tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post6514559643813947552..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: Crappy first drafts1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-11944977853161560572012-12-06T07:17:14.862-08:002012-12-06T07:17:14.862-08:00I know there have been a few stories of mine which...I know there have been a few stories of mine which would have benefited greatly from just starting over, but wading through them, chunk by chunk, was instrumental in illuminating where (most) of the mistakes were.<br /><br />Maybe I'm just a slow learner :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-29582066190339607352012-12-06T05:11:08.594-08:002012-12-06T05:11:08.594-08:00GREAT link, Ms. Monkey! Yep, if I wrote by hand, I...GREAT link, Ms. Monkey! Yep, if I wrote by hand, I'm sure that's what my first drafts would look like--and the seconds, and thirds :D. One thing she says that's been kind of ricocheting in a whisper inside my head for a while now: start again from scratch. I'm resisting because I honestly need--must--have to get this story done and sent out and just be DONE with it, but perhaps I Guilie Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006999087139126972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-61529388369500987512012-12-04T08:38:09.656-08:002012-12-04T08:38:09.656-08:00I think we ALL do ;)I think we ALL do ;)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-14336404531495113042012-12-04T08:37:59.080-08:002012-12-04T08:37:59.080-08:00Yup, pretty fast... with emphasis on the word &quo...Yup, pretty fast... with emphasis on the word "undisturbed" ;) Obviously it depends on the length of the books, too.<br /><br />I edit on the computer too, mainly 'cause I can't read my own handwriting, so making notes in that way would be an utter waste of time and effort :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-89828435779046627822012-12-04T08:06:34.315-08:002012-12-04T08:06:34.315-08:00I know that feeling all to well. Thanks for the li...I know that feeling all to well. Thanks for the link! :)David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-17935929643227477902012-12-03T13:28:58.961-08:002012-12-03T13:28:58.961-08:00You must be a fast reader. guess I'll find out...You must be a fast reader. guess I'll find out how many books I can read while flying. Got adaptors today for electronic gadgets - natch UK and Egypt are different. 3 years for a first draft, sounds about right but I edit on computer so my pages wouldn't look like those in the post.suehttp://sassyspeaks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-38554169159420268332012-12-03T07:57:39.586-08:002012-12-03T07:57:39.586-08:00I've read the first two, but not Bitterblue :)...I've read the first two, but not Bitterblue :)<br /><br />When I take a couple weeks off of writing/blogging for the holidays, I'm going to try to catch up on my reading ;)<br /><br />...undisturbed, I can usually get through 1.5-2 books/day1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-38673988367656971912012-12-03T05:09:14.282-08:002012-12-03T05:09:14.282-08:00I knew she had been asked to rewrite the book by h...I knew she had been asked to rewrite the book by her editor, but I had no idea that it had taken her 3 years to write that first draft. It makes me feel so much better about my super slow writing, LOL<br /><br />and Bitterblue is my favorite book of the series. Have you read them? so so good!Cristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064636500827230911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-63854082427706818742012-12-02T21:29:12.940-08:002012-12-02T21:29:12.940-08:00...you were the first person I thought of when rea......you were the first person I thought of when reading that post ;)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-82353975022165759262012-12-02T16:31:09.187-08:002012-12-02T16:31:09.187-08:00Hah! A very good read, esp. when working on a scen...Hah! A very good read, esp. when working on a scene that is trying to work and feels like it is failing ...alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.com