I also get emotionally, shall we say, wobbly? about some parts of my stories.
Trying to read out loud to my writing group is so embarrassing! The other ladies can read the most sad and terrible things, and just read clearly and solidly, and they don't turn red or get overly shiny eyes or a husky voice.
I just have a mushy heart, I think, and bring tissues to writing group. :) They, on the other hand, are stones, I tell ya; stones!
Good going with your rewriting! Mostly, with short stories, I rewrite the whole thing, several times. I think I focus on different things each time, but it helps to work in layers and new things.
Novels, I don't know yet. This is my first full rough draft. I plan to just rewrite it, though, during the next Ni90 onslaught :) After that, I'll hopefully have something that's got something to it. Like a coherent story. And real characters with names. And some reason to exist. You know; little things that mean so much ;-)
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Date: 2007-08-30 11:57 am (UTC)Trying to read out loud to my writing group is so embarrassing! The other ladies can read the most sad and terrible things, and just read clearly and solidly, and they don't turn red or get overly shiny eyes or a husky voice.
I just have a mushy heart, I think, and bring tissues to writing group. :) They, on the other hand, are stones, I tell ya; stones!
Good going with your rewriting! Mostly, with short stories, I rewrite the whole thing, several times. I think I focus on different things each time, but it helps to work in layers and new things.
Novels, I don't know yet. This is my first full rough draft. I plan to just rewrite it, though, during the next Ni90 onslaught :) After that, I'll hopefully have something that's got something to it. Like a coherent story. And real characters with names. And some reason to exist. You know; little things that mean so much ;-)