tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post8512616435920588079..comments2023-07-25T04:43:37.389-04:00Comments on Sarvenaz Tash: Hurricane First DraftSarvenaz Tashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-46361908688519224182011-09-21T13:49:56.112-04:002011-09-21T13:49:56.112-04:00I'm 100% with you, Shakespeare!
Rain, if it m...I'm 100% with you, Shakespeare!<br /><br />Rain, if it makes you feel better, I WISH I felt the way you do about first drafts! It would make them so much less painful to write.Sarvenaz Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-57061957936356312362011-09-21T12:57:49.688-04:002011-09-21T12:57:49.688-04:00When I was young and naive, I said my story was &q...When I was young and naive, I said my story was "finished" after my first draft. During the first write through of my story, I was THERE in that world. And it was bliss. I had no idea how to revise a story, because once it was written I had a hard time imagining how it could be any other way. Now...I'm terrible at drafts and revising. =(No Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802794822033933906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-8216480304051105052011-09-20T21:03:22.588-04:002011-09-20T21:03:22.588-04:00I love revising. My first draft of anything is alm...I love revising. My first draft of anything is almost always utter crap. Okay, it's ALWAYS crap. Every. Single. Time. <br /><br />I write extensive outlines. Pantsing is a great way for my first draft to stink even more.Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-8447715478926040412011-09-20T19:52:19.065-04:002011-09-20T19:52:19.065-04:00I absolutely dread revisions; it is not my cup of ...I absolutely dread revisions; it is not my cup of tea… but its part of the game.<br /><br />Sorry, I haven’t had internet for a while, I am trying to catch up with all the blogs I follow.Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-79672301318036147682011-09-20T12:27:37.041-04:002011-09-20T12:27:37.041-04:00I think "just" must be a plague on write...I think "just" must be a plague on writers everywhere. Just finished a polish run on my manuscript and lost count of the number of times I deleted it!Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07785732084354049030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-16639195581774808472011-09-20T10:14:43.728-04:002011-09-20T10:14:43.728-04:00Emma, 'just' is one of my culprits too!
S...Emma, 'just' is one of my culprits too!<br /><br />Suzanne, the spell you're looking for is "Plotificus Totalus." You're welcome. ;-)Sarvenaz Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667984982444635774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-42971079120012841082011-09-20T09:04:37.729-04:002011-09-20T09:04:37.729-04:00I'm like you, I love revising. Yes, there are ...I'm like you, I love revising. Yes, there are usually several thousand words that don't need to be there in the first place, but there are also some passages that are surprisingly good that I'd forgotten I'd written. <br /><br />But unlike you(and to my detriment) I don't outline. I mean, it's in my head but not on paper so I tend to get lost in the minutia of the story, things that don't really matter. I get sidetracked and off topic and end up somewhere else entirely. I had to chuck an completed chapter once because it didn't advance the story at all, even though there was some good writing in it (if I do say so myself).<br /><br />Wait, you have a wand, right? Find me a spell that will help me with my outlining, will you? Please? ;)Suzanne Luceronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3991359445588079739.post-62780396918450587132011-09-20T08:52:35.580-04:002011-09-20T08:52:35.580-04:00I am exactly the same with my first drafts. Often,...I am exactly the same with my first drafts. Often, it's only the thought that soon – SOON – I'll finish them and be able to start chopping them up and making them better that keeps me going.<br /><br />As for my usual suspects: pointless scenes that don't move the plot forwards, not enough foreshadowing for important events, and the word 'just'. Luckily, I have an awesome first reader (my husband) who will read my first drafts anyway, and then criticise kindly and constructively.Emma Passnoreply@blogger.com