"A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure."
-Author Unknown
Let your diamond shine :-)
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CLEANING OUT THE BLOG - FOLLOWING
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Monday, May 20, 2013
I'm a bit embarrassed to post this, but I feel compelled to warn my
followers and occasional lurkers . .
With all this weirdo crap wi...
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I'm feeling the pressure!
ReplyDeleteIn the midst of revisions, seems the pressure is never ending. Yet, I hope someone gets to read my story and feel they found a gem.
DeleteHa! Hear that, o lump of coal in my brain? I need to apply some pressure!
ReplyDeleteLOL! We seem to do that whole applying the pressure well as writers.
Deleteoh, I do hope my shiny new idea will prove to be a diamond when all is said and done not to mention my recently completed wip which is soon to head into the land of Revisions.
ReplyDeleteI'm certain it not only can but will be a diamond!
DeleteGreat quote! Thanks for sharing. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. It's pretty helpful remembering that many of us work with stories that don't start and end with complete perfection. It takes work and patience to make it shine.
DeleteGreat quote! Thanks for the encouragement!
ReplyDeleteYou're more than welcome :-)
DeleteSo true. All my ideas are diamonds, up until I actually write them into a story and they become coal. A good editor turns that coal back into a diamond.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool way of viewing it as well. Afterall, that diamond-in-the-rough has to cut to get the right shine.
DeleteHa ha, very nice :D
ReplyDeleteCool beans. I know a diamond's supposed to be a girl's best friend. I guess it's because it took a lot of work to get it to perfection, the way we writers work hard on our stories.
DeleteLove it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Charlie :-)
DeleteI enjoyed your post. Guess I better get back to shining my WIP.
ReplyDeleteYep. Can't wait to read the great works you've got.
DeleteVery true, and a great reminder. :) Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Bethany. I needed it for myself and thought, "Can't keep this to myself" lol! Glad it's an encouragement to others as well.
DeleteI'm at again...thank the Lord! So glad to be back in the saddle, writing and editing, "write" where I belong. Needed this today!Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear it, Sherry. Keep at the writing because you KNOW I can't wait to see your stories make it to print.
DeleteWe're all diamonds in the rough:)
ReplyDeleteSome of us - like myself - are still a little rougher around the edges lol!! :-)
DeleteShort, sweet, and to the point. Thanks, Angela! :} Right back at you.
ReplyDeleteAwww...Thanks Nadja :-)
DeleteSqueeze, baby, squeeze.
ReplyDeleteLOL!!! Right!
DeleteI love that quote. Now back to the editing for me!
ReplyDeleteAnd more revisions for me. Oh words, words, where are thou? lol!!!
DeleteWhen I worked in a library I found it a valuable experience in 'weeding' the mundane or plain damaged from the shelves. (books that is, not people) The result is, as you say, the diamonds shone out.
ReplyDeleteNow that's a perfect analogy for writing as well.
DeleteDid you just tell me to get nude in public? "Let your diamond shine"? I think you did. I'm gonna take it that way.
ReplyDeleteLOL!! You do that. Just don't point the coppers this way :-)
DeleteSometimes, on the millionth run through the SAME scene, I wonder if it's worth it, and then I'll think of my favorite books and realize that it is.
ReplyDeleteImagine if those other writers had stopped, we wouldn't have a chance to read the gems they've put out and shared with the world.
DeleteExcellent quote! I am totally feeling the pressure, so I hope I turn into a diamond... SOON! :)
ReplyDeleteLove that, Angela! One of my supervisors used to say that all too often: Pressure makes diamonds. And it's true, we never know how much we can handle but wow, it feels great when the pressure eases up, too! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat analogy Angela!
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