<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340291740151991609.post8043620841248760298..comments</id><updated>2010-02-15T09:04:54.134-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Dorri Olds' Writing Blog: Editing is 75% of a writer's career</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://writing-blog.dorriolds.com/feeds/8043620841248760298/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1340291740151991609/8043620841248760298/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://writing-blog.dorriolds.com/2010/02/editing-is-75-of-writers-career.html'/><author><name>Dorri Olds</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04962269265305286006</uri><email>dorriolds@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340291740151991609.post-6514853698566342916</id><published>2010-02-15T09:04:54.134-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T09:04:54.134-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Writing is Hell
I think Dickens said something to ...</title><content type='html'>Writing is Hell&lt;br /&gt;I think Dickens said something to that effect.&lt;br /&gt;We all grow and er...mature and our writing does too. If you have something to share, then do so. If, on reflection, you could have said it better, write an update.&lt;br /&gt;Have fun and do what you love&lt;br /&gt;Lorne</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1340291740151991609/8043620841248760298/comments/default/6514853698566342916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1340291740151991609/8043620841248760298/comments/default/6514853698566342916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://writing-blog.dorriolds.com/2010/02/editing-is-75-of-writers-career.html?showComment=1266253494134#c6514853698566342916' title=''/><author><name>Lorne</name><uri>http://www.wowtraining.co.uk</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://writing-blog.dorriolds.com/2010/02/editing-is-75-of-writers-career.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340291740151991609.post-8043620841248760298' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1340291740151991609/posts/default/8043620841248760298' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340291740151991609.post-2506955114555925294</id><published>2010-02-09T11:53:05.084-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-09T11:53:05.084-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I do the same thing, Dorri. I look back on things ...</title><content type='html'>I do the same thing, Dorri. I look back on things I wrote years ago that I thought were incredibly smart and realize how very wrong I was in thinking that. I love to revise my writing -- it&amp;#39;s often my favorite part of the process. And I love to see how I&amp;#39;ve improved over the years. But I&amp;#39;m always wondering, will there ever be a point in time where I look back on my writing and think it&amp;#39;s good? Or will older stuff always seem weaker? I&amp;#39;m hoping I&amp;#39;m coming upon a time in my life where my writing is stabilizing.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1340291740151991609/8043620841248760298/comments/default/2506955114555925294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1340291740151991609/8043620841248760298/comments/default/2506955114555925294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://writing-blog.dorriolds.com/2010/02/editing-is-75-of-writers-career.html?showComment=1265745185084#c2506955114555925294' title=''/><author><name>Nicole</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://writing-blog.dorriolds.com/2010/02/editing-is-75-of-writers-career.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340291740151991609.post-8043620841248760298' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1340291740151991609/posts/default/8043620841248760298' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>