tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post3898705405382021045..comments2024-03-29T04:15:38.341-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): "Easily" Published? [Mailbox]Chris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-4046794659181793282021-03-20T17:50:59.187-07:002021-03-20T17:50:59.187-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.LadyMustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14939073176237549501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-65345008204623419622021-03-20T17:44:18.426-07:002021-03-20T17:44:18.426-07:00Strong advice: Do that twice. Full rewrite. Don...Strong advice: Do that twice. Full rewrite. Don't just open the document and revise what you have. Rewrite. Twice.<br /><br />That sentence. That one, RIGHT THERE, nails a huge problem that I've been having square on the head. <br /><br />It's advice that I didn't want, but desperately needed to hear. <br /><br />I dabbled with writing for most of my life but I recently grew frustrated by the fact that I couldn't seem to finish any of the dozens of story ideas I had in my head, on notebooks, in word documents, on napkins etc. etc. <br /><br />Two years ago, I decided that I would finish a first draft or DIE TRYING. Obviously I'm not dead, which means I survived the write-or-death experience with the first draft for Part 1 of a fanfic trilogy I've had on my heart for a while. <br /><br />I took some affordable online writing courses on editing/ grammar so I wasn't going in completely blind, and tried for a second draft. I rewrote the first four chapters, said "fuck you with fire" to chapter 6 and tried editing the rest, but it didn't feel right and I've been beating my head against the wall trying to figure out what to do with it because I thought that it was my editing that was horribly wrong, and that my third draft would wind up being be worse than the second draft and- <br /><br />Turns out, I just need to rewrite it all over again. :/ <br /><br />Are we allowed to cry between re-writes? Y'know, in private? Is that something real writers do? <br /><br />I checked tons of guides, but "cathartic weeping" is not listed in any of them. TnT LadyMustardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14939073176237549501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-61596586458243478172021-03-19T14:09:58.337-07:002021-03-19T14:09:58.337-07:00This pretty well describes the journey to publishi...This pretty well describes the journey to publishing. It is confirming. Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153841102785025413noreply@blogger.com