5000 red marks
November 24, 2009 at 6:37 pm | Posted in blogging, writing | 23 CommentsTags: overcoming performance anxiety, radio play, writing for fun
(character voice) – Why must you ignore the rules of grammar? I will have to argue with you about every single one and I already know you will never give up. Stalemate. And stop messing with the tenses leashes and start barking mad giving the characters names so we know who you are talking about.
Signed,
The Editor.
(another character voice) – Holey mackeral, sorry. Grammar is a boojwah affectation. So which was the first red mark again,
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thank you for the small peep into the process of publishing..
Oh, it’s totally fictional. I am going to build outward from it, to a little totally fictional story about a writer and an editor. And neither of their views accurately represents my own. I remember last time, I didn’t put this disclaimer here and some people got confused. Thanks for the comment!
Comment by Utopian Fragments— November 24, 2009 #
cheeky. fictional but authentic!
Comment by Maxine— November 24, 2009 #
oh this is great and whoa thats a lot of redmarks-the character with idea bubbles all around popping. you do this magic thing in different places simultaneously like krishna or something-the action behind the curtain, a number of numbers onstage, the roar of claughter (clapping and laughter)
Comment by tipota— November 25, 2009 #
Only 5000?
Comment by The Querulous Squirrel— November 25, 2009 #
hehehehehe
Comment by aefiel— November 25, 2009 #
Me : Cool and witty. love it
character voice:giggles
Comment by Ana— November 25, 2009 #
Hi paul, loved this text, here is my answer proposal for the editor: You do not understand creativity, which sometimes involves breaking the rules like the grammar ones (I know it is not a very bright response but might work with him)
Comment by Mariana— November 25, 2009 #
Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha. Bloody proofreaders. I love your ‘boojwah affectation’ to bits and pieces.
Comment by Gabrielle Bryden— November 25, 2009 #
This reminds me of an interview I once saw with Jack Bruce, lead singer and bass player with Cream. He studied cello at the Scottish Conservatory of Music, after a couple of years he submitted a piece of music, it was returned to him covered in red corrections. He went on to be the best bass player of his time, a recognised genius, he admitted in the interview that it took him four years to unlearn all the rules that were drummed into him.
I might start submitting my poems in red ink, just to confuse the editors.
Comment by Mark William Jackson— November 25, 2009 #
I’d fail big time under the editor’s red pen. I class myself as a grammar groper: big and ugly enough to know what a stretch of fishing line looks like; can’t be sure if the bait is independent.
Comment by Brad— November 25, 2009 #
ooh i love all the voices; as tipota said, idea bubbles popping up all over
Comment by alaskanott— November 26, 2009 #
Words are jewels. Grammar is kaka. Suggestion to all editors: Stop Arguing! Who is the artist in the social diad anyway? The poet or the proofreader? I agree with Mark WIlliam Jackson. To take his point one step further, maybe we should start incorporating the red marks into our poems and submit that.
Comment by Paul M. Peterson— November 26, 2009 #
it is nevertheless or even more of a look into publishing story if this is what happens in your head..
and well worth the comments that followed.
Comment by Utopian Fragments— November 27, 2009 #
Wow enjoyed reading this blogpost. I submitted your feed to my blogreader.
Comment by HaraAnydral— November 27, 2009 #
Mr. Squires, you were, in fact, ahead of your time. I’ve made a decision I think you’ll be proud of. Only took me about a year to get there. I’ll email you.
And my comment does relate to your post, which I quite enjoyed. 🙂
Comment by poeticgrin— November 28, 2009 #
i don’t think grammatically, and thereandwhyfore won’t write grammatically.
Comment by breathenoah— November 28, 2009 #
you said it the first and the best. i pay off the grammar police behind the chinese restaurant every week to leave me alone.
Comment by jason— November 29, 2009 #
good luck with the editors:)
Comment by hayat— November 30, 2009 #
Some editors know what they’re talking about some of the time.
Comment by Stu— November 30, 2009 #
Ha,ha,ha
Comment by Gabrielle Bryden— November 30, 2009 #
I still don’t understand the inherent concept inside critiquing an original, however we all want to be a part of it, or maybe because
Comment by Mental Mist— December 3, 2009 #
One thing that I adore about your work Paul is your use of commas – sometimes breaking the rules reveals more truths than staying within them.
Comment by Tracey— December 6, 2009 #
Love it.
Comment by Patrice— December 8, 2009 #