tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post2134272710257873931..comments2024-03-28T12:21:40.925-04:00Comments on The Girdle of Melian: Literary Resolutions - Rereading Your Old WorkDeniz Bevanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-54365073585314783092011-11-28T11:46:44.883-05:002011-11-28T11:46:44.883-05:00Why thanks Lee!Why thanks Lee!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-74016351135462740812011-11-26T01:11:14.799-05:002011-11-26T01:11:14.799-05:00I had to follow the link to check out the circus p...I had to follow the link to check out the circus poem.<br /><br />Not too shabby. I like it.<br /><br />Lee<br />Enjoy my delightful interview with Susan Kane on<br /><a href="http://wrotebyrote.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Wrote By Rote</a> Saturday 11/26Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-58114728425420770012011-05-20T07:38:04.378-04:002011-05-20T07:38:04.378-04:00Oh I see.
I love Stephen Fry. I have read a couple...Oh I see.<br />I love Stephen Fry. I have read a couple of his books, and I want to read his autobiography as well. His show QI is also fantastic.Naina Guptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14283483297396542537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-45679284364722379252011-05-19T23:15:02.584-04:002011-05-19T23:15:02.584-04:00Thank you Trisha!Thank you Trisha!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-60383670296900883442011-05-19T23:09:23.930-04:002011-05-19T23:09:23.930-04:00Award time!
http://thefarseas.blogspot.com/2011/05...Award time!<br />http://thefarseas.blogspot.com/2011/05/some-awards.htmlTrishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-36366455625526735482011-05-19T21:26:15.915-04:002011-05-19T21:26:15.915-04:00I'm always surprised when I find something tha...I'm always surprised when I find something that *doesn't* make me cringe, Nas!<br /><br />It's great that we improve, isn't it Jo?<br /><br />Stick with the book reading, Trisha! Yay books :-)<br /><br />Good luck with your manuscript Theresa! That's true, if I was doing that, it would take even more than a month...<br /><br />That's always the best feeling, Vicki, when you look at something and realise it's not so bad. I'm hoping to return to my MG one of these days...<br /><br />Onward and upward Susan! I didn't mind looking back - the funniest bits of my old pieces were all the weird diary entry type notes I made along the margins!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-76390287161675556482011-05-19T21:20:49.884-04:002011-05-19T21:20:49.884-04:00Oh Jill, isn't the Drop Cap lovely? I get '...Oh Jill, isn't the Drop Cap lovely? I get 'em from dailydropcap.com.<br /><br />I sure hope reworkings count, Anne, cos every once in a while I try to salvage some of my short stories.<br /><br />You're right, Melanie, we shouldn't feel guilty about it - all that rough stuff got us where we are today!<br /><br />I know what you mean, Sarah. I had lyrics and lines from my favourite stories scattered all over the place.<br /><br />Thank you Elizabeth! I couldn't help but like that melancholy line a little myself - though the rest of it was too silly to post!<br /><br />I do outlines once I'm some way in, Claudia. And timelines. Definitely need those!<br /><br />Yay J. L.! I hope we all are!<br /><br />What a terrible thing for the teacher to say, Jenny! I wrote a story about a cow when I was in kindergarten. And a kid named Aldo.Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-76072918387054227782011-05-19T21:11:59.156-04:002011-05-19T21:11:59.156-04:00You're better than me, Al - I save every silly...You're better than me, Al - I save every silly scrap.<br /><br />I think DH wishes mine would mould, Zan Marie. I'm a bit of a pack rat...<br /><br />Thanks Liz! It *is* funny how much can change. I hope we're growing for the better!<br /><br />It's true, li, there's usually bits and pieces that are salvageable. I've got a couple of short stories that aren't so bad.<br /><br />Hey Jenny, I made that CD off all my old 3.5 disks! I still have a disk with some 1993-era Mac stuff on it. Including a ridiculous story about two convicts handcuffed together and the cop that was driving them through the Nevada desert... <br /><br />Hi Naina - the Stephen Fry piece was a column I wrote, as if I was a journalist. I started with "They say every columnist is allowed one such column – the ideal escape for when there is no ready topic to fill the allotted space – to describe and detail the actual act of writing. Stephen Fry, the British comedian, actor, author, and ultimate Jeeves, has written one of the better and more amusing ones." Then I rambled on about the ridiculous customers that came into the coffee shop where I worked...