Writing is Rewriting

Louie and I came along to the lab with Bryan tonight. Since neither of us knows how to use a pipette or run out a gel (him with no opposable thumbs and me with my arts degrees), Louie got comfortable on a towel at my feet and I read a friend's story. We met at the Tomales Bay workshops last fall, and he sent me a rewrite of the story he'd submitted in our workshop. In this second draft, by seeing what things stuck and what were nixed, I realized what parts of the story are important to him. And it really helped inform my comments the second time around. I may have before been preoccupied with a tertiary character, but this time I see why that character was there, and who's more important. I don't often read multiple drafts of another writer's work, and I don't often submit my own to fellow writers, either. I think doing so could be more helpful than I'd previously thought.

Louie wanted to comment on the story, too. But, alas, no opposable thumbs.

A College the Size of My High School

Bryan's alma mater, USD, pulled off the biggest upset thus far in the tournament by topping U Conn in overtime. Maryland's season is over, and I didn't fill out a bracket this year, but suddenly I've got a dog in this fight. They played today on Good Friday, and will go against Western Kentucky on Easter. I hope God is a Jesuit.

Storytelling--click on image to read

Rolling Readers
Patti Christensen
Patchwork Players

Maryland over Minnesota, 68-58

GO TERPS!

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Typewriter roll call:

Corona 3 Folding

Remington 12

Corona portable

Corona Standard portable

What I Miss

-A library book's hand-stamped due-date list
-Beta
-The Oregon Trail computer game
-Nap time
-Recess
-A good couch-burning after a Maryland loss
-A good couch-burning after a Maryland win
-Seeing Maryland in the NCAA tourney (NIT-boo!)
-Paying $3.25 for a movie theater ticket
-Tambourine in pop music (think The Beach Boys)
-TV news without all the crap on the screen

Happy Birthday, Dad!