An interesting thing about writing stuff down instantly when it comes to mind, is that it’s in its purest form. You make notes, you think thoughts - quotes stick with you, sometimes its just a phrase that someone says that starts to ring true. Downright Fiction is bringing you that very platform: to speak your mind.
After having talked about a bunch of things over the last few weeks, I’m going straight to the core of DF, which is that we don’t really want you to compromise on your work. I say this because we go through bodies of thought that encourage us to write tightly, well punctuated and often easy to read words, lesser syllables that don’t irritate a reader. We hear about pieces making a hell of a difference once they’re revised, edited and de-bulked over a thousand times. And after last week’s discussion – I’m not going to keep drilling that point into your head – but I just want you to know that if its on your sheet of paper, just like you thought it in your mind – Send that in.
I’m not saying revising is a bad idea. You probably have your own method of reading through your work and updating as you go along and/or you decide just before hitting "publish" that there needs to be a more appropriate closure statement.
We want you to believe in what you write, because there's a world of people out there who know how to imitate, and replicate the 'right' way to say things - but not a lot of people who stick to their things when they said them right the first place around.
I’m just saying don’t apologize for your writing.
If you believe that you have your way to say something – then that IS the right way.
Period.
I hope you're thinking something as you read this. Why not write about it?
After having talked about a bunch of things over the last few weeks, I’m going straight to the core of DF, which is that we don’t really want you to compromise on your work. I say this because we go through bodies of thought that encourage us to write tightly, well punctuated and often easy to read words, lesser syllables that don’t irritate a reader. We hear about pieces making a hell of a difference once they’re revised, edited and de-bulked over a thousand times. And after last week’s discussion – I’m not going to keep drilling that point into your head – but I just want you to know that if its on your sheet of paper, just like you thought it in your mind – Send that in.
I’m not saying revising is a bad idea. You probably have your own method of reading through your work and updating as you go along and/or you decide just before hitting "publish" that there needs to be a more appropriate closure statement.
We want you to believe in what you write, because there's a world of people out there who know how to imitate, and replicate the 'right' way to say things - but not a lot of people who stick to their things when they said them right the first place around.
I’m just saying don’t apologize for your writing.
If you believe that you have your way to say something – then that IS the right way.
Period.
I hope you're thinking something as you read this. Why not write about it?
