tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post7656380940033073957..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Thanks, Chuck or HOW I LEARNED TO STOP TALKING and LOVE THE REWRITEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-83361367307248129402011-06-10T04:38:28.417-05:002011-06-10T04:38:28.417-05:00Dave, This is a great post. After discovering Chu...Dave, This is a great post. After discovering Chuck Wendig, I finally came out of the closet - as a writer. I trashed the beginning - 50K words- of the first draft of my memoirs and am rewriting it completely, turned it in to fiction and feel totally liberated.angie Brooksby-Arcangiolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000615140577512304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-91395420634986956732011-06-09T19:43:17.232-05:002011-06-09T19:43:17.232-05:00I had already kicked myself in the ass about a sim...I had already kicked myself in the ass about a similar edit, but then school stuff happened and I put it off "until..." Last week, I decided "screw until" but Chuck's post was still a good reminder because finishing things is sort of my Kryptonite (and not just with writing). Now, he just needs one about how "good" and "perfect" are different and how at some point I should stop rewriting and editing and gutting already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-35249410762411470112011-06-09T06:36:26.429-05:002011-06-09T06:36:26.429-05:00Dave - I, too, read Chuck's comments yesterday...Dave - I, too, read Chuck's comments yesterday, and now yours. I made a writing decision this week, and, so far, I'm four for four. I kinda knew I was trending towards the type of writer Chuck described, and remembered what it was like actually to have completed something. I remembered the joy, and I wanted it back. The only remedy: more (cowbell) writing. Then, and only then, do I feel confident about calling myself a fiction writer (I'm already a tech writer by day). Glad I'm not the only one.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-40845708311926195452011-06-09T06:07:43.662-05:002011-06-09T06:07:43.662-05:00Dave:
That's awesome, man. Here I am squawkin...Dave:<br /><br />That's awesome, man. Here I am squawking into the void and had no idea I'd actually make a dent. Especially great knowing that it made a dent in a writer who I want to keep writing instead. <br /><br />Cool. Thanks for the shout-out, and BTFO, dude.<br /><br />-- c.Chuckhttp://www.terribleminds.com/ramblenoreply@blogger.com