[stylist] Various Editting Styles

[LoriStay at aol.com]

We got twelve to thirteen inches of snow dumped on us.   David cleared the 
walk from the house to the street.   One of our neighbors cleared the sidewalk, 
and I dug out the driveway.   I'll feel it tomorrow.
Otherwise, I spent the day rereading some of my past work:   One book I had 
labeled "Old Garbage."   Old bits of writing often give us the best chance to 
sharpen our editing skills, but in this case, I had to concur with the label on 
the book.   Old garbage indeed!
All my Tuesday activities got canceled.   Maybe I'll spend the day writing.   
Stuck inside, between chapters, I baked Humantashen, which are triangular 
tarts, in honor of the holiday of Purim (Next week).   Now if only I can keep 
myself from eating them until we get to Chorale where we plan to share them.
Lori

In a message dated 3/2/09 3:51:53 PM, fowlers at syix.com writes:


> It rained like anything here yesterday, and its raining on and off today. I
> might have to swim to school tomorrow.
>     I too like to give things a cold read, usually at the point where I
> have finished the draft and done the first round of editing. Often I get so
> in love with what I'm writing that I fail to catch obvious mistakes. Its my
> baby and of course its perfect, right? After a couple of days, or a week if
> I have it, I feel I can give it a look through fresher eyes. Then the
> mistakes that I missed the first time jump out at me. I failed to do this to
> a thing I wrote yesterday and have cause to regret it. 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:21 PM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Various Editting Styles
> 
> oh go play in the snow.
> 
> blind people can throw snowballs too!  your storm hit us first, we have
> about two inches of snow on the ground here in Kansas.
> 
> for me, I don't find the editor part of my mind is so different from the
> composer part of me.  and often if I am coming back to a text after a day or
> more I have to reread it all the way through, reread all of what's been
> composed thus far, to feel like I'm in the right place to compose.  but in
> rereading of course it ticks off some items I need to "fix" before I can
> compose.
> jc
> 
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
> 
> At 01:18 PM 3/2/2009, you wrote:
> >Judith,
> >
> >
> >Thanks for your inspiring comment!
> >
> >Jim,
> >
> >On the editting front, it just depends on my mood. More often than not,
> >I'll write a chapter or part of one, let it sit for a day or two, and
> >then go back and edit it before going on, just to fix the little
> >things. I find out that sometimes I get too much into editor mode when
> >I'm supposed to be writing, and that closes the door to my subconcious.
> >Like I say: there is no set formula. To each his own.
> >Minor note: We got a snow day here in Virginia. Great for writing!
> >I'll go do some now!
> >
> >From,
> >Chelsea
> >
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