tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post9095262792502523669..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: Writer, What a Big Story You Have! Better Cut It, My DearUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-9145845297959160442011-09-02T11:03:03.136-05:002011-09-02T11:03:03.136-05:00I need a thirty-second video clip of this "tr...I need a thirty-second video clip of this "trash-talking," Cheryl! You have made my day! Giving yourself a goal to cut so many words may help with those who hesitate to cut. I'm a bit Draconian in revision and often wake up in the morning and wonder why I don't just throw the whole ms away or burn it in the fire pit. I don't trust myself. Thank goodness for advisors and their rational advice. :0)Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-84464516012087538912011-09-01T09:31:57.124-05:002011-09-01T09:31:57.124-05:00I'll take a story or section and say, "I&...I'll take a story or section and say, "I'm going to get 300 words out of here today. Rock on!" There's usually some kind of boastful arm motion along with the challenge, like I'm a WWF wrestler trash-talking. If a sentence goes flat because of a trim, then I just reinstate the original and find the words to cut somewhere else--because 300 words of this piece are GOING DOWN!Cheryl Bardoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084503940091474111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-42852944083416631452011-08-28T09:09:22.217-05:002011-08-28T09:09:22.217-05:00Same here, Phyllis, depending on the story. Don...Same here, Phyllis, depending on the story. Don't you love fleshing out a scene? Finding those hotspots where we can ratchet the tension, build the drama, slow narrative time or speed it up...Mellisa Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350597062105039404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-89005570771217782892011-08-27T16:50:09.524-05:002011-08-27T16:50:09.524-05:00I think I have the opposite problem, I need to add...I think I have the opposite problem, I need to add more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com