Comments on: Final Cuts and Slashes http://www.ejruek.com/EJRuek-author-blog/2008/01/09/final-cuts-and-slashes/ The Grimace and the Giggle Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:20:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: E. J. Ruek http://www.ejruek.com/EJRuek-author-blog/2008/01/09/final-cuts-and-slashes/comment-page-1/#comment-31 E. J. Ruek Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:32:58 +0000 http://www.ejruek.com/EJRuek-author-blog/2008/01/09/final-cuts-and-slashes/#comment-31 Done NOW is one of those double-edged swords. On one hand, it helps to drive you forward when the eyes are blurring in abject refusal to read and refine this or that section one more time...and then again. But, it also has its giant pitfall of causing us to get sloppy, or worse, unhappy with the work we do. Time, then, to put it aside and get on about working a different draft. When it ceases to become an exciting process, go elsewhere and come back later when the good edge of the sword prods. Done NOW is one of those double-edged swords. On one hand, it helps to drive you forward when the eyes are blurring in abject refusal to read and refine this or that section one more time…and then again. But, it also has its giant pitfall of causing us to get sloppy, or worse, unhappy with the work we do. Time, then, to put it aside and get on about working a different draft. When it ceases to become an exciting process, go elsewhere and come back later when the good edge of the sword prods.

]]> By: womblin http://www.ejruek.com/EJRuek-author-blog/2008/01/09/final-cuts-and-slashes/comment-page-1/#comment-28 womblin Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:06:11 +0000 http://www.ejruek.com/EJRuek-author-blog/2008/01/09/final-cuts-and-slashes/#comment-28 Wish I could find that process "fun" too. :-) Don't get me wrong, I like to craft, but want it all done 'now', which is wrong, wrong, utterly wrong. I have yet to learn that patience as well as skill helps write and hone a novel. Sigh. Wish I could find that process “fun” too. :-)

Don’t get me wrong, I like to craft, but want it all done ‘now’, which is wrong, wrong, utterly wrong. I have yet to learn that patience as well as skill helps write and hone a novel. Sigh.

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