tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post7472562577744978384..comments2023-03-25T12:09:13.824+00:00Comments on grumblog: What is lost?Graeme K Talboyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00147746990011686351noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-17386078302085520482011-06-19T16:33:36.622+01:002011-06-19T16:33:36.622+01:00Indeed, the machine puts us in touch with others a...Indeed, the machine puts us in touch with others as never before - especially those of us in isolated locations.Graeme K Talboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147746990011686351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-34465127422545929132011-06-19T15:44:23.686+01:002011-06-19T15:44:23.686+01:00Merry Meet. I tend to re-write as I go along and t...Merry Meet. I tend to re-write as I go along and though I am sure my work will never be hailed as one of the 'greats', I too find it sad that the style and method a writer uses to reach their final draft is lost. There are so many paths a writer may take and no one is right for everyone but there is comfort, indeed strength to be found knowing you are not alone looking at a mostly blank vcwillowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212136807985812934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-68331123868599254172011-04-04T14:23:54.746+01:002011-04-04T14:23:54.746+01:00That, of course, is the other side of the coin. Wh...That, of course, is the other side of the coin. When I struggle with writing, it is always a comfort to go and look at a typescript by someone like Virginia Woolf [not that I own a genuine one - I wish, I could sell it and retire ;-)]. Her typing is appalling.<br /><br />This appearance of perfection is, I believe, one of the things that has contributed to a devaluing of the worth of the written Graeme K Talboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147746990011686351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115845433278251923.post-1172954744274295692011-04-04T14:04:03.613+01:002011-04-04T14:04:03.613+01:00While I haven't thought about it in quite the ...While I haven't thought about it in quite the same way you've presented here (frankly, I'm sure nobody would gain anything by reading my drafts), I do ponder the seeming perfection we present thanks to technology. Without record of thought process or errors, our presentations of our works are edited and tweaked before ever reaching another's eyes without giving access to the Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12294207351440999597noreply@blogger.com