tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post114865876260096951..comments2023-06-04T11:38:40.921-04:00Comments on words / myth / ampers & virgule: There's no crying in baseballDick Margulishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1149367141810719022006-06-03T16:39:00.000-04:002006-06-03T16:39:00.000-04:00Stephen,In the sample chapter you sent me, I did n...Stephen,<BR/><BR/>In the sample chapter you sent me, I did not find you interfering with the characters or the story at all. So you seem to have successfully overcome the difficulty you describe.<BR/><BR/>As for the words, don't worry about them too much. George Orwell, on this subject, famously wrote, "Murder your darlings." Your task, especially in the sort of fiction you write, is to imagine and convey the situation, the characters' thoughts and actions, and the dialog. You don't ever want to let some precious phrase or sentence interfere with your doing that just because it's too beautiful to throw away. Just paste all those darlings into a private journal, and delete the journal every six months.Dick Margulishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169512038331158003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27606211.post-1149364819559264552006-06-03T16:00:00.000-04:002006-06-03T16:00:00.000-04:00Your post and writers and authors was insightful. ...Your post and writers and authors was insightful. Thanks for making the distinctions and the words as children is very helpful. The most difficult thing I've face in my own writing is eliminating me from the pages and letting the characters run the show. Rewriting seems to be about discovering what all those words really want to do. I've had sections that I've deleted from one section of the MS only to find the perfect spot for them in another. It's like the book is already written and all I'm doing is piecing it back together. The problem comes with familiarity. The longer I live in the world I've created, the more i take for granted. After it's done, I want others to read it to see if I've made my world real for themStephen Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17767676630877766717noreply@blogger.com