tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post7772527560928848267..comments2023-10-17T05:19:48.148-04:00Comments on Rose-coloured: UnblockableRebecca Rosenblumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10859985178895250412noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post-30166944625923030452008-11-17T18:29:00.000-05:002008-11-17T18:29:00.000-05:00I think vonnegut said something along this line......I think vonnegut said something along this line... comparing bangers with swishers. Bangers used typewriters and bang out a lot of drafts. Swishers take their time and get it right the first time. I'm sure I have the actual words wrong, but the general idea is there.Malcolm Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499484795017368326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post-27274863638157519902008-11-16T12:48:00.000-05:002008-11-16T12:48:00.000-05:00Ah Rebecca, thank you for nailing my dilemma! My a...Ah Rebecca, thank you for nailing my dilemma! My arduous perfectionist journey continues, but the end is in sight!The Chapati Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08916089544395886858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post-22188834001827881162008-11-16T12:34:00.000-05:002008-11-16T12:34:00.000-05:00Many years ago, I interviewed a prominent Canadian...Many years ago, I interviewed a prominent Canadian journalist (who I used to enjoy reading, but now find something of a know-it-all blowhard) for a profile I was writing, and he told me a story about Anthony Burgess. He was interviewing the famed author, and asked him how he was able to be so prolific (ie., he published a book pretty much every year). Burgess leaned forward in his chair, and asked the journalist whether he had ever written 2,000 words in a day. "Of course," he replied, "when I'm on deadline." Burgess then said, "Then just do it every day." <BR/><BR/>My problem is I get easily bored, so struggle with writing draft after draft. I applaud those that can do it. (And you want to see an author who is able to do draft after draft after draft? Check out Dennis Lee's archives!) Which is probably why I make no pretense about ever publishing anything of interest.writer_guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716217210281025515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post-14648391852188227292008-11-15T23:00:00.000-05:002008-11-15T23:00:00.000-05:00I'm also pretty envious. I think the biggest reaso...I'm also pretty envious. I think the biggest reason I haven't published more is because I don't put anything down on the page until it's right, and it can take months or even years of work before I finish a story that I can feel genuinely pleased with. I think three drafts is my limit, and if I have to make more than minor changes, then forget it, I'd rather scrap the whole thing and start over. I love writing, but I hate editing more than just about anything I can think of. It's just so tedious! Your assessment might be accurate, though. I suffer quite regularly from writer's block, and 1,000 or 1,500 words a day is about my upper limit before I'm tapped out.<BR/><BR/>Reading helps. If I'm not reading a great deal, then I find I can't writing at all. The two activities are very closely related.<BR/><BR/>I am far less of a perfectionist when it comes to my blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com