tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289867951399005412.post7208162379434124588..comments2023-07-17T12:49:17.226+10:00Comments on Cate Ellink: Re-writing is just hard workUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289867951399005412.post-1372762644428471082012-12-23T07:11:51.937+11:002012-12-23T07:11:51.937+11:00Hi Lily,
Yeah, I was addicted to The Voice. I reme...Hi Lily,<br />Yeah, I was addicted to The Voice. I remember Seal saying that but I hadn't thought of it in a writing context. Hmm... So I'm taming the beast... It's one hell of a messy one! And I sure don't have the amazing power that Karise had.... No Janis Joplin channelled in me... But maybe you have something there. I'll think about my beast taming and see how I go. Thanks!<br /><br />Cate xoCate Ellinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485246061618081743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289867951399005412.post-53148142956771217442012-12-22T17:56:00.622+11:002012-12-22T17:56:00.622+11:00You and Lou might be on to something with a swap!
...You and Lou might be on to something with a swap!<br />It feels like a long time since I did a first draft of a novel. I've been revising for close to 2 years. I like the revising/rewriting better, I think, but what I struggle with is moving forward. I have to get whatever paragraph/page/chapter I'm in 'perfect' before I can keep going. Right now my WIP is driving me crazy and I'm farting about doing everything really, but work on it. <br />Now I don't know if you watched it Cate - but I got sucked into The Voice during the year. The winner, Carise Eden, was mentored by Seal and something he said to her resonated with me. He talked about her voice as a "beast", and said he needed to tame it right through the competition so that when he finally told her to fully "let it out" everyone would see it as raw, powerful and unique to her... and he saved all that until the 'grand finale' of that competition. So to speak.<br />So if it helps - think of your big powerful voice in a writing context - then you're taming it, tweaking it, so that when you find it and let it go - it's gonna be DAMN GOOD!<br />Okay... so maybe you had to be there... but Seal/Carise and the Beast worked for me!lily malonehttp://www.lilymalone.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289867951399005412.post-61755453082795508992012-12-22T13:40:39.569+11:002012-12-22T13:40:39.569+11:00Oh, Lou, want to swap manuscripts!? I'll draft...Oh, Lou, want to swap manuscripts!? I'll draft - you play! What a team we'd make! :)Cate Ellinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485246061618081743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289867951399005412.post-74732340874198527052012-12-22T13:32:28.924+11:002012-12-22T13:32:28.924+11:00You and I are exact opposites! It's pulling th...You and I are exact opposites! It's pulling the first draft out that is painful for me. After that I LOVE playing with it, editing and tweaking and challenging myself to make it the best I can.Louise Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14564310211599237825noreply@blogger.com