tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post3830410995365817346..comments2023-11-22T13:50:02.214-05:00Comments on Fiction Forge Indy: The BeginningHeather McGrailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06977311711658865833noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-6225466403140783182013-07-02T20:39:03.705-04:002013-07-02T20:39:03.705-04:00Hi, Dr. Keith here. We aren't really talking ...Hi, Dr. Keith here. We aren't really talking about revision, are we? When we revise and revise for the sake of revising, I wonder about the fear of putting it out there for the public to see. Putting something aside for a while will make it look fresh again later, but why would you want it to? When will you know it is time to send it out there for everyone to see it? There is no such thing as a perfect piece.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00072321005436215912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-6667719742499852332013-07-02T14:46:16.849-04:002013-07-02T14:46:16.849-04:00Yes, yes. That's the problem with revision: i...Yes, yes. That's the problem with revision: it's hard work. Putting it aside for a while can make it fresh again when you look at again. <br />That other project--the modern redo of Frankenstein--is something I still enjoy as an idea. I hope to go back to it, but the revisions had turned into a monster itself. Who was it that called the revisions, "Franken-revisions" or something? That is what happened. I lost sight of the work and the excitement. Working on something else has helped me to get some perspective on it. <br />And yes, hopefully it is an investment in the future. I doubt it, but maybe.Heather McGrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977311711658865833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-55675777434160332912013-07-02T09:48:55.224-04:002013-07-02T09:48:55.224-04:00And one of the great challenges of writing is to k...And one of the great challenges of writing is to know when to stop fiddling with a project. When you lose enthusiasm for it and it no longer feels like positive work but simply drudgery, then it's likely time to put it in the drawer. Who knows, maybe at some point you'll find a new entry point or some enlightenment about the project and you can bring it to life again.David M. Hasslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00902975745598197198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-39465063471814433392013-07-02T09:45:39.766-04:002013-07-02T09:45:39.766-04:00Having lots of great ideas percolating is like hav...Having lots of great ideas percolating is like having a nice 401K in that you can't spend them right now but you know they'll have some value in the future...but that value may fluctuate and could be a lot...or a little....but it feels good to know you have something stored up!David M. Hasslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00902975745598197198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-78491951909543987592013-07-01T17:46:18.430-04:002013-07-01T17:46:18.430-04:00Thinking about it a year and a half ago? Then wen...Thinking about it a year and a half ago? Then went back to it? Twentieth revision? OMG Heather!! Do you have OCD? Let's see, I had some notes to a novel I was going to do around here somewhere. It was a great idea. I set them down about a year and a half ago. I wonder where they went? If something percolates in my brain for a year and a half, it became reality a while back or my brain throws It out my left ear as mush after two weeks. And 20 revisions? Come on, you write well, pert near as good as them fellers on Duck Dynasty. Quit with the revisions and move on to something new.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00072321005436215912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8531303716851976145.post-86829798073875398932013-07-01T15:23:54.563-04:002013-07-01T15:23:54.563-04:00I always have a couple of ideas in my head when I&...I always have a couple of ideas in my head when I'm working on something. If the idea has percolated for a year or more (without a word being written) and I still enjoy thinking about the story, then that is my litmus test. <br />The project I'm working on now is something I started writing back in November or December of last year. I had been thinking about this one for at least a year and a half before that, but when I had done the twentieth revision of my last novel and couldn't stand it any longer, I put it aside and started the new project.<br />I bet if I went back to the previous project now, the problems would fix themselves. I actually think it's a great idea to have several unfinished projects to go back to. <br />If I don't keep starting new ones.Heather McGrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977311711658865833noreply@blogger.com