tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post5092495178874227274..comments2023-09-18T06:11:40.551-04:00Comments on blog my life: Revising: Brain PainJanice Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518892582829421885noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post-17308763356326288722009-01-27T15:21:00.000-05:002009-01-27T15:21:00.000-05:00You can't always respond to all ideas for revision...You can't always respond to all ideas for revisions. Pick something you can live with and revise. It's your piece, after all. If everyone is asking for the same thing, you need to realize something is not working, though.<BR/><BR/>Revising should be more than editing. It means re seeing, looking at everything again. Sometimes it is painful, there's no way around it, but sometimes the solutions proposed in workshop may not be the ones to speak most to you. So you need to think about what's really going on in the piece and revise with that in mind. And have some patience.Sheryl St. Germainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824913778725902048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452711402584389245.post-61725788297434880432009-01-24T14:03:00.000-05:002009-01-24T14:03:00.000-05:00Janice, we are definitely paddling along in the sa...Janice, we are definitely paddling along in the same boat! But I think that it is good you have recognized what you are doing and would like to do. So, I would suggest just giving it time. Maybe just taking a break from it--your brain pain will subside--and what to do will come to you. Also, it is possible to weave all of the story lines together (your mom, your revelations about pie, and the balance/crust concept). However, all of the storylines need to serve one purpose that will eventually build and add to a greater purpose in the end of the piece. What is that "greater" purpose you are trying to fulfill? Figuring that out seems to be where the work lies. <BR/><BR/>I hope this wasn't too vague and some how relieved your brain pain. Oh, and of course, has allowed you to see beyond the boat.Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258257632669290598noreply@blogger.com