tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post6867028004736498995..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: DARE TO BE BAD!Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-20753059492852696862013-08-23T09:25:50.165-05:002013-08-23T09:25:50.165-05:00Alex:
The ghost of Ernest Hemingway keeps telling ...Alex:<br />The ghost of Ernest Hemingway keeps telling me that! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-42067256693016902672013-08-23T08:23:19.534-05:002013-08-23T08:23:19.534-05:00Write the simplest version of a sentence - I'm...Write the simplest version of a sentence - I'm going to remember that tip.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-69651245669549272842013-08-22T23:23:12.607-05:002013-08-22T23:23:12.607-05:00D.G.:
I am like you: I edit as I go along so that ...D.G.:<br />I am like you: I edit as I go along so that the final edit goes smoothly. Dean Koontz doesn't leave a page until he has fully edited it! Wow. That's an unusual way to write, but for him it works.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-54876787793155371712013-08-22T23:05:28.491-05:002013-08-22T23:05:28.491-05:00The first draft is laying the foundation, but I ca...The first draft is laying the foundation, but I can't help doing a bit of editing as I go. <br /><br />I keep a novel outline and lots of notes. I don't mind revising, but I have trouble letting go. D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-38996894933772247412013-08-22T21:10:34.053-05:002013-08-22T21:10:34.053-05:00J E:
Sometimes the first draft is even hard since ...J E:<br />Sometimes the first draft is even hard since I tend to polish as I go, and the first draft is really the 2nd or 3rd in truth!! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-21725423595600460872013-08-22T21:01:01.775-05:002013-08-22T21:01:01.775-05:00The first draft is easy. It's everything that ...The first draft is easy. It's everything that comes after that's the real work.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.com