tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post5727690084503352022..comments2023-05-13T06:16:44.531-07:00Comments on Conda's Creative Center - Tips, Hints & Secrets: Rewriting Pros and ConsConda Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-35281139345701662792008-09-12T11:10:00.000-07:002008-09-12T11:10:00.000-07:00If your blog is any example, you do an amazing amo...If your blog is any example, you do an amazing amount, Muse--of every creative endeavor you do!<BR/><BR/>And yes, those are the grapes hanging on a vine--adorable and fun.<BR/><BR/>And a great weekend right back at you!Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-16022550478638354532008-09-12T05:26:00.000-07:002008-09-12T05:26:00.000-07:00Hi Conda! I do it all the time with my photograph...Hi Conda! <BR/><BR/>I do it all the time with my photography...Writing too. I have not been doing too much writing lately. Okay, I feel guilty now.<BR/><BR/>About your salt and pepper shakers. Are they like grapes hanging on a vine? I have a set exactly like them! Love those...<BR/><BR/>Have a great weekend!The Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974717192873929184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-30805537101471362182008-09-12T05:25:00.000-07:002008-09-12T05:25:00.000-07:00Hi Conda! I do it all the time with my photograph...Hi Conda! <BR/><BR/>I do it all the time with my photography...Writing too. I have not been doing too much writing lately. Okay, I feel guilty now.<BR/><BR/>About your salt and pepper shakers. Are they like grapes hanging on a vine? I have a set exactly like them! Love those...<BR/><BR/>Have a great weekend!The Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16974717192873929184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-69394148207182077952008-09-11T14:34:00.000-07:002008-09-11T14:34:00.000-07:00That's a good point, Kathy--if you have a goal wit...That's a good point, Kathy--if you have a goal with each draft that's specific and a list of goals and when you've gone thru the list, you're done--hmmm, that might stop endless rewriting!Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-27736489339381417822008-09-11T13:54:00.000-07:002008-09-11T13:54:00.000-07:00Yes, bad pun. But I liked it. I know my writing im...Yes, bad pun. But I liked it. <BR/>I know my writing improves over several drafts, but I'm not sure when to quit. It helps if I have a purpose for the draft...eliminate a page a chapter (so I'm focused on eliminating deadwood)...root out tired cliches, and so on. If I try to do them all in one draft, I flounder.Kathy McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899118869240481737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-13430509439675040262008-09-09T12:54:00.000-07:002008-09-09T12:54:00.000-07:00Thanks, Swu for your kind comments. And I believe ...Thanks, Swu for your kind comments. And I believe you are the norm for most writers--rewrite and rewrite until you get it right!<BR/><BR/>Okay, bad pun.Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-36150180315199801762008-09-08T12:55:00.000-07:002008-09-08T12:55:00.000-07:00Conda:This is a great post, and I love the way you...Conda:<BR/><BR/>This is a great post, and I love the way you used the shots of the flowers to illustrate your point.<BR/><BR/>I have always re-written to the point of lunacy. I read aloud to myself. I substitute words. I cut many of my favorite sentences. I work and work and work until I think I'm finished. Even then, I might re-write it again before I file it away. Two months later, I might change it again. It's a never ending process. Then, after I send something to a publisher, I agonize over something I should have written differently. To me, it's all part of writing, and striving to improve my work. So, I think your point point is well made: Don't settle for the first draft - that is unless your name happens to be Abe Lincoln!<BR/><BR/>Happy trails.Swubirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16009070690312312456noreply@blogger.com