Fellow authors/poets:

[XemaSab]

How many drafts do you typically do, and how long do you typically spend between the first draft and a finished product?

Also, how do you know if what you write is "good?" And what percent of what you write is typically rejected, and what is kept?

Thanks! :hi:

[Name removed]

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[rug]

2. Too wordy.

[Seneca]

3. Good

I hope you suffered through every excessive syllable of it.

[Joey Kidd]

11. ...

:spray:

[Kali]

4. ...

:spray:

[LostinVA]

5. The script I sold went through approximately 20 drafts

Not the entire script was rewritten every time, and about 10 of those times were when "my" producer wanted things completely changed, and then someone at New Line whom he knew gave a few suggestions. I spent one of my birthdays working from 6am until 11:00 pm to finish the last draft. It was worth it, since I had an actual sale to a real producer, a feat very rare for a spec script, as several DUers can attest to!

[XemaSab]

6. Very cool!

Thank you for posting!

[LostinVA]

8. It was something I've been very proud of

Even though it didn't get greenlighted, alot of big-name folks read it.

[Seneca]

7. A lot of truth to the "hard work = results" rule

Self-evident, in fact, unlike some of the lazy-ass shit you see these days.

Teh Internets has caused too many people to labor under the delusion that they are The Next Big Thing In Publishing.

[LostinVA]

9. I ate frozen waffles, plain, at the desk for my birthday meal

:cry:

[Seneca]

10. We'll make it up to you

Next year we'll provide REAL 100% Maple Syrup!

[auntAgonist]

12. Canadian Maple Syrup!

:hi:

[LaurenG]

13. I am in the first draft of a book

It will probably take at least 5 years or or longer to finish. I am a terrible poet so I only write it to my husband. I did my own wedding vows which were darn good and they were somewhat poetic but still not for more than my own wedding.

What are you writing?

[XemaSab]

14. I don't want to say what I'm working on

:P

[Gormy Cuss]

15. I know! I know!

Avian pron.
:P