[stylist] When pruning leaves gaps

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

yes,
while sometimes I find I can make for more elegant 
wording.  sometimes it feels like the organism I'm cutting on is my 
own flesh and blood!
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 05:44 PM 4/9/2009, you wrote:
>Pruning out pieces of a finished body of work is like surgically removing
>small parts of a living organism; you never know if you are going to cut
>into the wrong spot and maybe remove a  supporting part of something
>critical to the health or even the life of the story.
>
>
>Robert Leslie Newman
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
>Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:10 AM
>To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>Subject: Re: [stylist] When pruning leaves gaps
>
>Yes!   05558When I type a story from a previous manuscript, I always have to
>be
>careful not to cut anything out until I've reread the entire piece, or I
>have to put it back in because something important hangs on it.
>What I find is that I sometimes have to throw out half the story if
>something doesn't work, and just go on from there.
>Lori
>
>In a message dated 4/7/09 2:14:31 AM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:
>
>
> > I am still pruning away any unneccessary clutter from my novel. Some
> > subplots can very neatly be cut out. At other times it seems that when
> > you try pruning it leaves gaps.
> >
> > Has anyone else found that to be the case?
> >
> > Helene
> >
> >
>
>
>
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