Comments on: Fear of Revision

By: Di Eats the Elephant

Di Eats the Elephant — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:13:03 +0000

Congratulations on publishing your novel, and after sweating through the tears and fears and whether or not this or that change would ruin or take out the good along with the not-so-good. You’re an inspiration to the rest of us struggling with a way to form this sloppy clay into a pot. And I love how you said that we need to take heed of those (craft) words to ourselves. It’s so easy to see the need in others’ works, but hard to do in our own. As my grandmother would say, “Can’t see the forest for the trees.”

By: Julie Wu

Julie Wu — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:17:26 +0000

Thanks so much, Robin!

A non-writer once asked me whether there wasn’t some Microsoft Word function that could take care of revision. If only!

By: Robin Black

Robin Black — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:28:32 +0000

This is such a great post! I remember when I used to think of revision as a kind of polishing up of sentences. . . You put the reality of it beautifully here!

Thanks for this!

By: Julie Wu

Julie Wu — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:32:20 +0000

Thanks, Javed! So glad the post resonated with you. Looking forward to meeting you.

By: Javed

Javed — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:42:30 +0000

Julie – I loved your description “their strengths were no more robust or reproducible than the street lights’ glinting on the water’s surface”…very insightful and not something that can easily be taught, only realized. Thanks for the great post!