Day 1: OMG i wrote what?

[sarcasticchick]

So, the biggest debate in broaching my first post on the novel - do I stick with proper capitalization like a proper writer ought? or do i stick with my standard, personal preference of no caps in a journal entry? I decided after much pondering that the novel-related entries should be all proper-like even if I'm not proper in any sense of the

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[1flying_wonder]

Beautiful knits! Well done, and be sure and post pics once it's blocked.

[sarcasticchick]

Oh, I will! Lots and lots of pics *g* Though, at the rate it's going, the shawl might take a few years. ;)

[lilithilien]

Your old writing is supposed to make you cringe. Evelyn Waugh hated Brideshead Revisited. W.H. Auden's most famous poem, September 1, 1939, was one he said was overblown and he wished he'd never written. If you re-read it and think you did everything perfectly, then your style and skill haven't evolved. And that's boring.

Burn wasn't bad at all, btw. You created an extraordinarily ambiguous protagonist whose characterisations were vivid and alive. Part of your dissatisfaction, I think, is that your image of that protagonist has changed over the years. He's not longer who you think he is, and so when you read these words that froze him years ago, he's found lacking. Your new ideas about Burn are going to make him (or her) even better!

But it makes sense that writing ... God, I can't even imagine how many words since then has changed your style. You've got a lot to bring to this reiteration of Burn. I think it's going to work.

Pretty knitting! The mixed yarns looks so pretty.

[sarcasticchick]

If you re-read it and think you did everything perfectly, then your style and skill haven't evolved. And that's boring.

True that. And evolution is good. And my style/writing has definitely evolved. Not to say it's perfect, but it's definitely evolved.

Part of your dissatisfaction, I think, is that your image of that protagonist has changed over the years. He's not longer who you think he is, and so when you read these words that froze him years ago, he's found lacking.

Hammer, nail. I still toy with the idea of making him female, and flopping 'Ice'. Actually, I'm toying with changing all the chars up a bit. I think they're too perfect (read: MS). And if they're too perfect, then I need to lampoon their characters a bit. That's part of my intent over all and I think I need to take that to the characters more.

God, I can't even imagine how many words since then

Um...a lot? :)

I think it's going to work.

*knocks on wood* It's gotta!

Pretty knitting! The mixed yarns looks so pretty.

It touches even prettier....

[sarcasticchick]

I hate my old writing, so I think that's pretty normal. And it's good to evolve, because otherwise, rutsville, and that's no fun.

Yeah, and that road to rutsville is such a boring yet treacherous path to take. Kind of like I-80 through Nebraska.

Yarnporn?

The fondling and caressing of a truly beautiful yarn. *g* I'd knit faster but I spend way too much time ogling and petting my finished sections.

[cs_whitewolf]

I've got this story that I'd once upon a time dreamt of one day getting published. But everytime I go to read it, I need to change it. Because I don't like the style, my characterisation seems suddenly off, etcetc. I've changed it so much over the years that it is no longer the story I started out writing. And I know that if I ever seriously decided to do something with it, I'd need to sit down, gut the whole thing out, finish it and submit it to publishing agents pronto, because a year or two down the line I'll just go back to it and want to rewrite the whole damn thing again XD

But that's what writing is all about, like a few of the comments above mine say, your writing grows with you, it evolves, your style will change, and likely keep on changing as you, yourself, continue to grow. The best thing you can do is keep faith in your own abilities and determination to get this story done!

Keep the faith! XD

[sarcasticchick]

I've got this story that I'd once upon a time dreamt of one day getting published. But everytime I go to read it, I need to change it. Because I don't like the style, my characterisation seems suddenly off, etcetc. I've changed it so much over the years that it is no longer the story I started out writing. And I know that if I ever seriously decided to do something with it, I'd need to sit down, gut the whole thing out, finish it and submit it to publishing agents pronto, because a year or two down the line I'll just go back to it and want to rewrite the whole damn thing again XD

*snerks* That's kind of how this one has turned out. Though I have to admit - it's been -good- that I've put it aside for a few years, wrote a -lot- in the meantime (practice, practice, practice), and figured out a lot of things to develop chars, plot, etc...

This time around tho, dammit, I'm sending it off when I'm done.

Keep the faith! XD

Hear, hear!

psst you should totally pick yours up again too ;)

[cs_whitewolf]

Saying all that I do think it's very good to leave something you've written at a younger age to the side for a bit to... settle ;) so that when you *are* far more experienced in terms of writing you can re-tackle and make it the best you can. And if it's a piece you've been playing with for years, well, I do think you're at the right time to have at it and get it out there ;) I'd certainly buy it! heh.

And I'm planning to. Not until next year though. I need to get everything else out the way before sinking my teeth into it again XD

[beautifulblue]

coooOOOoool

[sarcasticchick]

*g*

danke!

knitting's cool.