Comments on: Revision, and How it Changes a Fella…

By: Brian Hodge

Brian Hodge — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:29:09 +0000

I’ve always felt that the perceived danger of reading someone else while you’re first-drafting or finalizing is an overblown phantom. Any stylistic whiff you pick up probably seems more pronounced from your own perspective than any readers.

Besides, who’s to say one’s style can’t shift and shimmer from one project to the next?

Basic style + Recent influence = Synergistic new voice

Good luck on those revisions, Dave!

By: David Niall Wilson

David Niall Wilson — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:14:07 +0000

I have always been able to compartmentalize what I’m reading, and what I’m writing…I don’t think the two cross-pollinate, but I know that others say they can’t read anything similar to what they are writing…

For me, it was just interesting to see what I’d done side-by-side with a nice, formulaic approach that is already successful.

By: Bob Jones

Bob Jones — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:40:54 +0000

As clay contains the basic molecules and potential of a work of art to a sculptor, a first draft of a piece of writing contains basic ideas of an author. Revision is what ultimately forms it into a masterpiece. Learn to love it and reap its rewards.

Thank you for the instructive peek into your personal writing world.

Bob

By: Carole

Carole — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:54:29 +0000

Thanks for sharing your journey with Heart of a Dragon. I used to be fearful of reading anything while I was writing but I’ve come to believe that there’s nothing more helpful. I’m going to go read Chap One of Vintage Soul right now…