tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post4408161435895896973..comments2024-01-03T04:03:15.300-05:00Comments on S.P. Bowers: You need to be more....flexible.S.P. Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-48808911908587728442012-01-12T21:28:36.569-05:002012-01-12T21:28:36.569-05:00I hate when that happens. Well, kinda, it's ni...I hate when that happens. Well, kinda, it's nice to know I've improved. Good luck with the editing.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-67756360295468266322012-01-12T21:27:05.380-05:002012-01-12T21:27:05.380-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-63204165279181469202012-01-12T20:08:40.456-05:002012-01-12T20:08:40.456-05:00Ah yes, flexible... you know, like when you have a...Ah yes, flexible... you know, like when you have a short story you wrote 10+ years ago and you always remembered it fondly, and thought it was rather good, and you finally decide to submit it somewhere, so you haul it out and give it a quick read and discover that it SUCKS!<br />Editing, here I come...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-21807310193969345552012-01-11T06:41:14.357-05:002012-01-11T06:41:14.357-05:00THE INCREDIBLES! Sorry for your favorite scenes. ...THE INCREDIBLES! Sorry for your favorite scenes. That's always hard. I'm sure it will be fabulous when you're done thought.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-62002105946290919632012-01-10T21:52:22.696-05:002012-01-10T21:52:22.696-05:00THE INCREDIBLES - and no, I didn't look it up ...THE INCREDIBLES - and no, I didn't look it up OR check the other comments.<br /><br />TOTALLY agreed. I've been going through an old MS and cutting HUGE chunks out here, there, and everywhere. Some of my VERY FAVORITE scenes were shredded :(Jolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809468564016928636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-21200534981178428692012-01-10T07:01:14.215-05:002012-01-10T07:01:14.215-05:00Lol, Widdershins.Lol, Widdershins.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-73349281690862441012012-01-10T07:00:05.874-05:002012-01-10T07:00:05.874-05:00Peggy, Everything needs to bend, that should be my...Peggy, Everything needs to bend, that should be my new mantra.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-12577772361082274292012-01-10T04:57:54.726-05:002012-01-10T04:57:54.726-05:00Yep ... we're flexible. Kicking and screaming ...Yep ... we're flexible. Kicking and screaming all the way!widdershinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04205462833259334647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-43592985400541426502012-01-09T21:35:51.638-05:002012-01-09T21:35:51.638-05:00SO TRUE! It reminds me of the quote, "He who ...SO TRUE! It reminds me of the quote, "He who does not bend, breaks." Everything needs to bend! That's the way it and us get to the way we need to be.Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-63661403154247149562012-01-09T20:00:32.651-05:002012-01-09T20:00:32.651-05:00Ruth, Very well said. I should have had you guest...Ruth, Very well said. I should have had you guest post.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-26131111117530824982012-01-09T19:59:59.313-05:002012-01-09T19:59:59.313-05:00Zan, Well, LG becoming a mother is an important pa...Zan, Well, LG becoming a mother is an important part of it but I think you have so much more than that.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-16047140011963106772012-01-09T16:55:25.198-05:002012-01-09T16:55:25.198-05:00Life is much easier when we allow ourselves to be ...Life is much easier when we allow ourselves to be bendable and moldable. So much changes around us, we need to be able to change with them.Ruth Jossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664678990038670303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-43137013491101604142012-01-09T14:54:08.837-05:002012-01-09T14:54:08.837-05:00I have no clue where the quote if from unless it&#...I have no clue where the quote if from unless it's from Jane Fonda. ; )<br /><br />Your post reminded me of the "You have to kill your darlings" school of writing. If a scene, line, character is blocking your story, murder them, cut them, chunk them in the trash. <br /><br />That might be my mantra lately as I sort out the moldy oldy scenes from when my WIP was just about Laura Grace becoming a mother. ; )Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166450116524323462noreply@blogger.com