I went into my Posting file to work on a story I started earlier today and looked at the long list of stories sitting in the file. About half have been published and you can read them here on my blog. The other half are still in the "draft" mode. Save as Draft
Some of them I have edited and I'm just not happy with what I have written. Some I started and they are still sitting there, no changes, nothing.
Am I the only one who has what sounds like a really great idea for a story then writes a few lines, no it's just not right, and saves? Save as Draft
Am I the only one who rewrites a story over and over again until it bears no resemblance to my original thoughts?
Am I the only one starts a story but stops in mid sentence Save as Draft then comes back in two days only to write a few words and then save it again?
Am I the only one who edits and then reedits until the words turn into a blur before my eyes? Still not pleased, so you say you will get to it later?
Am I the only one who gets a story to the point where I think it is ready for the world to see, has the mouse arrow poised about the "Publish Post" button and then my finger freezes and will not click the mouse button?
Save as Draft
Are there hundreds, or thousands, of stories floating around in the vast void of Blogger space?
Think of all the lonely written words, think how abandoned they must feel. Do we care? Do we visit them? Do we give them any hope of being published? Do we? Think about it! Do we? Save as Draft
I am calling all my fellow bloggers to join in the effort to set the words free!
Go to your Posting file now and release all those lonely stories. Release them from their drafty prison. Set them Free! Free! Save as Draft
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4 comments:
When i write a post 95% of the time it is off-the-cuff, I only save as a draft if time doesn't permit.
I write, I publish, often without proofreading, hence some spelling mistakes etc.
AV
Hand up in the air, putting the other one up to. Waving franticly. Jumping up and down!!!
It is almost like you have been in my save as draft files ..... LOL!
Yep, I have loads of them unfinished pieces. However, apart from the computerised files I also have them on paper scattered around my house.
AV, I tend to write in a stream of thought and then go back and edit and reedit. Sometimes I have two different stories in my head at the same time and will do a outline of both then go back and fill them out.
I just can't seem to stop on the first writing.
Christine,
I had a hunch that you and I might have similiar writing methods.
Libertine,
Oh, I am a scribbler as well, lots of paper lying about.
SQ
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