Comments on: I Thought I Wanted… http://semmie.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/i-thought-i-wanted/ Sun, 19 May 2013 02:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sally Hanan http://semmie.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/i-thought-i-wanted/#comment-854 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:57:54 +0000 http://semmie.wordpress.com/?p=948#comment-854 Ah yes, my third was better than the first, or the second, but I have still not arrived. :) What might work better for you is to bring your dreams to a plotting weekend, in some idyllic setting, and have others help you hash out the intrigue.

]]> By: semmie http://semmie.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/i-thought-i-wanted/#comment-853 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:11:04 +0000 http://semmie.wordpress.com/?p=948#comment-853 Heh. Editors. We’ll see about that.

]]> By: Steve Ward http://semmie.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/i-thought-i-wanted/#comment-852 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:55:09 +0000 http://semmie.wordpress.com/?p=948#comment-852 Ah the artist in you is constantly at work. I wonder how many times Leonard da Vinci had to step back for a moment to get a fresh perspective of Mona Lisa- To touch up, rework, smudged his finger prints into the picture, and perhaps even started over while the oil paint was still fresh.

I wonder just how many times did Johann Sebastian decided to go “Bach to the drawing board”. :-)

The writer is not any different. Especially the writer who cares and nurishes her work- perhaps even referring to it as her “child”- just to make sure that everything turns out right when that child is ready to step out into the world on its own.

Besides, you haven’t even considered what the editors are going to do once they get their hand on your “child.”

Shalom!!!
Steve

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