 Noticing Newbies: December 06, 2006 Issue [#1414] |
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Our goal is to showcase some of our newest Writing.Com Authors and their items. From poetry and stories to creative polls and interactives, we'll bring you a wide variety of items to enjoy. We will also feature "how to" advice and items that will help to jump start the creation process on Writing.com
We hope all members of the site will take the time to read, rate, review and welcome our new authors. By introducing ourselves, reviewing items and reaching out, we will not only make them feel at home within our community, we just might make new friends!
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I enjoyed this article, and find it useful.
I have found myself editing pieces I wrote years before. Who is it that said "A poem is never finished, just abandoned?"
tinman
Great! Thanks for the sharing the cute quote, too.
Dear Puditat,
I really loved this issue. A friend of mine once told me to leave a piece for at least 3 years before attempting to edit. Unfortunately for most of us, the timeframe is just a little too ridiculous. However I have found that if you leave a piece for a while and then go back to read it, sometimes it seems as if you never wrote it, because the words feel so foreign.
I just wish I had more time on my hands so I could use all I've learned so far.
Thanks again and best wishes.
AntSO
Time, time, time - it always runs away on me.  Three years is a little extreme, and not very good if you ever want to make any money from writing. But distance does bring focus and a clearer vision. Best of wishes.
An excellent article today. The creation is the easy part between me and my poetry. But I spend all of my time editing, sometimes to no avail. It's especially hard to get all of the words to flow right so that there are no sore thumbs. But that means being able to strike words from the written page, saving them, as you suggested for future use, and having the ability to step back and really examine what has just been written. This talent is not shared by everybody, but can be developped.
Thanks for a brilliant Newsletter
alfred booth, wanbli ska
Thank you, Alfred.  Editing is definitely a skill, and one that develops the more you do it. So get out there and edit.
What a wonderful newsletter ! Your editorial is terrific and such a helpful reminder to those of us who write poetry. I'm going to keep your checklist and refer to it often :) I appreciate the magnificent effort that must have gone into putting this newsletter together.
Congratulations ! You did a great job !
Warmest best,
GabriellaR45
Thank you!
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