tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970258.post6205876302600897472..comments2023-09-11T11:02:49.536+01:00Comments on Pupart - musings on music, literature film and whatever.: Freshness of VisionJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970258.post-63356604362907184802007-02-06T13:20:00.000+00:002007-02-06T13:20:00.000+00:00Hang in there with your writing workshop. We write...Hang in there with your writing workshop. We writers tend to glamorize the initial writing/inspiration part, but the most important part of writing is actually revision - the willingness to throw large chunks of material out and start with a clean page.Paula Martinachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963057019390455362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970258.post-57329757859322871522007-02-02T11:25:00.000+00:002007-02-02T11:25:00.000+00:00thanks - that sounds about right - last term I was...thanks - that sounds about right - last term I was elated, this term I can't seem to get it back. thanks for the cooments on the story - i am planning to have a major rewrite - I like the ideas but need to sort out those problem areas that Ashley drew our attention to. I know i am learning a lot - sometimes so much that my brain hurts!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970258.post-62169901414936623452007-02-02T02:39:00.000+00:002007-02-02T02:39:00.000+00:00Thought your plot was good but didn't have time to...Thought your plot was good but didn't have time to comment on the board. Know what you mean by finding that all you thought you could do you turn out to be doing wrong - but ultimately that's why you're on the course and far better, I think, to be able to actually see where you're going wrong. So, have a cup of tea, kick the furniture a couple of times and swear a lot, and then re-write. The plot was worth it. <br /><br />I think the ability to write freshly (if that's actually a word) is over-rated. Everything I wrote in my teens and twenties now makes me cringe as it's so self-indulgent and self-obsessed. I think it's the self-consciousness that we get as we get older that makes it harder to let go and experiment, but that is getting better in the second year, so just hang in there!<br /><br />Hope this helps...........for me, in Year 1, term 1 was elating and term 2 a real downer as I turned out not to be as good as term 1 had made me think I was. But then it all seemed to come back together in term 3. That's the effect I'm banking on again this year......:)theprovocativecynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107903326035987724noreply@blogger.com