I know I’m supposed to work on my revisions, and that’s what I did yesterday, and the day before. Painstakingly push first drafts to the second, second to the third and so on. You get the drift.
But what I love doing are the bursts of speed writing, pieces that lead nowhere, like this one based on a picture prompt by Rick Mobbs.
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I am here for first time so may be after sometime I'll able to tell what I like more Writing or revision.
First of all apologies for the late replies…I have been travelling and did not have good internet access…
@Golden Eagle I love first drafts at times, when they come in a smooth flow! Other times, I like how much revisions improve my writing.
@Madeline Thanks for your comment on my other blog…I love doing the speed-writing bursts for practice, it is like lifting weights, a warm-up and strengthening before I do my stories.
J.L. Me too, I feel exactly the same. Only I try to treat the re-writes like first drafts, and just jump into the flow…
I like both. I like the ease of just getting the story on paper, but I also enjoy the challenge of editing it into something that may be acceptable for other eyes to read!
It's funny – my current post about snow in Texas is the first blog post I've ever done with a full first draft. I sat down, hand wrote for about eight pages, and then went to work.
Of course, I'd been thinking and thinking about it, which makes a difference. Because of the nature of my work, I have great chunks of time during the day to just think, so I often have an outline in my head – or little directional markers – before I start to write.
But mostly, I edit as I write. Sometimes I have a title and a last paragraph and fill in the middle. Something I have a though and work in both directions. And sometimes the piece takes me somewhere I never intended to go.
Generally, my writing unrolls – as Annie Dillard says, stem to leaf to bole, as an organic whole. For larger pieces, real stories, longer essays, I suspect it might not work so well. But I don't know that!
If I could, I would only write first drafts. Revisions are where the shine wears off and I become aware of all of my flaws.
Each is good in its own right. I love to write my first draft and get my ideas down. But it's the revision process where my story truly comes together and writing itself is polished and presentable. I need both–but at the right time. If I edit, I edit my face off. If I'm writing, I try and do nothing else so I can just let the creativity flow.
Honestly, I like revisions better. The first draft for me is just so terrible, it makes me beyond excited for revisions and knowing everything is about to get ten times better. It's always more fun that way, and much more encouraging.
I love your speed writing! Maybe I should try daily speed writing, I do love little pieces that lead to nowhere, the ones that are just poetic and entertaining. 😀
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With the “Wonder Woman” solo movie having begun production, an earlier and ultimately discarded incarnation of the character has seen the light of day today.
Photographer Mark Rogers has used his social media accounts to share a couple of shots of supermodel Megan Gale in costume as Wonder Woman in George Miller’s cancelled “Justice League Mortal” project from back in 2007 & 2008.
The look certainly differs from that Gal Gadot is seen sporting in next year’s “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”. Boasting a brighter blue cloth skirt, more accurate headpiece and quite different leather corset – it’s a distinctly different take.
Gale, who also starred in this year’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” as the Valkyrie, was to star in the film alongside Armie Hammer as Batman, D.J. Cotrona as Superman, Adam Brody as the Flash, Common as the Green Lantern, Jay Baruchel as Maxwell Lord, Santiago Cabrera as Aquaman, Hugh Keays-Byrne as Martian Manhunter, Teresa Palmer as Talia al Ghul, and Zoe Kazan as Iris Allen.