ONE TOO MANY

by Rashma N.Kalsie ( march.postings )

Rewriting plagues some of us more than others. The search for the perfect word, a musical cadence, a fantastic finishing line is what we keep looking for, and haven’t critics over years driven perfection in work to obsessive limits. The writer ofcourse is a self doubting creature, unhappy with his product and always looking for an excuse to not publish. What could be worse to a writer’s confidence than be told that the story hadn’t reached its natural end or that the characters needed time  to grow and a murder be committed if a critic finds grammatical errors. How do you expect the poor hapless fellow to submit his work for scrutiny by hostile minds, hungry for a prey. Lord be with him if at all he is to survive the critic’s eye and reader’s whims.  The way dear fellow writers is the golden mid path wisdom advocated in ancient Greece, not too much but not wanting in effort either.  And lets not forget that Chekov finished a story in an hour or less meant for magazines with huge readership. A story will typically come about in two drafts followed by editing and revision which I think is fair amount of work for a story.   

The Challenge

Do a long hand sketchy plot , charaters, storyline etc and then type out the skeleton.

Next go thru the story and change entire paragraphs and may be a twist will take place.

Now you can take a week off and get down to editing.

Try to be happy with what has come of the sweat of the brow. 

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