Comments on: The First Draft: Pure Green Dreck http://lillieammann.com/2006/06/21/the-first-draft-pure-green-dreck/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:29:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2006/06/21/the-first-draft-pure-green-dreck/comment-page-1/#comment-37479 Lillie Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:38:42 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=13#comment-37479 Jack, If you are able to edit as you go and finish a piece, I wouldn't ever tell you to change. Most writers can't do that. I've seen many writers who never get past the first chapter of their novel because they keep polishing it over and over again. If you find yourself polishing and not moving forward, then this post is good advice for you. If you can polish what you've written and continue on to finish the piece, maybe you don't need to change. Jack,

If you are able to edit as you go and finish a piece, I wouldn’t ever tell you to change. Most writers can’t do that. I’ve seen many writers who never get past the first chapter of their novel because they keep polishing it over and over again. If you find yourself polishing and not moving forward, then this post is good advice for you. If you can polish what you’ve written and continue on to finish the piece, maybe you don’t need to change.

]]> By: Jack@Sample Teachers Resumes http://lillieammann.com/2006/06/21/the-first-draft-pure-green-dreck/comment-page-1/#comment-37478 Jack@Sample Teachers Resumes Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:13:18 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=13#comment-37478 I could see myself in this write up. I have this habit of always writing the perfect piece at the word go. I edit and proofread while writing the first draft itself. I should try following this method instead. I could see myself in this write up. I have this habit of always writing the perfect piece at the word go. I edit and proofread while writing the first draft itself. I should try following this method instead.

]]> By: Memoir and Family History: Part 5—Writing : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor http://lillieammann.com/2006/06/21/the-first-draft-pure-green-dreck/comment-page-1/#comment-28510 Memoir and Family History: Part 5—Writing : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:44:08 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=13#comment-28510 [...] don’t realize how many drafts it takes to achieve a finished product. The first draft will be “pure green dreck.” Start writing, and expect that you will re-write … and re-write … and re-write. But get the [...] [...] don’t realize how many drafts it takes to achieve a finished product. The first draft will be “pure green dreck.” Start writing, and expect that you will re-write … and re-write … and re-write. But get the [...]

]]> By: Write a Novel in Six Months … or Thirty Days | Words For Hire http://lillieammann.com/2006/06/21/the-first-draft-pure-green-dreck/comment-page-1/#comment-6242 Write a Novel in Six Months … or Thirty Days | Words For Hire Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:09:52 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=13#comment-6242 [...] willing to write pure green dreck. The goal of NaNoWriMo is not to produce a finished novel but to create a first draft. Resist the [...] [...] willing to write pure green dreck. The goal of NaNoWriMo is not to produce a finished novel but to create a first draft. Resist the [...]

]]> By: A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » Editing: Part 3 - When and how should I start editing? http://lillieammann.com/2006/06/21/the-first-draft-pure-green-dreck/comment-page-1/#comment-7 A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » Editing: Part 3 - When and how should I start editing? Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:15:07 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/?p=13#comment-7 [...] if they finish the first draft before they begin to edit. I’ve written about this earlier: The First Draft: Pure Green Dreck, Editing: Turning Dreck into Prose, Ten Tips for Self-Editing, and Seven Editing Tips for [...] [...] if they finish the first draft before they begin to edit. I’ve written about this earlier: The First Draft: Pure Green Dreck, Editing: Turning Dreck into Prose, Ten Tips for Self-Editing, and Seven Editing Tips for [...]

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