[stylist] Writing process

[Judith Bron]

Bridget and Kerry, I never did the draft thing either.  All my papers from 
elementary school through college usually got A's.  Even when writing my 
novels I didn't do drafts, But I worked overtime on editing.  Judith
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From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 7:45 PM
Subject: [stylist] Writing process


> Kerry,
>
> Wuthering Heights is my all-time favorite book!  *smile*
>
> I completely agree with you.  We all have to find the process that works
> for us.  I, too, do not really do the draft thing.  As organized as I
> am, drafts have never really been a part of my process even when sighted
> or for academic papers.  I usually received straight A's so I must have
> done something right!  *smile*
>
> This post is very articulate.  Perhaps you would consider writing a 1000
> words or less article about the writing process for Slate & Style?
>
> Bridgit
>
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> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:37:49 -0500
> From: Kerry Thompson <kethompson1964 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 81, Issue 19
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> Hi friends,
>
> Bridgit, everybody's process is different. For me, writing is about the
> language. So, from the first, the words are as important as the story
> I'm telling with them. Of course, sometimes it's necessary to get the
> story germ down as quickly as possible before I forget it.
>
> That leads me to my second point. For me, writing and rewriting aren't
> separate, distinct phases of the process. I'm a tinkerer. I continually
> reread my work in progress, pausing to substitute a better word here, to
>
> expand a phrase to a paragraph there where it strikes me that the
> meaning is unclear. And, as the story grows, especially with a novel, it
>
> sometimes becomes necessary to go back to add or alter allusions or
> whole scenes.
>
> With short stories, too, the manuscript is dynamic. I tighten here,
> expand there, occasionally move or delete entire passages. But it's not
> a matter of Draft 1, Draft 2, Draft 3. I don't work that way and can't
> even fully understand the concept of working that way. But, as I say,
> everybody's process is different. You have to find the process that
> works for you. If producing distinct drafts and revisions works for you,
>
> then by all means go for it!
>
> Like you, I learned to read print, before losing my sight. Like you,
> too, I love Nineteenth Century literature, especially Dickens. Wharton
> isn't one of my favorites, though. I prefer the Brontes. I think,
> perhaps, you and I were taught writing in different ways, from different
>
> aesthetic paradigms. It sounds like you're into modernism, while I'm
> more old fashioned. One way isn't right and the other wrong, they're
> just different.
>
> Chris, LOL That's short and to the point. Very good!
>
> Solidarity and Peace,
>
> Kerry
>
>
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