tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894783916328048804.post3467663567235160752..comments2023-10-14T16:53:37.307+02:00Comments on Tell Me a Story: How to Doctor Your Own Bookajbarnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12061230495618311068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894783916328048804.post-46686195444991110592011-10-20T16:59:57.073+02:002011-10-20T16:59:57.073+02:00This is, in my opinion, the hardest part of being ...This is, in my opinion, the hardest part of being a writer. I've regularly fallen into the trap of falling too much in love with something I've written, or being sensitive about it the point that I'd happily murderise someone with a 'bad' word to say about it.<br />Its one of the ways I've grown as a writer this year; and a post like this helps me understand just how crucial the rewriting, editing and 'doctoring' part can be.<br /><br />Thanks for a great post. :)Ileandra Younghttp://www.ileandrayoung.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6894783916328048804.post-73861306697094482142011-10-20T15:21:27.693+02:002011-10-20T15:21:27.693+02:00I think much of this was, sadly, good advice until...I think much of this was, sadly, good advice until recently. It was indeed necessary to satisfy the vicissitudes of a paternalistic and authoritarian publishing industry, by conforming, conforming and conforming again to their arbitrary standards. Yes agents, publishers and distributers know from experience what readers expect, but this is at least in part because they do their level best to ensure that readers only expect what they are told they can have.<br />Today, independant publishing means that not only can an author be a whole lot more unconventional, but he can also be the owner of his own work in a much purer way - he doesn't have to conform to a publisher's view, and the only measure of whether the writer is right or wrong is whether he can find some readers.<br />This freedom is freedom, yes, to remain in obscurity but remain true to your story. This freedom is also freedom to explore, to evolve, to discover what readers will bear. My personal experience with regard, for instance, to punctuation style, is that readers will adapt to <i>any consistent usage</i> regardless of its conformity to style "standards". Extend this logic to all areas of written storytelling and you have the potential for a major revolution in written storytelling. One that has been a frustratingly long time in coming.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14421526608194399666noreply@blogger.com