tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post7121232425301459134..comments2024-03-08T00:13:07.673-08:00Comments on Nancy's Blog: Writing and Wateradminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442349453021015062noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-78463886407538845732009-01-23T10:12:00.000-08:002009-01-23T10:12:00.000-08:00Sure! 89.8754% of the work has been done! So what...Sure! 89.8754% of the work has been done! So what's left is to tweak, and marvel, "Ain't I pretty?/Ain't I cute?/From my C-plus head/To my Marsgal's workboot!" Hee-hee!bluesman miike Lindnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730308789066832084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-50324293084449949962009-01-23T03:03:00.000-08:002009-01-23T03:03:00.000-08:00Joe-- You have a point. Those of us who are natu...Joe-- You have a point. Those of us who are natural slugs but find writing congenial might well see things differently than the physically fit among us. <BR/><BR/>I actually PREFER rewriting to writing. There's something there to work with.Nancy Kresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834410304227906387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-84484024567549631492009-01-22T19:03:00.000-08:002009-01-22T19:03:00.000-08:00I'm inclined to disagree. I have students who woul...I'm inclined to disagree. <BR/><BR/>I have students who would rather do hard labor than algebra or trigonometry. I think they'd concede that sitting in my air-conditioned room doing math is hard work for them. <BR/><BR/>For myself, I'll note that my physical failings shame me less than my intellectual ones. My beta readers have been waiting for mumblety-some days for my next chapter, because I've looked at the opening page, concluded it sucked, and then realized that I don't quite know how to make it not suck. At least, not without rewriting half the book. And I don't want to do that. Because it's work. Hard work.<BR/><BR/>I've had days where waxing the cat has taken the form of washing dishes, pulling weeds, changing the oil--because they've all seemed like less work than fixing my book.<BR/><BR/>(Now, if you want to argue that writing is not hard work but <I>revising</I> is, I might be more agreeable. ;-) )José Iriartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653811568201804995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-91269365359449163592009-01-22T13:40:00.000-08:002009-01-22T13:40:00.000-08:00Old Man Heinlein (my hero) said the same thing, Na...Old Man Heinlein (my hero) said the same thing, Nancy. "Sitting in a warm room at a desk, at a typewriter, cannot =possibly= be considered 'work'."<BR/><BR/>Asimov, now what was it?--MURDER AT THE ABA--had his "Harlan Ellison" character ask the same about "Isaac Asimov."<BR/><BR/>"He hasn't worked up a sweat since he was in the Army. He sits all day at his typewriter.<BR/><BR/>His fingers are in good shape, though."bluesman miike Lindnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730308789066832084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-29803352940765037892009-01-21T13:20:00.000-08:002009-01-21T13:20:00.000-08:00I have felt the same way about performing artists ...I have felt the same way about performing artists "taking risks."TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.com