[stylist] Various Editting Styles

Tue Mar 3 05:55:02 UTC 2009

I believe you would use a cane, and feel with your 
feet.  occassionally turning off the machine for sound orientation, 
or else you rig up a guide string you track as you go.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS
At 10:36 PM 3/2/2009, you wrote:
>Please, do tell, if you know how to do it.  I've contemplated 
>learning how to do it.  But now my husband is retired and will be 
>home all the time to do it.
>Barbara
>
>If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of 
>whom you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>From: "James Canaday M.A.  N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:50 PM
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>Subject: Re: [stylist] Various Editting Styles
>
>>wow,
>>those sound good.
>>
>>you know blind people can operate snowblowers.
>>jc
>>
>>Jim Canaday M.A.
>>Lawrence, KS
>>
>>At 08:52 PM 3/2/2009, you wrote:
>>>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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