tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post4937089005065987223..comments2023-10-15T23:55:58.457+08:00Comments on THE GRIN WITHOUT A CAT: banzai cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-64507213048284220792007-08-29T15:22:00.000+08:002007-08-29T15:22:00.000+08:00skinny: Some interesting points to ponder there. O...skinny: Some interesting points to ponder there. <BR/><BR/>On the question between quality and quantity, I like to think that I'm just a simple storyteller with a story to write. Unfortunately, time has given the lie to my thinking that it's really a matter of writing the story the right way. <BR/><BR/>In other words, a story comes to me and I write it down: but at the same time (to use a banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-15632926707400432572007-08-26T18:19:00.000+08:002007-08-26T18:19:00.000+08:00all these points have their merit, but it all come...all these points have their merit, but it all comes down to one thing: sure, you could simply turn away from something you've dished out, and sure, if it's been published, at least one other person out there probably thinks it's 'good enough'. but how much does that matter to you, personally? it's your creation. why pretend you're satisfied with it if you're not? if it takes all your life toskinnyblackcladdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836363711931295356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-84099015735194399552007-08-24T17:39:00.000+08:002007-08-24T17:39:00.000+08:00anansi: Hey you! Where you've been? Been keeping t...anansi: Hey you! Where you've been? Been keeping track of your blog and you've been tapering off posting. :-)<BR/><BR/>Seriously, yeah I actually have a number of stories on the backburner but some published stories keep niggling at the back of my mind. *sigh*<BR/><BR/>sean: Quite true in all points. However, I have the bad habit of hacking out a story and then submitting it as is (dependent on banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-44435115757201637482007-08-24T11:19:00.000+08:002007-08-24T11:19:00.000+08:00I habitually cannibalize stuff from my old writing...I habitually cannibalize stuff from my old writings. Sometimes I feel that a certain topic or approach didn't get covered very well the first time I wrote it, and as a result I'm willing to give it another go-around. Why leave such a good idea to rot, just because you've written something about it already?<BR/><BR/>That said, I try not to re-do stuff that I've already had published. I think thatSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300224368246428017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-83597131388152238742007-08-23T22:52:00.000+08:002007-08-23T22:52:00.000+08:00I think it was Heinlein who said that at some poin...I think it was Heinlein who said that at some point you have to stop rewriting/editing your story. Maybe you should channel your energy into writing a new piece? After all, if your story had been published, it must've been good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-84410954492029430482007-08-23T17:23:00.000+08:002007-08-23T17:23:00.000+08:00Too true on both counts. Though yeah, I should hav...Too true on both counts. Though yeah, I should have realized Moorcock's Gloriana, given the somewhat major rewrite he did at the end. <BR/><BR/>As for rights, I do think that it's really for my sake than anything else I'll do the edits. (That and if I ever get into the compilation of collected stories thing. *winkwink*)banzai cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11163422172627686782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-65513338935729253292007-08-23T10:35:00.000+08:002007-08-23T10:35:00.000+08:00Depends. First off is the rights as Skinny said.Se...Depends. First off is the rights as Skinny said.<BR/><BR/>Second, is it a major edit or a small edit? There are several edits/versions of some of Moorcock's stories running around for example. And there's a point that if it's a big enough change, why not just write a new story altogether, the same way Howard recycled some ideas from Kull the Conqueror for Conan (or was it vice versa?).Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773038335190893557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501457.post-73273243212278859082007-08-23T00:37:00.000+08:002007-08-23T00:37:00.000+08:00it's your story. do what you have to to get it do...it's your story. do what you have to to get it done to your satisfaction. J.R.R.Tolkien did it (The Hobbit). so did Michael Moorcock (Gloriana, the Eternal Champion stories). M.John Harrison recycles material all the time.<BR/><BR/>just keep in mind what particular rights you might have sold with the story when you go to have the new version published.skinnyblackcladdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836363711931295356noreply@blogger.com