tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post3483686307729269672..comments2024-01-19T04:01:36.869-05:00Comments on Kim Rossi: Kim Rossi Staglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687828526726281119noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-55852795042201326192007-07-25T09:29:00.000-04:002007-07-25T09:29:00.000-04:00I love revision. It's those butt ugly first drafts...I love revision. It's those butt ugly first drafts that drive me to drink. I guess I should say thank you. (Hiccup.)Tena Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08630397939303203418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-50702908565838740272007-07-25T02:11:00.000-04:002007-07-25T02:11:00.000-04:00Good luck getting the revisions done, Kim! I'm su...Good luck getting the revisions done, Kim! I'm sure the book will be amazing! I hear you on the dust bunnies. My brain and house seem to have lots of those.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397166252681075107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-770368219643949872007-07-24T19:21:00.000-04:002007-07-24T19:21:00.000-04:00Not to mention the dust bunnies (crappy writing) y...Not to mention the dust bunnies (crappy writing) you expose! Thanks, Barbara!Kim Rossi Staglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687828526726281119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-39719029002637973002007-07-24T19:20:00.000-04:002007-07-24T19:20:00.000-04:00Kim, I have been there. I know. You will get thr...Kim,<BR/><BR/> I have been there. I know. You will get through it. Ah, but it is like re-arranging furniture. Change one room or less and the whole house needs heavy lifting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-57788294987775782132007-07-24T13:18:00.000-04:002007-07-24T13:18:00.000-04:00Be grateful you have a computer - imagine doing it...Be grateful you have a computer - imagine doing it the old fashioned way with a red pen!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-13718113473667211112007-07-24T11:41:00.000-04:002007-07-24T11:41:00.000-04:00Amanda, it was broke. Trust me. I've hatched a l...Amanda, it was broke. Trust me. I've hatched a lovely plan to energize the story. Barbara, I'm not over revising - but once you pull out a story domino you KNOW how that goes..... What I've done is to shift the story several degrees in one direction - so now I have to reorient everyone in it a bit. No problem. No problem at all. (yikes!)Kim Rossi Staglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687828526726281119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-37169383499619612492007-07-24T11:36:00.000-04:002007-07-24T11:36:00.000-04:00Kim, Amanda sounds like a wonderful, supportive fr...Kim, Amanda sounds like a wonderful, supportive friend but, alas, most books do get better with revision. The key is to make sure you have a good editor - it's my impression you have one! -- standing over your shoulder to prevent over-revision. Yes that does happen too.<BR/><BR/>Having said all of the above is anyone surprised that so many writers, present company included, are nuts?<BR/><BR/>keep at it!! someone who writes as well as you do - and is as funny as you are -- will pull this off with great success!<BR/><BR/>xoxo BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-79831112594079789672007-07-24T11:22:00.000-04:002007-07-24T11:22:00.000-04:00If it ain't broke, don't fix it (see previous comm...If it ain't broke, don't fix it (see previous comment last post!)<BR/><BR/>If you writters are always revising tings, how do you know when a book is finished?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com