516593676381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-23645294340548127712008-01-30T19:05:00.000-05:002008-01-30T19:05:00.000-05:00I think the biggest problem is that I already have...I think the biggest problem is that I already have another story in my head and I'm ready to move on. First draft if play time, rewrite is homework. <BR/>But I'm trudging along.Aimlesswriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-80009895319797963192008-01-30T18:59:00.000-05:002008-01-30T18:59:00.000-05:00Oh, congratulations. I understand completely wher...Oh, congratulations. I understand completely where you're coming from. I look at parts of Paladin and think they are really good and other parts <BR/><BR/>Just getting it finished is a tremendous accomplishment.Julie Weathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13725236516593676381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-4656355327960806462008-01-21T12:56:00.000-05:002008-01-21T12:56:00.000-05:00Sometimes I have to take a little break. I let it...Sometimes I have to take a little break. I let it cool for awhile and go ahead and work on something else. I've also done edits for one thing while writing rough draft for another thing. And I can't write my rough draft words until I finish a certain amount of edits, so I'm using my enthusiasm for the new project as a reward for editing on the old project. Or you could try doing what I'm doing right now. I feel bizarrely guilty about too much research and planning, like I'm procrastinating and not actually working, but if I'm doing it WHILE I'm editing something else, there is less of that feeling.<BR/><BR/>I went through this same feeling with the novel I'm working on final edits for right now. It feels a lot like the middle of the rough draft, but once you get started you'll pick up a second wind. <BR/><BR/>Even if you're just chipping away at it a little at a time, you're still working on it. Novels are big herculean feats, but you can do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-3293871787154727632008-01-21T08:28:00.000-05:002008-01-21T08:28:00.000-05:00I am the Queen of the first draft. LOL.Love 'em, u...I am the Queen of the first draft. LOL.<BR/><BR/>Love 'em, usually think they are dripping with potential...but then I fall for a new first draft and those characters I slept with for weeks suddenly become exes I want nothing to do with. :(<BR/><BR/>Good thing my husband doesn't know about my long term commitment issues!<BR/><BR/>My son rigged Solitaire with a big red X that says virus...the little smart ass. I've replaced endless card games with endless blog hopping. So much more to be learned. Right?lainey bancrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198092987859920805noreply@blogger.com