Post by account_disabled on Nov 27, 2023 5:52:42 GMT
The old manuscripts show us the narrative path we have taken, not only stylistically, but also content-wise, if we can call it that: which stories we liked to write and which stories we like to write now. But let them remain in the secret archive, locked. May they never go out in public. Why not revise old writings When I participated in the USAM (One story a month) competition in the Edizioni XII forum, I kept the comments received on my stories: they would have been useful to me to revise those stories. I clearly wouldn't have followed all the advice and criticism I received. I didn't agree with everything they commented to me. I never did any revision of those stories.
It makes no sense to me, nor any use. If I had received those comments from a reading group – created to help each other on written stories – then yes, it would make sense: comments not public, but only within a circle, and stories to be revised to send to an editor or sell them in ebooks. Stories that are too far from current writing cannot be revised: too much has Phone Number Data changed in me, not only the style, the way of narrating, but also the literary tastes - there is much more reading on my shoulders. These are stories that no longer interest me, that I would never write today. In the Soul of Paper post I gave the example of a humorous book that I wrote in 2004 and which must be illustrated with cartoons.
Apart from the fact that the text should be revised, but the two drawings made - only two out of over 60 that were needed - are no longer useful, because after ten years I no longer draw as I did then, nor do I like those characters I had anymore. created. Too much time cannot pass between the moment we finish a work and the moment we intend to revise it to propose it to a publisher or publish it in self-publishing. For me, of course, I don't know if it's the same for you. But my tastes change quickly. In 2009 I wrote a book on blogging and a few years later - after various revisions and additions - I proposed it to some publishing houses. In my post Waiting for answers from publishers I tell how it went with that manuscript. I decided to review it again, but then I gave up: I'm no longer interested in that book. It's a closed chapter and we move on to something else.There are publishers who have high prices, as in every company.
It makes no sense to me, nor any use. If I had received those comments from a reading group – created to help each other on written stories – then yes, it would make sense: comments not public, but only within a circle, and stories to be revised to send to an editor or sell them in ebooks. Stories that are too far from current writing cannot be revised: too much has Phone Number Data changed in me, not only the style, the way of narrating, but also the literary tastes - there is much more reading on my shoulders. These are stories that no longer interest me, that I would never write today. In the Soul of Paper post I gave the example of a humorous book that I wrote in 2004 and which must be illustrated with cartoons.
Apart from the fact that the text should be revised, but the two drawings made - only two out of over 60 that were needed - are no longer useful, because after ten years I no longer draw as I did then, nor do I like those characters I had anymore. created. Too much time cannot pass between the moment we finish a work and the moment we intend to revise it to propose it to a publisher or publish it in self-publishing. For me, of course, I don't know if it's the same for you. But my tastes change quickly. In 2009 I wrote a book on blogging and a few years later - after various revisions and additions - I proposed it to some publishing houses. In my post Waiting for answers from publishers I tell how it went with that manuscript. I decided to review it again, but then I gave up: I'm no longer interested in that book. It's a closed chapter and we move on to something else.There are publishers who have high prices, as in every company.