Comments on: Do Not Polish A Mess* https://booksquare.com/do-not-polish-a-mess/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=do-not-polish-a-mess Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Booksquare https://booksquare.com/do-not-polish-a-mess/#comment-44022 Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:05:37 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/03/22/1124/#comment-44022 Writing would be infinintely more entertaining if I could get a brain dump onto my laptop. I’m totally willing to chop and slice and rework and rearrange and do all manner of vicious stuff to my words…it’s just that first draft that kills me. I have no idea why — it’s not like I don’t have the entire soundtrack rolling through my brain at all times.

Though, as I think about it, I probably shouldn’t call the first outpouring of stuff a draft. That gives it far too much credit. I don’t even allow Jill to go near my stuff until it’s been through at least two wringers. If not more.

]]> By: Lorra https://booksquare.com/do-not-polish-a-mess/#comment-43985 Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:51:45 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/03/22/1124/#comment-43985 When you polish a mess, it’s like trying to scratch an itch you can’t find. It’s frustrating, yet you can’t figure out what you’re doing wrong until someone who understands the process shows you the source of the itchiness. Then, and only then, do you get relief.

]]> By: ed https://booksquare.com/do-not-polish-a-mess/#comment-43923 Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:13:56 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2005/03/22/1124/#comment-43923 Couldn’t agree more with Gwenda’s sentiments. Rewriting, being a ruthless barbarian? That’s the fun and liberating part. Writing something out of the ether? There’s where you’re expected to perform the allemandes.

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