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aamcnamara) wrote2008-02-08 06:57 pm
aamcnamara) wrote2008-02-08 06:57 pm
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walking on the beach, rearranging the deck chairs
It's true: it is easier to see the problems with something when it's printed out. I printed Story #1 this week, and looked at it in off moments of classes. If I can remember what all my squiggles and lines and arrows mean, I'll be in good shape, I think. If I can fix what all of them mean, too. There may be some darling-killing going on, though possibly not quite yet...
At any rate, it feels productive. I'm not sure how much work I'm actually doing on it, and how much Titanic-deck-chair rearranging I'm doing. It seems like I'm just rewriting a lot of it, which I guess is the point, but I'm not sure if it's any clearer now than before. (I should hope it is, but then you never know, do you.)
This weekend's task: finish putting all the changes into the computer file of Story #1, send it to people whose opinions I trust on writing more than most people's, finish writing Story #2 and print it out. Print out Story 1, too. Go over that, and see tons of flaws I should've fixed before I sent it out. Moan and wail for a while, then give up and go on with life.
21 days or so. Work enough for about two months, probably. The horrible thing is that I know I should be doing this even without the impetus of "Clarion application", or anything else, other than "writing". We'll deal with that later.
For now, it's just the work.
At any rate, it feels productive. I'm not sure how much work I'm actually doing on it, and how much Titanic-deck-chair rearranging I'm doing. It seems like I'm just rewriting a lot of it, which I guess is the point, but I'm not sure if it's any clearer now than before. (I should hope it is, but then you never know, do you.)
This weekend's task: finish putting all the changes into the computer file of Story #1, send it to people whose opinions I trust on writing more than most people's, finish writing Story #2 and print it out. Print out Story 1, too. Go over that, and see tons of flaws I should've fixed before I sent it out. Moan and wail for a while, then give up and go on with life.
21 days or so. Work enough for about two months, probably. The horrible thing is that I know I should be doing this even without the impetus of "Clarion application", or anything else, other than "writing". We'll deal with that later.
For now, it's just the work.
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