tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193497799363588349.post1250501296381028540..comments2023-04-17T02:57:33.344-07:00Comments on Creative Chatter: Re-Write NightmareAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13896656527438542035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193497799363588349.post-63346908187700275982011-11-22T13:54:40.675-08:002011-11-22T13:54:40.675-08:00Sometimes yes sometimes no. Edits are loathsome. B...Sometimes yes sometimes no. Edits are loathsome. But rewrite sometimes yields a more 1st draft feel than the first draft does for me. I don't always rewrite but I do always edit. Thank you for your insight :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896656527438542035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193497799363588349.post-34240764002196460352011-11-22T13:46:24.822-08:002011-11-22T13:46:24.822-08:00Amy, I just finished taking a complete novel, over...Amy, I just finished taking a complete novel, over 85K, from past tense to present tense. It was the most gawd-awful rewrite I have ever done. The story is the better for it, so no regrets...but still. I am a mere shell of my former self. Writing is rewriting.Heather Havenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095994296025539054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193497799363588349.post-2176410980773739282011-11-22T13:35:38.403-08:002011-11-22T13:35:38.403-08:00Thank you for your kind words.Thank you for your kind words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896656527438542035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193497799363588349.post-87105288331264979232011-11-22T13:23:00.150-08:002011-11-22T13:23:00.150-08:00Well said, Amy. Although I will agree with your in...Well said, Amy. Although I will agree with your instructor to a point, as long as the people saying the same thing are there to help you better your writing. *smile* <br /><br />I've had to do rewrites before and they aren't fun. It took 5x's before I finally got the third chapter the way it needed to be. However, later on I created a set of -what I call- 'the Book Series'. They are the earliest years of a main character and her mate. The first two chapters of that single story ended up in 'the Book Series' and the third chapter -rewritten 5x's, lol- became the first. *laugh* Sometimes rewrites are awesome and fun other times they feel worse then plucking your fingernails out one by one. *grin*<br /><br />Good luck, I'm rooting for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06247571195788096749noreply@blogger.com