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-67873363789823612632011-05-19T11:56:54.339-04:002011-05-19T11:56:54.339-04:00I avoid looking at my old writing - too depressing...I avoid looking at my old writing - too depressing and how poorly written it is. Onward and upward!Susan Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433408456603462774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-68629049669927691082011-05-19T10:52:16.092-04:002011-05-19T10:52:16.092-04:00A couple of months ago I reread a MG I wrote a whi...A couple of months ago I reread a MG I wrote a while back (like 4 years ago or so), while awaiting feedback on my YA wip from my betas. I made notes for what I need to do next. I was encouraged to see that it wasn't that bad. Sure it needs work, but I think I can fix it. So I look forward to that when I can get back to it.Vicki Tremperhttp://www.vbtremper.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-52782501227022592322011-05-19T06:07:46.079-04:002011-05-19T06:07:46.079-04:00Thanks for linking my blog.
I don't think i...Thanks for linking my blog. <br /><br />I don't think it should take a whole month either, unless you're revisiting an entire manuscript. I pulled a prologue I'd written years ago, taking the ideas and turning it into a chapter 1. The told thing was tell, and now I've got some show going on. I've also jotted some notes about where some of the plot lines may go. Now I've trunked it while I finish revising my current manuscript.<br /><br />Maybe this weekend I'll dust off an old manuscript. I think my first one has promise. I looked at a few chapters in the summer. I'd like to work on it more. The May challenge is a good excuse!Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-76089255896812671192011-05-18T23:49:09.554-04:002011-05-18T23:49:09.554-04:00Hmmm........ This is actually a kind of cool idea!...Hmmm........ This is actually a kind of cool idea! I might have to reserve some upcoming month for doing it. :) Only after I'm done with my book reading goal though. I'm not too far off that. hehe.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-66853136429124285182011-05-18T23:35:40.995-04:002011-05-18T23:35:40.995-04:00Now, there is a scary thought! LOL Actually I find...Now, there is a scary thought! LOL Actually I find myself looking at older writing going back some thirty years and go "wow, what a bunch of crapola!"J.L. Murpheyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782355786883006411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-12976300684517060402011-05-18T16:45:50.201-04:002011-05-18T16:45:50.201-04:00Reading our old writing shows us how we've imp...Reading our old writing shows us how we've improved...I do cringe when I read something I wrote just last year. So anything prior...well!Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-57821741708948886002011-05-18T16:31:28.996-04:002011-05-18T16:31:28.996-04:00Oh! And guess what I found today? In my mom's ...Oh! And guess what I found today? In my mom's hope chest was a theme book from my kindergarten days.<br /><br />Apparently we had the assignment to enter little stories every day. On the front cover, where the teacher leaves notes is the following:<br /><br />"Jennifer [which I don't get because everyone my whole life has called me Jenny] - you need to work on new ideas. Your stories make sense, but they are almost the same everyday."<br /><br />What!?<br /><br />Stupid kindergarten teacher.Jenny Maloneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926410487968278887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-49711704768834841102011-05-18T16:02:55.147-04:002011-05-18T16:02:55.147-04:00I have way too many things I should be looking at,...I have way too many things I should be looking at, but one thing I notice when I get out the old stuff is that I'm a much better writer now.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-185815482922460282011-05-18T15:53:19.497-04:002011-05-18T15:53:19.497-04:00I got rid of my old writing a long time ago! There...I got rid of my old writing a long time ago! There was nothing to salvage :)<br /><br />And I'm with you...I'm not a plotter either. I do very rough outlines (so I dont get confused) but that's it.Claudia Lefevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591547986192202834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-44727470977291296202011-05-18T13:26:59.356-04:002011-05-18T13:26:59.356-04:00I don't write so have nothing old. But I
