Comments on: Like shaping air… http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/08/15/like-shaping-air/ Try some, it's good. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Devon Ellington http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/08/15/like-shaping-air/#comment-5207 Devon Ellington Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:26:27 +0000 http://www.annaguirre.com/?p=428#comment-5207 I love both parts of the process, for very different reasons. I love the passion of the first draft. Even when I outline, it's like a new lover -- everything is exciting and new. I love revision, because I'm honing every sentence, making it the best it can be. I love all of it. It's the business end I hate, but have learned to deal with. I love both parts of the process, for very different reasons.

I love the passion of the first draft. Even when I outline, it’s like a new lover — everything is exciting and new.

I love revision, because I’m honing every sentence, making it the best it can be.

I love all of it. It’s the business end I hate, but have learned to deal with.

]]> By: Roslyn Holcomb http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/08/15/like-shaping-air/#comment-5132 Roslyn Holcomb Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:47:09 +0000 http://www.annaguirre.com/?p=428#comment-5132 Definitely the rewrites. Staring at a blank screen makes me crazy. I like to print out the previous night's work and edit in longhand. There's something therapeutic there, but I couldn't say what. Definitely the rewrites. Staring at a blank screen makes me crazy. I like to print out the previous night’s work and edit in longhand. There’s something therapeutic there, but I couldn’t say what.

]]> By: Ann http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/08/15/like-shaping-air/#comment-5129 Ann Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:57:42 +0000 http://www.annaguirre.com/?p=428#comment-5129 Okay, I'm willing to admit that I might be in the minority, but I think I like writing better than I do revising. I'm still liking the challenge of seeing something in my head so clearly that I can translate in onto paper. :cool: Okay, I’m willing to admit that I might be in the minority, but I think I like writing better than I do revising. I’m still liking the challenge of seeing something in my head so clearly that I can translate in onto paper.

]]> By: azteclady http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/08/15/like-shaping-air/#comment-5127 azteclady Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:34:16 +0000 http://www.annaguirre.com/?p=428#comment-5127 And she's writing, ladies and gents! (see the nifty counter on the left hand column?) And she’s writing, ladies and gents! (see the nifty counter on the left hand column?)

]]> By: Shiloh Walker http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/08/15/like-shaping-air/#comment-5126 Shiloh Walker Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:59:58 +0000 http://www.annaguirre.com/?p=428#comment-5126 I like that part where you're almost on the downhill slide, not quite, but close enough that you can all but feel the wind on your face and you know exactly where you need to go. That, and writing the very last word of a story. Love that part. ;) I like that part where you’re almost on the downhill slide, not quite, but close enough that you can all but feel the wind on your face and you know exactly where you need to go.

That, and writing the very last word of a story. Love that part. ;)

]]> By: Jackie http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/08/15/like-shaping-air/#comment-5125 Jackie Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:58:34 +0000 http://www.annaguirre.com/?p=428#comment-5125 Rewrites....I'm so much better at taking something that is already there and completely adding, subtracting, or just fixing it. As long as it's not my work. :) For my own work (when I'm not proofing anyone elses), getting to the rewrite stage is hard because I always want to go back and start the rewrite process before I even finish the first draft. Rewrites….I’m so much better at taking something that is already there and completely adding, subtracting, or just fixing it. As long as it’s not my work. :) For my own work (when I’m not proofing anyone elses), getting to the rewrite stage is hard because I always want to go back and start the rewrite process before I even finish the first draft.

]]> By: Susan Helene Gottfried http://www.annaguirre.com/archives/2008/08/15/like-shaping-air/#comment-5124 Susan Helene Gottfried Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:33:23 +0000 http://www.annaguirre.com/?p=428#comment-5124 Rewrites, definitely. It's when you take the blob of words you wrote to figure out where the thing ends, and then craft it into beauty. Rewrites, definitely. It’s when you take the blob of words you wrote to figure out where the thing ends, and then craft it into beauty.

]]>