mrgrinmore In reply to saevuswinds [2014-07-21 05:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you kindly!

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saevuswinds In reply to mrgrinmore [2014-07-21 05:54:25 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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mrgrinmore In reply to Kerriaa1 [2014-07-20 10:39:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for another !  Was cruising the forums and email so I didn't see your comment on this piece till now.    Thank you so very kindly for your comment here.  I do appreciate all comments I get, even negative since they usually offer some glimpse into things I can improve upon, but most are extremely short and not detailing what they like about a piece or my writing in general as well as you have done.  Believe me, it's a battle with doubt and a struggle to write my longer works and even until recently with even shorter ones, but the notion of at least putting it out this month, cranking out a story a day and just hope for any readers this month or later giving critiques or comments made me release my tension and just write.  It's been...  Liberating to say the least.  I'm amazed that you write so well considering English isn't your primary language, and can only imagine how much more refined you will be able to shape your work once you feel more comfortable with it, given its stunning quality already.  It's inspiring to hear other writers struggling like I am and still putting for such great work, even if the struggle is unique to each author.  By and large, most of the people I know outside my family are not readers and those that are do little to no writing, let alone craft stories.  But I do read voraciously, and can clearly see a strong future for you in writing if you keep it up.

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mrgrinmore In reply to nosirrah123 [2014-07-20 09:37:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!  One of the songs I listened to at the very start of my writing session today was Snare! (Vena Cava Remix) and the pace of it made me think of the first line and the rest just came out after without any idea really how I'd keep it interesting.  I mean, a chase across an interstate, even at eighty miles an hour just gets boring if there are no real obstacles for the driver, and so I forced her into the city to start instead.    Trying to keep the stories for this month's challenge stripped lean without any revision or research (except backspacing to alter typos), and sometimes it still feels to me that a few could have used more work, especially 'The Captive' and 'The Dragonthief' since the stories interested me so much while writing them...  But it is all good practice and a lotta fun.

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nosirrah123 In reply to mrgrinmore [2014-07-20 09:43:43 +0000 UTC]

Sometimes I find that when I go back and revise too heavily my work becomes worse, so I try to keep it as organic as possible.

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mrgrinmore In reply to nosirrah123 [2014-07-20 09:51:00 +0000 UTC]

For me, my longer works tend to be outlined, have a lot of research and plotting out before I write, with big gaps for fluidity, but until recently I'd only really written when my muse smacked me with a two-by-four and dragged me to my keyboard, handcuffing me there until I wrote what she told me to like an obedient writer should.  Or rather, like I thought one should.  A few things in the past two months and especially with the flash fiction or short story each day this month have really opened my eyes a lot with regard to my writing laziness before, trying to find my voice nestled in the nebulous space between darkness and vibrancy, detail and streamlining, admirable protagonists and utterly flawed scum, planned and micromanaged preparations and letting it flow organically and seeing where the story takes me.  I've never really had much of a problem with revising my work toward cutting the fat and fixing problems, but I'd sometimes do that during my writing time instead of actually furthering the plot if I was stuck instead of just jumping ahead a bit and continuing regardless of the rut.

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