Comments on: Wednesday Writer’s Workshop

By: byjane

byjane — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:06:20 +0000

starrlife: Thanks for your comment, which has given me a new way of looking at why people blog. To be able to express yourself as and how you wish–that really is the way to find your own voice. I wonder if at some point you’ll start editing/revising…because you want to tighten something up or make something clearer.

By: starrlife

starrlife — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:07:35 +0000

As a midlife mom, working full time I love to express myself but I was never very good at following any rules! Blogging works for me in that way- I rarely edit and I’m, slowly, finding my own voice. Thanks for all of your efforts Jane- even for slackers like me!

By: byjane

byjane — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:33:10 +0000

Thank you, Joanna. You’ve been really faithful and I appreciate it.

By: byjane

byjane — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:32:21 +0000

LaVender: looooove your name–is it French (as in The Seller?) or lavender blue dilly dilly?

By: byjane

byjane — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:30:34 +0000

Hey, Duchess, talk about a person MIA (or should that be B for Blogdom?). Thanks for adding your wisdom and experience to this Workshop post. I so agree about the real genius of writing being in rereading and losing the rubbish. I don’t use the work “editing” because people tend to think of that as working on the fiddly bits of grammar or word choice. What we both mean, I think, is revision or as I so [cleverly] write it: Re-Vision.

By: Duchess

Duchess — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:13:57 +0000

Hey, Ms Meta,

I have been rather dropping in and out, so maybe you have been around more than I have realised, but I have missed your voice on MidLife Bloggers and on your own blog.

You are right (of course!). The point is to write. Maybe there are those who get it from the start, but most thoughtful people find their way through the process. When they have written everything they have to say, they begin to understand the point they meant to make. The real genius is not in writing; it is in editing — rereading and losing the rubbish.

I guess that is almost the opposite of blogging. Good journalists must develop the instinct to write – and then lose – awfully fast!

I admire you for “having a go” (as my British children are wont to say) at NaNoWriMo. I would like to boast that I had written the book on not writing, but, unfortunately, that is among the books I haven’t written.

When you are feeling extra brave give us a look at your novel flab. That’s what friends are for.

By: Joanna Jenkins

Joanna Jenkins — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:16:47 +0000

I’ll be here every Wednesday!!!! Thanks a million Jane.
xo

By: LaVender

LaVender — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:13:36 +0000

Loooove your blog and looooove the title even more (smile).