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When Is A Screenplay “Published”?
Posted by jarviswrites in Getting Published, How Do you Know You're Done, Jennie, The Business of Writing on June 3, 2014
By Jennie Jarvis Working in Academia the past six years has been quite a change from the hectic life of working on set. While life in the film industry began at 4am and often didn’t end until 11pm, being a professor is a much less sleep-deprived occupation. Life is a lot slower (read: both more […]
Knowing When to Start a New Project: The Agent’s Perspective by Jennie Goloboy
Posted by jarviswrites in Guest Bloggers, How Do you Know You're Done, Rejection, Starting a New Project, Submissions on January 23, 2014
As you have probably already guessed, this month at 5writers.com, we focused on the theme “Knowing When To Start A New Project.” We all had our ideas on this topic, but one thing we couldn’t answer is this: What advice does an agent have on this topic? To answer the question, we turned to “the […]
A-Listers and B-Sides: When to Abandon Your Poems
Posted by Ron Hayes in How Do you Know You're Done, Ron, The Craft Of Writing, The Writer's Life on January 8, 2014
by Ron Hayes The late French poet Paul Valery (1871-1945) is credited with having said, “A poem is never finished, only abandoned,” which, in my experience, is about as profound a concept as I can find. I think it’s true, art—and writing in particular—is often abandoned rather than completed, and regardless of whether it was […]
Is It Done Yet?
Posted by LadyLadder in How Do you Know You're Done, Linda on November 23, 2012
I count a play done, finished, finito when I sit in the audience and don’t change a thing. I count it “done” when I am ready to submit. And that then begs the question, “Why am I submitting this?” That’s not a self-depreciating comment about the quality of my work – but a reminder that […]
Enough! I’m Done! It’s Over!
Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, How Do you Know You're Done on October 26, 2012
It’s hard for me to read my published stories. Even when they’re committed to print, I revise and edit as I read. It drives me nuts. Eventually, I get over it. So when is a creative work ready to leave the safety of your documents folder? As many of my Five Writers colleagues have pointed […]
The Finish Line
Posted by virgowriter in Brad, How Do you Know You're Done on October 1, 2012
The Finish Line I was an out-of-shape ninth grader when I joined the track team. Somehow I got the idea I would enjoy running even though I NEVER had (especially in junior high, where my mile times were in the high 9’s). I lacked any power off the line, so I figured I would run […]
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