tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post1862677054911495019..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Maxey's MantrasLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-47924540836303670012011-01-28T16:23:32.449-05:002011-01-28T16:23:32.449-05:00Ben,
It's a good one! Fortunately, James does...Ben,<br /><br />It's a good one! Fortunately, James doesn't update it at an incredible rate, so it's easy to keep up with.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-2498159981168161302011-01-28T16:22:55.668-05:002011-01-28T16:22:55.668-05:00B.,
I'll second (and third and fourth) that!B.,<br /><br />I'll second (and third and fourth) that!Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-84341943571123252432011-01-28T16:22:31.212-05:002011-01-28T16:22:31.212-05:00CR,
Moving on is so tough, though. I share Anne L...CR,<br /><br />Moving on is so <i>tough</i>, though. I share Anne Lamott's fear that I'll write first draft, get hit by a bus while crossing the street, and everyone will read the tripe I just finished. First drafts are devestating to one's psyche.<br /><br />Rome, you say? Lucky dog.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-17288807041671193442011-01-28T16:20:42.965-05:002011-01-28T16:20:42.965-05:00Nevets,
Yeah, same here. My lack of productivity ...Nevets,<br /><br />Yeah, same here. My lack of productivity can really get to me.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-64134026827770402652011-01-27T23:40:23.052-05:002011-01-27T23:40:23.052-05:00Yet another blog I now have to subscribe to... tha...Yet another blog I now have to subscribe to... thanks Loren :)Ben Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03237990156034508963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-13662087569184369552011-01-27T21:18:48.447-05:002011-01-27T21:18:48.447-05:00It's the periodic reminders that get me most. ...It's the periodic reminders that get me most. Because I'm not learning anything new, just blowing the dust off of something I've known for ages and just forgotten. <br /><br />A mantra's no good unless you repeat it.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-30826463703814778522011-01-27T14:50:12.800-05:002011-01-27T14:50:12.800-05:00#3 is my favorite.
Of course, I teach writing, a...#3 is my favorite. <br /><br />Of course, I teach writing, and that applies well beyond fiction. If I had a dollar for every time I encountered a student who turned into a nervous wreck because of the belief that the first sentence put on a piece of paper must be perfect, well, I might have less worries about going to Rome this summer. If I had a dollar for every encounter with a student who (with more confidence) wrote one draft and considered the affair finished, I might have the start of a very good retirement account.<br /><br />In our writing center, we have a poster showing two drafts of a couplet from T.S. Eliot's marvelous "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."<br /><br />The first reads:<br /><br />And time yet for a hundred indecisions, <br />And for a hundred sights and delights, <br />Before the taking of a toast and tea.<br /><br />The second has "sights and delights" marked out, and replaced with "visions and revisions." If you've ever read the poem in full, you know that the first was filler, which let Eliot move on, and the second is infinitely better.Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-26888296739679696162011-01-27T13:51:09.553-05:002011-01-27T13:51:09.553-05:00Thanks for sharing this, Loren. The guilt one is ...Thanks for sharing this, Loren. The guilt one is a huge deal for me. I need that reminder constantly.C. N. Nevetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375714948653196993noreply@blogger.com