tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post2976461240591499800..comments2024-03-28T05:05:30.116-04:00Comments on mainewords: So...revisionsmshatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-72473476765488061792013-11-26T02:45:48.343-05:002013-11-26T02:45:48.343-05:00Great interview ladies. Isn't interesting how ...Great interview ladies. Isn't interesting how some of the best things start with a dream?Nana Prahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854685637338591856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-75263284512532197182013-11-21T17:42:20.328-05:002013-11-21T17:42:20.328-05:00Your son did an excellent job. Fantastic shot.Your son did an excellent job. Fantastic shot.The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-53348734693218098382013-11-21T16:15:26.949-05:002013-11-21T16:15:26.949-05:00Your lad does take a nice piccie, composes beautif...Your lad does take a nice piccie, composes beautifully!<br /><br />I generally like revisions, but I am stuck in the middle of a massive one at the moment (turning one novel into two) and I just haven't had time to progress for literally months . Frustrating!Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-28938472906890536922013-11-21T12:34:48.215-05:002013-11-21T12:34:48.215-05:00Your son has a photographic talent. Very impressi...Your son has a photographic talent. Very impressive and your header creates a special ambience. <br /><br />I never do revisions. I leave any revisions up to Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar!<br /><br />Gary :)klahaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613505424843475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-10775755968477974532013-11-20T15:34:52.500-05:002013-11-20T15:34:52.500-05:00First of all, your son is incredibly talented and ...First of all, your son is incredibly talented and the header is gorgeous.<br /><br />Second of all, OUCH. Revisions are painful, difficult, and sometimes wrenching. At yet at the end, we come out with something better. Yes, I can really appreciate what you're doing. I've been there. Hang in there, and believe in the story!Liz Blockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16160510626027597666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-55488506332921253552013-11-19T21:58:19.193-05:002013-11-19T21:58:19.193-05:00Wow, your son is becoming a fantastic photographer...Wow, your son is becoming a fantastic photographer. That picture is stunning.<br /><br />Revisions are a pain in the patootie while you're doing them, but the results are usually worth it. Eventually.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-61811805673004815942013-11-19T15:31:43.279-05:002013-11-19T15:31:43.279-05:00Really nice photo. What a talented young man.
I&#...Really nice photo. What a talented young man. <br />I've do this with past manuscripts. I'm doing it now while writing a new story. But I tend to like revisions better than first drafts. Christine Danekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00979611961825725350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-42469665756558889832013-11-19T14:17:37.464-05:002013-11-19T14:17:37.464-05:00Great photo! My son just finished a photography cl...Great photo! My son just finished a photography class, and you've got me thinking of all his amazing projects.<br /><br />Back on topic... Revisions? I may be the least sane writer on this post, but I LOVE revisions. Yes, I adore rearranging the story, tightening prose, building in new and stellar twists, etc. I think it's much more fun than the first draft. MUCH.Crystal Collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912469552483168148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-13127887979678067972013-11-19T13:06:06.255-05:002013-11-19T13:06:06.255-05:00Love the photo! Your son is a great photographer. ...Love the photo! Your son is a great photographer. Julie Flandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003737491313673214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-22802609054628324902013-11-19T13:03:38.322-05:002013-11-19T13:03:38.322-05:00My first novel went through so many overhauls. The...My first novel went through so many overhauls. The two major ones was timeline and changing it from third person to first. I don't regret any of the revisions I made (but I save the old versions nonetheless).Patchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097638657085263738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-13053862536406788812013-11-19T02:07:36.523-05:002013-11-19T02:07:36.523-05:00The pic is extraordinary - and so is your son! I h...The pic is extraordinary - and so is your son! I hope these revisions are for a new WIP and not the one you sold to Wido. I like working at my own pace when revising. Knowing I was under a deadline would be miserable as solutions to literary problems rarely present themselves when you need them. :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-40318568707907418542013-11-18T20:34:46.293-05:002013-11-18T20:34:46.293-05:00Yep, I'm in the process of rewriting my first ...Yep, I'm in the process of rewriting my first novel. I figured out why it wasn't working before. So, now I'm chipping away at it.