just ...I don't write so have nothing old. But I<br />just wanted to say I love your line: <br /><br />"Boy, I sure drivelled on sometimes ("Melancholy rocks in a slow chair")<br /><br /><br />It sounds like what happens in my mind...Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386543106673332888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-49631148382866730852011-05-18T13:04:30.627-04:002011-05-18T13:04:30.627-04:00I'm glad I got rid of the vast majority of my ...I'm glad I got rid of the vast majority of my old stuff. God, it's so embarrassing how much of a plagiarist I once was.Sarah McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10985261436020635823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-38561030105964963762011-05-18T10:17:19.547-04:002011-05-18T10:17:19.547-04:00I do not dare read my old stuff.... In fact, i hav...I do not dare read my old stuff.... In fact, i have just boxed it all up and am cheerfully going to send it up to the attic. I think all that stuff is holding me back in a way from exploring new places. I keep going back to the old stuff, and feeling guilty about it. But really, I need to let it go.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13513775558406795985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-10823297732881396482011-05-18T10:09:40.354-04:002011-05-18T10:09:40.354-04:00I try not to look because it's jsut so bad. B...I try not to look because it's jsut so bad. But I did lift a notebook last month and read through some of it. (Before gagging and stuffing it back into the box.)<br /><br />My current WiP is a reworking of a novel I wrote 3 years ago, so does that count?Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-62304392914157397412011-05-18T10:00:23.828-04:002011-05-18T10:00:23.828-04:00Timely for me, too!
Yes, I look at my old writing...Timely for me, too!<br /><br />Yes, I look at my old writing once in a while -- I did a few days ago. Most if not all of my earliest stuff is lost as far as I know (the world will not regret this [g]). The earlier stuff is pretty painful to look at, hehe.<br /><br />I say pretty much the same thing re: all of them, though. "It seemed like a good idea at the time!" [bg]<br /><br />Love your Super Mario chompy flower tunnel monster L thing. I forget what the heck they call it. [g]<br /><br />You're not a plotter either, huh? I got about 70,000 words into one of my fanfics before it fell apart because I had no idea how to do plot. I realized I was having the same problem in my first WIP this year. Plotting in detail has never worked for me, but with this WIP, I'm trying to at least know major plot points and arcs. It's helping _me_, even if it's not really doing anything for the word count.<br /><br />Yay for poetry! Hey, the circus one wasn't _that_ bad...[g]Jill W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13154417703559169377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-51649402929621730062011-05-18T09:24:48.579-04:002011-05-18T09:24:48.579-04:00What was your Stephen Fry type story?What was your Stephen Fry type story?Naina Guptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14283483297396542537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-86937119533882046292011-05-18T09:19:42.943-04:002011-05-18T09:19:42.943-04:00Ha! This is a super-timely post for me too...and I...Ha! This is a super-timely post for me too...and I did this by accident. I found this 3.5 floppy (you guys still remember what those are?) that said Jenny's Miscellaneous Writing. And I went through all kinds of pains to find a computer that would still read it! I won't talk about it because I was so...so...yeah, I don't even know what to say for myself....Jenny Maloneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11926410487968278887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3029491889310063596.post-18113312032924748782011-05-18T08:41:00.065-04:002011-05-18T08:41:00.065-04:00This is a timely post for me! Actually, over the p...This is a timely post for me! Actually, over the past few weeks I have dug out quite a bit of old writing. Some of it is tragically bad, and yet I salvaged a paragraph from one story and turned it into a poem, reduced the idea for a (probably) unworkable novel into a flash fiction, and chose 2 chapters out of 10 of an unfinished novel to re-work and send in another direction. I seldom throw any work away, because you never know where you'll find inspiration or a new angle.Lihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08831231531918915804noreply@blogger.com