A Summary

As I posted last night, yesterday’s blog was deleted. It was really well-written, and I was sad to see it go. I will summarize it here:

I spoke about how revising is a different process than writing. It’s like the difference between building a house from scratch or building an addition to it. When you’re writing a rough draft, there’s an intimidating liberty, because you are unrestricted in your process but also unguided. When you are revising or expanding on a piece, you are limited but also secure because you have to make sure that it fits with the rest of the piece but you have the same guidelines to help you decide what to write. Basically, it’s different now, because while I need to be more careful, it’s not like I’m wandering through the dark.

I wrote that it’s strange to revise and to return to a piece, when I’ve spent my entire project never looking back and pushing forward.

I then wrote something special about my writing process, how I avoid using clichés because I want people to see things differently. I want to show them, through my writing, that life can be seen through many angles, and I demonstrate this by describing things in ways they’ve never considered. Maybe that way people will experience their lives more attentively, so they will notice how unique and beautiful every moment is, and they will be grateful. It was a lot better than that, though.

So, that’s the basic summary. It was a great entry, and Blogger messed up. I will now be writing all of my entries in a word processor and then posting them.