Comments on: Cut and paste http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/cut-and-paste/ The writing of Whiti Hereaka Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:08:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: littlegemsession http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/cut-and-paste/#comment-60 littlegemsession Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:45:52 +0000 http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-60 I love the idea of cut and paste work with paper. I often do this on a smaller scale with poetry, there is something about holding the words in your hands, perhaps I'm just a kinesthetic person. I love the idea of cut and paste work with paper. I often do this on a smaller scale with poetry, there is something about holding the words in your hands, perhaps I’m just a kinesthetic person.

]]> By: Rachael King http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/cut-and-paste/#comment-48 Rachael King Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:48:05 +0000 http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-48 Yes, you're probably right. I worked on and talked about The Sound of Butterflies for years that probably one of my motivations to finish it was to save face! Yes, you’re probably right. I worked on and talked about The Sound of Butterflies for years that probably one of my motivations to finish it was to save face!

]]> By: Whiti http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/cut-and-paste/#comment-46 Whiti Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:04:58 +0000 http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-46 Or (lawyer hat on) you would have a public record that you thought of it first and you could sue the buggers. Mind you, it would probably be difficult to prove that they had actually stolen your idea... I can understand the fear of putting work out before it is "cooked", but it does help. Mainly because you have a bunch of people saying - "hey whatever happened to your idea about the cyborg chicken who saves the Earth from destruction?" - which makes me write the thing, whatever it may be. (You can have the cyborg chicken idea by the way, just credit me in the movie titles!) Or (lawyer hat on) you would have a public record that you thought of it first and you could sue the buggers. Mind you, it would probably be difficult to prove that they had actually stolen your idea…
I can understand the fear of putting work out before it is “cooked”, but it does help. Mainly because you have a bunch of people saying – “hey whatever happened to your idea about the cyborg chicken who saves the Earth from destruction?” – which makes me write the thing, whatever it may be. (You can have the cyborg chicken idea by the way, just credit me in the movie titles!)

]]> By: Rachael King http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/cut-and-paste/#comment-44 Rachael King Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:20:41 +0000 http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-44 I think you're very brave to put your novel 'out there' before its finished. It sounds great by the way. Part of me wants to do the same on my blog but then I get nervous about it and start talking in code, no doubt confusing everyone who reads what I've written! I think another part of me is scared that if I tell people what it's about, and don't finish it, or another book turns up with the same ideas, then I will have somehow jinxed it. And yet, in others, those are the blogs I love the most - the ones that talk about the creative process openly. I'm tring to write that kind of blog and yet my own reticence gets in the way... I love that cut and paste exercise. I think you’re very brave to put your novel ‘out there’ before its finished. It sounds great by the way. Part of me wants to do the same on my blog but then I get nervous about it and start talking in code, no doubt confusing everyone who reads what I’ve written! I think another part of me is scared that if I tell people what it’s about, and don’t finish it, or another book turns up with the same ideas, then I will have somehow jinxed it. And yet, in others, those are the blogs I love the most – the ones that talk about the creative process openly. I’m tring to write that kind of blog and yet my own reticence gets in the way…

I love that cut and paste exercise.

]]> By: damyantig http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/cut-and-paste/#comment-35 damyantig Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:29:55 +0000 http://whitihereaka.wordpress.com/?p=20#comment-35 Wow, that is an interesting, time-consuming, not to mention painstaking experiment! I am sure going to return to figure out how it all went! http://amloki.blogspot.com http://damyantiwrites.wordpress.com Wow, that is an interesting, time-consuming, not to mention painstaking experiment!

I am sure going to return to figure out how it all went!

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