tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post2986407194361743840..comments2023-10-06T04:46:41.176-04:00Comments on KATHRYN MAGENDIE: How many licks does it take to say "DONE!" Manuscript Editing, continuedKathryn Magendiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-17442074675809168692011-01-18T15:53:47.579-05:002011-01-18T15:53:47.579-05:00We thought we were done with our screenplay so man...We thought we were done with our screenplay so many times, we celebrated each time with dancing in the driveway and wine. Then after we sobered up, we re-read it and went back to the bench to re-write. Doing that now, more wine may be needed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480216133884750469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-48772050083614081602009-09-10T08:10:13.656-04:002009-09-10T08:10:13.656-04:00I get so excited just thinking you are close to gi...I get so excited just thinking you are close to giving us another book!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17480046958714954128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-50551255900506886192009-09-10T05:40:54.322-04:002009-09-10T05:40:54.322-04:00Erk. I don't know when I'm done so I have ...Erk. I don't know when I'm done so I have to stop myself. I'm hating my manuscript right now and like you said, I just want to switch flavors. <br />I can't tell whether it's good enough to be published, but I think I'll try anyways while I write a different story. LOL<br /><br />Have fun with that deadline!Jessica Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365768876905444157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-50845908516019100192009-09-09T22:07:30.970-04:002009-09-09T22:07:30.970-04:00Love the analogy! And the "b@stard owl" ...Love the analogy! And the "b@stard owl" cartoon is a hoot. (Er, pun intended, I suppose...)Janna Leadbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339705935553160673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-34946247996442240272009-09-09T16:53:59.188-04:002009-09-09T16:53:59.188-04:00I haven't reached the 'done' stage yet...I haven't reached the 'done' stage yet. I've distanced myself from my first by starting a second. I'm looking forward to revising the first now. <br /><br />There are parts of my ms that I get drawn into while I'm reading--when I can get lost in the story from beginning to end--then perhaps I'll feel I'm 'done'. <br /><br />Gee, what I'd give for a chocolate flavoured tootsie pop right about now... Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603891627784763004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-73733268911089848332009-09-09T16:37:47.799-04:002009-09-09T16:37:47.799-04:00If I leave it be for a few weeks and then go back ...If I leave it be for a few weeks and then go back to it, read it and say, "Dang--you write pretty good!" then I know it's done.Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-29284194775248790032009-09-09T13:52:21.781-04:002009-09-09T13:52:21.781-04:00For my first novel, "done" was when my h...For my first novel, "done" was when my husband said "If you make me read another revision, I'm gonna hurt you in your sleep."<br /><br />He's read it a few times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-74007270735502567052009-09-09T12:29:31.729-04:002009-09-09T12:29:31.729-04:00Done is so hard to define for sure. One of my meas...Done is so hard to define for sure. One of my measures is when I start adding things only to discover they're already there in another form. Adding and deleting commas is another sign that it might be time to let go.<br /><br />I haven't had the pleasure of working under a deadline - yet.Deb Shuckahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439395710731341021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-58176753627716878812009-09-09T12:12:48.919-04:002009-09-09T12:12:48.919-04:00Would you believe I've never had a tootsie rol...Would you believe I've never had a tootsie roll pop? (I grew up in England.)<br /><br />But the editing... It seems like each time I edit it looks okay by the end. Then I put it away. The following year - fall; it's that time of year again - I get out each of my manuscripts and reread and re-edit. I keep dreaming that one day I won't want to re-edit, but I'm dreaming more that one day it'll go off to a publisher and be out of my hands.Sheila Deethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465615546936319164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-19683996900176943942009-09-09T12:12:30.982-04:002009-09-09T12:12:30.982-04:00ROTFL @ the photos to highlight this post. I need ...ROTFL @ the photos to highlight this post. I need to go back and read your other one. <br /><br />Really awesome post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-1570934499138786992009-09-09T12:10:08.191-04:002009-09-09T12:10:08.191-04:00Finding that finish. Ummm, sometimes when doing sh...Finding that finish. Ummm, sometimes when doing short stories I feel like I am done when I have said what I wanted. That the story has the texture I want. When I close my eyes I can see the characters in my imagination, their homes, loved ones. I think then I am finished. I pass it on to my small circle of readers. Then I see it from their eyes. Clarify it so they can, I hope, see what I see or something better. Since I haven't been published I don't have a deadline. Except when I have a submission date I am trying to beat. Which I must admit gives me a rush of creativity. <br /><br />With the novel, I have no idea. I have a beginning, and end. But the middle, which makes the best part to me is what takes that slow thinking and picking and rewriting and rethinking. Repeat, repeat, repeat. <br /><br />Love the tootsie roll thing. I so remember those commercials. :)Analisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572966946453192369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173191469938389438.post-27751367511603550252009-09-09T11:30:35.685-04:002009-09-09T11:30:35.685-04:00I don't have a clue. I'm hoping I'll ...I don't have a clue. I'm hoping I'll just feel it. We'll see.Susan R. 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