tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post3032685817685454609..comments2023-08-10T03:35:55.682-07:00Comments on The Prosers: Baby Talk & First Drafts*Sheena Boekweghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-37310692472962968732012-06-04T07:25:07.519-07:002012-06-04T07:25:07.519-07:00That's me too, Sabrina. I used to try so hard ...That's me too, Sabrina. I used to try so hard to make things sound perfect, but it always slowed down all my creativity. Now I find the scenes I don't try, I just let come, are always my favorite part. It's like I have to get out of my own way in order to see the story.<br /><br />Great pep talk, Susan. I needed to hear it.Sheena Boekweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-24753646354400806632012-05-31T21:07:45.641-07:002012-05-31T21:07:45.641-07:00Heh, I once got far too attached to my first draft...Heh, I once got far too attached to my first drafts. Then, indeed, I stopped trying to write everything perfectly the first time. I just spill the words out on paper in no rational order. As it happens, when I stop trying... that's when the most interesting prose appears.Sabrina Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06218305456791199409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-57460413932465615282012-05-31T15:38:51.710-07:002012-05-31T15:38:51.710-07:00When I looked first logged into The Prosers I did ...When I looked first logged into The Prosers I did a double take because that picture at the top looks exactly like my daughter when she was one. Is that your daughter? She's darling.Melanie Crousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353025724182677932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-23395358650815132192012-05-31T13:16:25.674-07:002012-05-31T13:16:25.674-07:00What a beautiful post. I really needed to hear th...What a beautiful post. I really needed to hear that today. I often get frustrated when the words just don't get on the page right the first time, but you are right, we really do need to give our stories time to develop and grow just like our children.<br /><br />I love the analogy, and if that is your daughter in the picture, she was/is adorable.MaryAnn Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08618345950149423623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-83473699091635237692012-05-31T10:02:28.268-07:002012-05-31T10:02:28.268-07:00My son had a speech delay, and needed a speech the...My son had a speech delay, and needed a speech therapist to come to the house and coach him twice a week for a year. For a solid six months we had to fight him every morning while he kicked, screamed, and finally slumped on the floor exhausted, as the therapist went through the exercises. I came away from some of those mornings with bruises. When he finally started participating in the sessions and his speech began to trickle in, I cried with joy. It didn't matter that "bundy" was "bunny" and "ha-ha" was "dog" (he was immitating the way our dog panted, I think.) Progress was progress. I never thought that my writing was like those first six months, but now that I think about it, sometimes I do have to fight, and occasionally I feel bruised when I come away from my stories. And at the same time, I'm making progress.<br /><br />That was a great pep talk. Just remember, anything you write can be fixed and refined, but if you never write it in the frist place, no ammount of edits will make it better (because it doesn't exist!) Thanks for the post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07572122401159709175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-4262813562246286752012-05-31T06:08:36.219-07:002012-05-31T06:08:36.219-07:00This is a beautiful. It works too. Even writing wh...This is a beautiful. It works too. Even writing whole awkward scenes that we know we'll need to delete later seems to trigger growth in our stories as a whole. Great post, Susan!Melanie Crousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10353025724182677932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-31246515573699685912012-05-30T22:44:24.667-07:002012-05-30T22:44:24.667-07:00I have to smile - not only because of the CUTE wah...I have to smile - not only because of the CUTE wahggie! Yesterday, I was pounding my head with imperfection. The last couple days, nothing is coming out as wonderfully literary and flowing as I wished it would and then doubt sweeps in and then I pound at the keyboard and then...ug!<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder. Now I'll sit back and breathe :)Tonja Dreckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683717853264134466noreply@blogger.com