tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post7210741887402558868..comments2024-03-27T02:13:13.079-04:00Comments on Original Content: Slice And DiceGail Gauthierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-53488368713061295902007-12-15T13:37:00.000-05:002007-12-15T13:37:00.000-05:00Ah, but your comment, Laini, is perfect. You under...Ah, but your comment, Laini, is perfect. You understand me. <BR/><BR/>Yes, somewhere around partial draft 800 I start to feel, "Ah, who thought this was a good idea?" But what are you going to do? Forget about it after months and months of work so you can go through the same thing with another book? No! We're professionals! We work through to an end if we have to finish it on our hands and knees.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377586.post-41900569598411126042007-12-15T11:17:00.000-05:002007-12-15T11:17:00.000-05:00Oh, this sounds SO familiar! I can't even put a nu...Oh, this sounds SO familiar! I can't even put a number to my "drafts" now because I seldom manage to write through to the end so that I can really call it "a draft" -- but I think that the first half of the book, which I am reworking right now, might be draft 812 or something, and I REMEMBER how excited I once was by the ideas and the plot, but I just can't get excited anymore. I can remember when they were new and fun, but I can't FEEL it. Just trying to keep the faith that in those early days of excitement, I understood something that is lost to me now -- but that hopefully others WILL see when they read it for the first time. Oy. I wish there was a magical device that could temporarily wipe my brain slate clean so I could read my manuscript with fresh eyes! Good luck to you on your draft!<BR/><BR/>p.s. Above comment? Yeah, not so much on-topic.Laini Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.com