Comments on: The perils of freestyling http://www.pensandswords.com/2005/09/23/the-perils-of-freestyling/ Talking shop with fantasy fiction author Kameron M. Franklin Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:29:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kameron http://www.pensandswords.com/2005/09/23/the-perils-of-freestyling/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Kameron Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:17:08 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/blog/?p=202#comment-243 That's one of the reasons why I sing the praises of outlining so loudly. It often saves you so much time in rewrites. That’s one of the reasons why I sing the praises of outlining so loudly. It often saves you so much time in rewrites.

]]> By: Jace http://www.pensandswords.com/2005/09/23/the-perils-of-freestyling/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Jace Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:56:00 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/blog/?p=202#comment-242 There is a flipside, however, and it's a perilous trap I fall into regularly. I'm too objective, and what seemed so brilliant yesterday doesn't work at all today. I actually got several chapters into a story when I decided the whole thing wasn't working out like I wanted, so I scrapped it and started over... aaaaand now I can't get past the first page because I keep revising what I'm doing. It's a fine line to walk. There is a flipside, however, and it’s a perilous trap I fall into regularly. I’m too objective, and what seemed so brilliant yesterday doesn’t work at all today. I actually got several chapters into a story when I decided the whole thing wasn’t working out like I wanted, so I scrapped it and started over… aaaaand now I can’t get past the first page because I keep revising what I’m doing.

It’s a fine line to walk.

]]> By: edgentry http://www.pensandswords.com/2005/09/23/the-perils-of-freestyling/comment-page-1/#comment-241 edgentry Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:55:55 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/blog/?p=202#comment-241 Amen, Marce. Amen, Marce.

]]> By: mrockwell http://www.pensandswords.com/2005/09/23/the-perils-of-freestyling/comment-page-1/#comment-240 mrockwell Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:55:21 +0000 http://www.pensandswords.com/blog/?p=202#comment-240 It's good that you can be so objective about your work; a lot of authors can't, and you can usually pick out their favorite passages because, although well-written, they do nothing to add to the story. I'm guilty of that more often than I'd like, I know. It’s good that you can be so objective about your work; a lot of authors can’t, and you can usually pick out their favorite passages because, although well-written, they do nothing to add to the story. I’m guilty of that more often than I’d like, I know.

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