Comments on: editing & embroidery http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/index.php/2009/10/20/editing-embroidery/ A writer with a goal: to learn to write well and edit better. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta2 By: ieva http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/index.php/2009/10/20/editing-embroidery/comment-page-1/#comment-371 ieva Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:44:13 +0000 http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/?p=460#comment-371 <a href="#comment-369" rel="nofollow">@neighbor </a> I thought about that. I think the reason why we send things out (not all of us! I wrote for a long time without giving anything to anybody) is that a finished story is so often a major discovery for us, and naturally, we want to share that insight. @neighbor
I thought about that. I think the reason why we send things out (not all of us! I wrote for a long time without giving anything to anybody) is that a finished story is so often a major discovery for us, and naturally, we want to share that insight.

]]> By: neighbor http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/index.php/2009/10/20/editing-embroidery/comment-page-1/#comment-369 neighbor Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:47:47 +0000 http://www.creativity.lv/birdcherry/?p=460#comment-369 That's beautiful - the sentiment and the writing. It helps to be mindful of the language we use. I don't know if I've ever said (out loud) anything particularly harsh about my writing/editing, but I know there's always the severe critic in the back of my mind who says I can't write worth a damn. Why is it that we don't send our embroidery (or for me, crochet or knitting) out to be judged by others? What is it about the writing process that makes it so muddied that we can't trust our initial design and craft but have to put it through a process that feels like mangling our hearts? Anyway, well done for finishing Vega. You've worked steadily and well and though I've dropped way, way back and am finding it a huge struggle, your example still spurs me on. Bravo! That’s beautiful – the sentiment and the writing. It helps to be mindful of the language we use. I don’t know if I’ve ever said (out loud) anything particularly harsh about my writing/editing, but I know there’s always the severe critic in the back of my mind who says I can’t write worth a damn.

Why is it that we don’t send our embroidery (or for me, crochet or knitting) out to be judged by others? What is it about the writing process that makes it so muddied that we can’t trust our initial design and craft but have to put it through a process that feels like mangling our hearts?

Anyway, well done for finishing Vega. You’ve worked steadily and well and though I’ve dropped way, way back and am finding it a huge struggle, your example still spurs me on.

Bravo!

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