Sep 20, 2003 17:11
this is my idea for the LJ. i'll give it some corny name, like unedited daily.
basically the premise is, i\ll try to post (as regular as i can, or ideally daily) a short-ish entry, maybe around 400 words. i'm not going to edit it. at all.
i'm not going to change spelling mistakes, i'm nto going to backspace *anything*. if i type out something not in the structure i want to say it or using the words that are preferable on rereading my stuff, too bad. (i',m already starting to regret this).
i mean, there's no real way in which i could really prove it. it might even seem like some writer\\s crazy experiment in trying to emulate imperfect (very imperfect) syntax. so the only way in which i can give a guarantee is to say, I PROMISE that this is the real deal. this is 100% raw.
don't get me wrong, i think editing is such an important process in refining writing. i guess a lot fo people pot without really editing thrououghly. but i guess this is just an attempt at writing some organic things, or as close to it as i can.
so i guess that's it. a rejection of highly polished, artificial wrting (not that there's anything worng with it) and something close to, but not as wanky as a stream fo consciousness. (debatable, i suppose).