Saturday 11 June 2011

Writing is...rewriting.

Books aren't written- they're rewritten.  Including your own.  It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

5 comments:

  1. It's the same with poems....
    Just when you thought it was safe to ....
    You know what follows here!!!

    And I think it helps to be obsessive compulsive!!! LOL

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  2. Books, short stories, poems....! Multiple re-writes, endless read throughs...! How very true Eamon!!

    Zoe

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  3. Indeed, ladies, it often feels like a never-ending process trying to bring my long fiction to a place where I believe it is 'ready'. Then I receive feedback that helps me realise that I've still a way to go. Patience, and yes, Barbara, a 'healthy' dose of obsession, helps keep the pain at an acceptable level...ish! ;-) Thanks for dropping by. x

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  4. This helps me a lot as I just need to be reminded of it all of the time. Thank you Eamon, you have been such a good influence in my writing, I appreciate the tips I have learned from you, Barbara, everyone but you especially over the past year. Máire

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  5. Very kind of you to say that, Maire. You are such a prolific writer, it won't be long before you've published a collection of your poems/haiku. I have a space on my shelf for it. ;-)

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