[stylist] Various Editting Styles

Tue Mar 3 03:29:33 UTC 2009

That's a lot of snow. Yes, I can put that label on some of my old writing
too. It is nice sometimes to read some of our old stuff and take a measure
of how far we've come as writers. 

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 6:52 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [stylist] Various Editting Styles

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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