tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post2481698723727223857..comments2023-09-12T09:09:08.656-07:00Comments on Well-Read Donkey: Kate Maloy's Guest Post: Cleaning Up the CopyAggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00745258157624796110noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-71214629894281237202009-06-19T15:10:53.939-07:002009-06-19T15:10:53.939-07:00Thanks, everyone, for your great comments. Lisa, y...Thanks, everyone, for your great comments. Lisa, you're right that we don't get do-overs in real life, which is why it pleases me so much to look back and realize there's really not that much I want to DELE, after all. The rest of it I just need to let go of, unless there's a chance for clearing the air.<br /><br />Life as fodder--I love it, Lysne! And also Kate's comment that we don't have to explain, and Debi's that we get to write each day anew. We have about as much control over that as over our writing, given how blind we fly most of the time, but the process is rewarding nevertheless. The unconcscious can be a great friend.Kate Maloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338350828357415976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-37704932601820945862009-06-18T11:08:37.832-07:002009-06-18T11:08:37.832-07:00Life is fodder, indeed. As a compulsive editor, it...Life is fodder, indeed. As a compulsive editor, it's really important for me to remember that I can edit all I want in my head, but my actions in the world generally don't get do-overs. Fortunately I get at least a modicum of satisfaction from the mental part.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793601965773276686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-84050786366485241982009-06-18T07:42:45.870-07:002009-06-18T07:42:45.870-07:00I love the STET/DELE line here (which I can't ...I love the STET/DELE line here (which I can't seem to make copy and paste this morning, else I'd repeat it). I do this so often that I keep all my old drafts until I'm done with a piece, just in case I long to restore something I've deleted.Meg Waite Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035724870293900249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-67195380072405576832009-06-17T18:53:32.955-07:002009-06-17T18:53:32.955-07:00It is such a delight to read your words Kate. I l...It is such a delight to read your words Kate. I love the way you've put things - so optimistic. Life is fodder. AND I just needed that spin on the connection between the left and the right.Lysnekatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008011379544940678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-90000968256205326762009-06-17T18:50:04.945-07:002009-06-17T18:50:04.945-07:00Kate, I just love the idea that "to live is t...Kate, I just love the idea that "to live is to create fictions." Life is, truly, what you make it and each day an opportunity to write it again. It's freeing in the best possible way to know that one is never stuck with this now...you can make a new now if you choose.Debi Harbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251435964706916444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-81723509818924970092009-06-17T16:18:23.377-07:002009-06-17T16:18:23.377-07:00Kate, what a great post. One thing I've learne...Kate, what a great post. One thing I've learned as I've grown older is to trust my instincts, those feelings that I know something is either right or wrong that I believe originate in my unconscious but which I can't always explain or even put into words. But as someone said to me recently you don't have to explain. Thanks - lots of food for thought here.Kate Burnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-62081070521032774812009-06-17T13:14:31.282-07:002009-06-17T13:14:31.282-07:00I am new to this blogging business, and meant to p...I am new to this blogging business, and meant to post that comment to Monday's blog, but now I have this excuse to thank Clea (thanks, Clea!) and Kepler's (especially Aggie!). I'm having a wonderful time here this week and am so pleased to be a contributor.<br /><br />Clea, I used to be a chicken about editing, and I do save some versions, but it gets easier and easier for me to let go of my prose, even after I've agonized over it. I can't explain that, though.Kate Maloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338350828357415976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-25201134765080890532009-06-17T10:26:45.715-07:002009-06-17T10:26:45.715-07:00Thanks, everyone--I so appreciate that you took th...Thanks, everyone--I so appreciate that you took the time to comment. I have loved writing the posts for this week, and this makes it even better. Meg, I'm glad that line resonated with you. It's a never-ending source of amazement, how many layers of my work show themselves after I think I've finished. I can only believe this is true for all of us who write fiction, because the process does draw on our subconscious, and so much of that is a big secret to our conscious mind.Kate Maloyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338350828357415976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434699491181348092.post-88437454643774545202009-06-17T06:40:47.304-07:002009-06-17T06:40:47.304-07:00I often wish i could clean up my own life as easil...I often wish i could clean up my own life as easily as I clean up copy. No, neither is easy, but I love being able to say, "This is wordy and unnecessary" and - voila! - it can be gone.<br /><br />That said, I'm a chicken when it comes to editing. I save every version and usually have at least two files of clipped-out bits, just in case I find later that I've made a horrible mistake.<br /><br />Thanks for writing this!Clea Simonhttp://www.cleasimon.comnoreply@blogger.com