Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Words worth hours

I worked on a few sentences for hours yesterday trying to perfect them. Two or three sentences turned into ten, and along the way I realized two of my facts were wrong, so I had to stop to research further and then I continued tweaking the sentences until finally I got them right. Hours of work. Ten sentences completed. And that my friends is the joy of writing, but damn it, they were ten brilliant sentences. (I hope.)

5 comments:

  1. Can't wait to read them! I wish I was as quality conscious as you - I know my sloppiness is going to break my heart when I'm editing!

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  2. Ah thanks, hellojed. I really hope they were worth the effort. Your speed amazes me. I can't seem to write through the first draft without stopping to edit. By the time I'm done, I'm hoping for a second draft!

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  3. So much the better. Carry on.

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  4. ten brilliant sentences is ...well...Brilliant!

    ...until tomorrow when you think they're crap ;)

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  5. Alfaking, still struggling along slowly, sentence by sentence.

    Rebecca, the morning after letdown is the worst.

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Thanks for the comments, dahlings.