Comments on: From First to Final Draft: A Case Study http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/first-to-final-draft/ Science Fiction Novelist, Blogger, Web Programmer Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:59:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gerald Brandt » A short entry, just to say I did… http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/first-to-final-draft/#comment-202 Gerald Brandt » A short entry, just to say I did… Wed, 23 May 2007 16:47:22 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=139#comment-202 [...] Writing If you’re interested in how a novel went from first draft to finished and published, this is a good read. [...] [...] Writing If you’re interested in how a novel went from first draft to finished and published, this is a good read. [...]

]]> By: Jose http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/first-to-final-draft/#comment-201 Jose Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:21:49 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=139#comment-201 Thank you kindly for putting that up. It must have taken a bit of guts to air out your prose's laundry in public. I found it very informative and encouraging. Cheers Thank you kindly for putting that up. It must have taken a bit of guts to air out your prose’s laundry in public. I found it very informative and encouraging.

Cheers

]]> By: Alley http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/first-to-final-draft/#comment-200 Alley Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:06:27 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=139#comment-200 Thanks for posting those drafts. It is a boost to see published writers struggle just as much as us unpublished aspiring writers, or as I call myself, tomorrow's published writer :). And thanks for the 13 lines link. Thanks for posting those drafts. It is a boost to see published writers struggle just as much as us unpublished aspiring writers, or as I call myself, tomorrow’s published writer :). And thanks for the 13 lines link.

]]> By: Alma Alexander http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/infoquake/first-to-final-draft/#comment-199 Alma Alexander Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:19:53 +0000 http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/?p=139#comment-199 1. I'm known to be brutally honest with people who offer up work in workshops I teach, and I would have been likely to have been the same with you (as the ptoential student in the situation where I was the potential professor) - but encouragement would have depended hugely on what your *attitude* was. You FIXED the thing. If you had come on as somebody who thought this was perfect and a "don't mess with my words" kind of tone, that would have had a bearing on my response. 2. Oh, GOD, yes. 3. I'm not that brave [grin] And also, I tend to edit online so that earlier drafts get edited into later drafts. the only real "saved" versions of older drafts perhaps exist in hardcopy form where I'd printed them out and read them and made commentary on them on the paper - and I ain't about to retype THOSE... 4. and 5. See? It's all in the attitude [grin] 1. I’m known to be brutally honest with people who offer up work in workshops I teach, and I would have been likely to have been the same with you (as the ptoential student in the situation where I was the potential professor) - but encouragement would have depended hugely on what your *attitude* was. You FIXED the thing. If you had come on as somebody who thought this was perfect and a “don’t mess with my words” kind of tone, that would have had a bearing on my response.

2. Oh, GOD, yes.

3. I’m not that brave [grin] And also, I tend to edit online so that earlier drafts get edited into later drafts. the only real “saved” versions of older drafts perhaps exist in hardcopy form where I’d printed them out and read them and made commentary on them on the paper - and I ain’t about to retype THOSE…

4. and 5. See? It’s all in the attitude [grin]

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