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Living Revision
Jul. 22nd, 2019 09:30 pmSo, I'm in the revision stage of my writing project and I realize... I don't actually know much about revising. Editing, sure, but not revising. So I picked up Living Revision: A Writer's Craft as Spiritual Practice and... wow.
"I want you to write with spirit and power, to write as though your life is on fire--which it is--and to write to a world thirsty for truth."
What little I have read already is pretty inspiring, so I'm going to take a stab at one of the exercises...
1. My earliest fond memory of writing is what was called the Young Author's Conference. I dictated a story to an adult and I got to illustrate it. It was "published" in spiral bound construction paper and my illustrations were put in with rubber cement.
2. I wrote a sequel to the first story (which was about a rabbit) and was taken to different classrooms to read my story.
3. I began to write plays. Most of these were filled with a lot of improv, and had more than 5 acts...
4. I wrote horror poetry after reading too many French gothic novels in grade 6 or so.
5. My poems were no longer published in the school newsletter as they were getting a little too gothic for the censors.
6. During recess, I would often console myself with writing in a white binder. I'd just write anything. I was very lonely.
7. My friend Jennifer Murray introduced me to fan fiction-- Star Trek fic to be precise. I began to write fic.
8. I had a writing group, the Yummy Milkmen, in high school.
9. My poetry was published by Black Moss Press.
10. I went to grad school and was told my non-fiction writing was "unacceptable."
"I want you to write with spirit and power, to write as though your life is on fire--which it is--and to write to a world thirsty for truth."
What little I have read already is pretty inspiring, so I'm going to take a stab at one of the exercises...
1. My earliest fond memory of writing is what was called the Young Author's Conference. I dictated a story to an adult and I got to illustrate it. It was "published" in spiral bound construction paper and my illustrations were put in with rubber cement.
2. I wrote a sequel to the first story (which was about a rabbit) and was taken to different classrooms to read my story.
3. I began to write plays. Most of these were filled with a lot of improv, and had more than 5 acts...
4. I wrote horror poetry after reading too many French gothic novels in grade 6 or so.
5. My poems were no longer published in the school newsletter as they were getting a little too gothic for the censors.
6. During recess, I would often console myself with writing in a white binder. I'd just write anything. I was very lonely.
7. My friend Jennifer Murray introduced me to fan fiction-- Star Trek fic to be precise. I began to write fic.
8. I had a writing group, the Yummy Milkmen, in high school.
9. My poetry was published by Black Moss Press.
10. I went to grad school and was told my non-fiction writing was "unacceptable."
