Comments on: New or old? http://carnys.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/new-or-old-duffy-or-lulu/ There is no genre for the human spirit. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:06:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Benjamin Carnys http://carnys.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/new-or-old-duffy-or-lulu/#comment-105 Benjamin Carnys Thu, 29 May 2008 07:43:24 +0000 http://carnys.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-105 Good questions. I'd like to see some refrigeration or freezing process that can preserve stories for later. Then, defrost in a microwave and it's ready to work on again. But probably the best thing to do with rotten stories is compost them and use the resulting goop as fertiliser to enrich the next story. I have some handwritten notes from about 5 years ago for an ongoing project — which in fact I've hardly started. In my defense, I've only recently started writing seriously again, but I fear that this one might still be a 'composter'. Good questions. I’d like to see some refrigeration or freezing process that can preserve stories for later. Then, defrost in a microwave and it’s ready to work on again. But probably the best thing to do with rotten stories is compost them and use the resulting goop as fertiliser to enrich the next story.

I have some handwritten notes from about 5 years ago for an ongoing project — which in fact I’ve hardly started. In my defense, I’ve only recently started writing seriously again, but I fear that this one might still be a ‘composter’.

]]> By: Rip Patton http://carnys.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/new-or-old-duffy-or-lulu/#comment-101 Rip Patton Wed, 28 May 2008 23:20:35 +0000 http://carnys.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-101 I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who has chopped meat fermenting on my hard-drive. Is there a test to see if a half-finished story has "gone bad" beyond use? Does it smell funny? Does it make you feel sick when you read it? And that dilemma of "starting fresh" or not wasting what you've already put so much effort into. What's the longest you've let something alone and then come back to finish it to your satisfaction? Just curious. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one who has chopped meat fermenting on my hard-drive. Is there a test to see if a half-finished story has “gone bad” beyond use? Does it smell funny? Does it make you feel sick when you read it? And that dilemma of “starting fresh” or not wasting what you’ve already put so much effort into.

What’s the longest you’ve let something alone and then come back to finish it to your satisfaction? Just curious.

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