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-14756331685051422013-11-18T13:54:37.615-05:002013-11-18T13:54:37.615-05:00Nice picture. Revisions...oh yeah. I had a story I...Nice picture. Revisions...oh yeah. I had a story I loved but it tipped the word scales at a whopping 150K. I had to strip out a couple subplots and shed quite a few characters. LD Mastersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01202135756299574972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-52355579510808695862013-11-18T12:17:16.653-05:002013-11-18T12:17:16.653-05:00I am not there yet, but I can already see LARGE pa...I am not there yet, but I can already see LARGE parts of my current WIP needing to be rewritten. Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-56198500652941111172013-11-18T11:41:40.747-05:002013-11-18T11:41:40.747-05:00Oh gosh, yes. But you know I have. I rewrote the e...Oh gosh, yes. But you know I have. I rewrote the entire thing, which brought about unexpected changes--good changes, though, that brought the story to a new level. S.A. Larsenッhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241633272588383935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-49450931553628992142013-11-18T11:34:42.034-05:002013-11-18T11:34:42.034-05:00Oh yeah. That's the life of a writer. Revise u...Oh yeah. That's the life of a writer. Revise until we hate our story and then send it out.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-25854361819713707412013-11-18T09:45:50.077-05:002013-11-18T09:45:50.077-05:00I recently had to do something similar, and it was...I recently had to do something similar, and it wasn't easy! My publishers requested changes which meant rearranging 2/3 of the manuscript, which I definitely didn't expect to have to do at this stage (having already revised the manuscript twice!). I'm not a major fan of revisions but I feel the finished story is stronger - fingers crossed my publishers agree!ELAdamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390894357209056149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-30612705295731061682013-11-18T09:42:16.776-05:002013-11-18T09:42:16.776-05:00I love your new picture heading. Wish I could take...I love your new picture heading. Wish I could take such a picture. And my current WIP is going to need some major reworking.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-30753702185487346232013-11-18T09:40:49.055-05:002013-11-18T09:40:49.055-05:00Oh, yes, definitely - I had to rewrite a YA book i...Oh, yes, definitely - I had to rewrite a YA book into an MG book after many people (including agents and editors) suggested that I do so. It was so hard to rip apart the book that I spent so much time finishing and working on, but it turned out to be much, much better. I guess that's what we have to do sometimes, however painful and difficult it is! Good luck on your revisions!Julie Daohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814052162359300933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-79041522784460165512013-11-18T09:24:48.530-05:002013-11-18T09:24:48.530-05:00Well, when I'm done with this current WIP it w...Well, when I'm done with this current WIP it will change some things in the novel that comes after it, the one I already wrote (!). Yeah, I'll have to do a complete revision on that novel, though I'm hoping it won't require as many major changes as you've had to make. Just some tweaks here and there. And, yep, I do it because I love the setting and the characters and I want them to be in the best story I can make for them. :)<br />Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-58497433315595556162013-11-18T08:28:10.556-05:002013-11-18T08:28:10.556-05:00just make sure those revisions aren't impulsiv...just make sure those revisions aren't impulsive :) DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-19673742688626913762013-11-18T07:39:09.782-05:002013-11-18T07:39:09.782-05:00It's a beautiful pic!!! Very inspiring!
I det...It's a beautiful pic!!! Very inspiring!<br /><br />I detest revisions - my current wip is a completed story but silly me - I go and start re-reading, found myself re-writing, then totally lost the plot of the original and am now back to square one with it! LOL!! Mind you - with mine, the story was crappy to begin with anyway so maybe this is a good thing! LOL!<br /><br />Good luck with yours!! Take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-57711383154676378152013-11-18T07:06:34.800-05:002013-11-18T07:06:34.800-05:00I love revising. And yes, I have had to do a major...I love revising. And yes, I have had to do a major one sometimes. But I have to admit my story is better with all the revisions.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-27214697407401503012013-11-18T06:38:20.647-05:002013-11-18T06:38:20.647-05:00I think totally re-writing a book is a badge of ho...I think totally re-writing a book is a badge of honor! It shows your commitment to making a story be the best it can be and understanding that the original version of the story might be just the caterpillar before it goes into a cocoon. Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733289016000331233.post-59105035044550505812013-11-18T06:23:04.254-05:002013-11-18T06:23:04.254-05:00He did a nice job!
I've never had to revise so...He did a nice job!<br />I've never had to revise something that much. Small adjustments but nothing major. I guess that's why I still like the editing phase so much.<br />Keep revising - it will come together!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com