tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post1403283907887792877..comments2024-03-21T06:28:32.373-03:00Comments on Jan Morrison: Home-Made Revision Workshop - Clarity - pitfalls and peaksJan Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-15253544938845374302011-10-17T23:13:18.043-03:002011-10-17T23:13:18.043-03:00"I know where my prose is lacking clarity bec..."I know where my prose is lacking clarity because I get overwhelmingly sleepy when I read it. And it isn't the sleepiness of being bored, although I imagine that is in there, it is the sleepiness that comes from trying to wrestle out a meaning that hasn't been articulated or understood by the originator - even if I'm the originator!"<br /><br />Yes, yes, and yes. I totally have this happen to me, too. I'll be going over a revision I'd done and sit there, thinking "What on earth was I going for??" Into the trash file it goes. Great post, Jan!L.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10647676688357758965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-46281813990693085662011-10-17T17:18:00.109-03:002011-10-17T17:18:00.109-03:00ps I ramble in the woods:)ps I ramble in the woods:)Words A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-16649247249092256312011-10-17T17:17:34.440-03:002011-10-17T17:17:34.440-03:00hi jan, I'm taking a while off blogging, but w...hi jan, I'm taking a while off blogging, but will drop by to see how your doing, thanks for all the inspirational posts, and also the ones I can emphathise with! (am I deluding myself?)<br />Keep writing & take care xWords A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423263654771820182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-53855688395196668962011-10-17T14:17:09.716-03:002011-10-17T14:17:09.716-03:00The only road to clarity that I know of it practic...The only road to clarity that I know of it practice, practice, practice.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2722012954806248529.post-1791354381465333342011-10-17T10:54:44.933-03:002011-10-17T10:54:44.933-03:00Jan - What an absolutely lovely 'photo! And th...Jan - What an absolutely lovely 'photo! And thank you for bringing up clarity. You make such a well-taken point that really, clarity is removing or changing anything that does not add to the story. When that's gone, clarity is also adding things that <i>do</i> enhance the story. Then the picture comes into sharper focus...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com