Comments on: Writing in Drafts http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/2010/writing-in-drafts/ Writing advice for everyone Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:20:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Carlos Velez http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/2010/writing-in-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Carlos Velez Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:53:24 +0000 http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/?p=175#comment-52 It is interesting! You can learn about life in so many ways. It's making me re-evaluate my approach to my writing a bit, and mixing in lighter material more than I have so far, like the <a href="http://www.consciousme.com/2010/01/15/direction-not-perfection-the-truth-in-movement/" rel="nofollow">Direction , Not Perfection</a> post from today...light for me anyway. Also, it looks like my post was accepted. Dave asked me for a head shot and a short bio...woo hoo! It is interesting! You can learn about life in so many ways. It’s making me re-evaluate my approach to my writing a bit, and mixing in lighter material more than I have so far, like the Direction , Not Perfection post from today…light for me anyway.

Also, it looks like my post was accepted. Dave asked me for a head shot and a short bio…woo hoo!

]]> By: Aaron Pogue http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/2010/writing-in-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Aaron Pogue Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:26:12 +0000 http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/?p=175#comment-44 Rebecca, Refining a rough draft into a polished manuscript is a lot of work, but it can be a fascinating experience. Everyone I've discussed it with agrees that the revision process feels completely different from the writing process. In other words, for the first time writer, it's another totally new experience. It's also a pleasant change of pace. We spend so much of our creative and emotional energy creating new material (that we have to keep reminding ourselves isn't going to be all that great), so it can be refreshing to switch into a more analytical and aesthetic mode for the rewrite. Carlos, Thanks for the link! I submitted this article as a guest post at nathanbransford.com, too, because I felt like it had a lot of useful stuff to say. It's interesting the parallel between what I'm saying about rough drafts and what you're saying about personal development -- with both of us focusing on the need to establish a realistic starting point and then focus on making it better. It's just like you're always saying, "Direction, not perfection." Rebecca,
Refining a rough draft into a polished manuscript is a lot of work, but it can be a fascinating experience. Everyone I’ve discussed it with agrees that the revision process feels completely different from the writing process. In other words, for the first time writer, it’s another totally new experience.

It’s also a pleasant change of pace. We spend so much of our creative and emotional energy creating new material (that we have to keep reminding ourselves isn’t going to be all that great), so it can be refreshing to switch into a more analytical and aesthetic mode for the rewrite.

Carlos,
Thanks for the link! I submitted this article as a guest post at nathanbransford.com, too, because I felt like it had a lot of useful stuff to say.

It’s interesting the parallel between what I’m saying about rough drafts and what you’re saying about personal development — with both of us focusing on the need to establish a realistic starting point and then focus on making it better.

It’s just like you’re always saying, “Direction, not perfection.”

]]> By: Carlos Velez http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/2010/writing-in-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Carlos Velez Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:32:59 +0000 http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/?p=175#comment-40 This post is awesome. I feel like I can take on anything now. It fit in quite nicely with the guest post I was writing, so I included it as a link in part 1, and I sent it off tonight. This process of pre-writing is really kind of intense. Seeing the evolution of a thought into a finished product is an amazing thing. True artistry. Thanks for all you help with it. This post is awesome. I feel like I can take on anything now. It fit in quite nicely with the guest post I was writing, so I included it as a link in part 1, and I sent it off tonight.

This process of pre-writing is really kind of intense. Seeing the evolution of a thought into a finished product is an amazing thing. True artistry. Thanks for all you help with it.

]]> By: Rebecca Campbell http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/2010/writing-in-drafts/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Rebecca Campbell Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:38:57 +0000 http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/?p=175#comment-38 I have to say, now that I have completed one part of the process, I am really excited to get into the nitty gritty, refining part. I have to say, now that I have completed one part of the process, I am really excited to get into the nitty gritty, refining part.

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