Comments on: 5 Things You Can Do With The Words You Didn’t Use http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-things-you-ca/ Kindness, clarity, confidence, compassion. Watchwords for writing on the web. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-things-you-ca/#comment-1334 Joanna Young Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:08:21 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=315#comment-1334 Lillie, that's such an apt story :-) Proving the point of both cutting... and storing for that perfect moment. Joanna Lillie, that’s such an apt story :-)

Proving the point of both cutting… and storing for that perfect moment.

Joanna

]]> By: Joanna Young http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-things-you-ca/#comment-1333 Joanna Young Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:06:46 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=315#comment-1333 Amy, that's a great learning point: "I begin to realise that it was that process of writing down my ideas that led me to develop more sophisticated ideas in later chapters" But I can appreciate it's kind of hard to swallow as you go along! Joanna Amy, that’s a great learning point:

“I begin to realise that it was that process of writing down my ideas that led me to develop more sophisticated ideas in later chapters”

But I can appreciate it’s kind of hard to swallow as you go along!

Joanna

]]> By: Lillie Ammann http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-things-you-ca/#comment-1332 Lillie Ammann Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:34:46 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=315#comment-1332 Sometimes we need to let go of our words - especially those we think are golden. :-) However, storing them can have positive results. When I was trying to sell my first novel, I followed the advice of a number of people (agent, editors, and other writers) who told me to eliminate the prologue, which described the heroine's stroke. The story was a romance that included her overcoming the challenges caused by the stroke. When I finally found a publisher, the first revision she wanted was a prologue describing the stroke. I pulled out the original prologue that I had deleted from the manuscript and impressed the editor with the speed of my revision. Sometimes we need to let go of our words – especially those we think are golden. :-)

However, storing them can have positive results. When I was trying to sell my first novel, I followed the advice of a number of people (agent, editors, and other writers) who told me to eliminate the prologue, which described the heroine’s stroke. The story was a romance that included her overcoming the challenges caused by the stroke.

When I finally found a publisher, the first revision she wanted was a prologue describing the stroke. I pulled out the original prologue that I had deleted from the manuscript and impressed the editor with the speed of my revision.

]]> By: amypalko http://confidentwriting.com/2008/01/5-things-you-ca/#comment-1331 amypalko Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:29:28 +0000 http://confidentwriting.com/?p=315#comment-1331 Oh, I so enjoyed listening to your podcast, Joanna. That was lovely! Writing my phd thesis, I have had to come face to face with the issue of having to leave words behind. Sometimes I have submitted a chapter that I had taken time and effort over, only to have my supervisor tell me (in the nicest possible way, of course) that I need to go back to the drawing board. It's demoralising at first, but then, as time goes by, I begin to realise that it was that process of writing down my ideas that led me to develop more sophisticated ideas in later chapters. It's only really at that point that I come to terms with having to cut out those words, and be grateful for the benefits they gave me. Oh, I so enjoyed listening to your podcast, Joanna. That was lovely!
Writing my phd thesis, I have had to come face to face with the issue of having to leave words behind. Sometimes I have submitted a chapter that I had taken time and effort over, only to have my supervisor tell me (in the nicest possible way, of course) that I need to go back to the drawing board. It’s demoralising at first, but then, as time goes by, I begin to realise that it was that process of writing down my ideas that led me to develop more sophisticated ideas in later chapters. It’s only really at that point that I come to terms with having to cut out those words, and be grateful for the benefits they gave me.

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