October 21, 2005
Writer's Group Last Night.
They liked my ookey melodramatic backstory, and they think it should go back into the book.
Though I'll have to re-write it in the first person to match the rest of the material. Or, I can re-cast the other parts in third, though semi-hard-boiled American mysteries are usually in first.
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Good for you. Keep at at it.
Posted by: chuck at October 21, 2005 07:43 PM (R/J3m)
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The leader of the group said something last night about problems that "should be fixed in second draft." I was aghast at the idea that there would be a second draft. I kind of imagined that if I just finished the first draft, I could knock off, eat blueberry muffins, and wait for fame and fortune.
Apparently, that's not how it works.
Posted by: Attila Girl at October 21, 2005 11:28 PM (x3SIT)
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Good stories are not written, they are rewritten. The first try always looks awful, sometimes even the second. The sculptor carves a piece of rock because he knows that there is a statue in there somewhere. The same with a writer, there is a good story in there somewhere. So you have to refine it like a piece of metal.
Posted by: Chuck at October 22, 2005 08:13 AM (R/J3m)
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