tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post5637305835219191772..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Rewriting, Rebirth, and Groundhog DayLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-23233613533274694362008-02-13T08:27:00.000-05:002008-02-13T08:27:00.000-05:00Keith, GHD is one of my all-time favorites althoug...Keith, GHD is one of my all-time favorites although each time I watch it, I can never remember if I've seen it before. :-)Joe Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028401465567502250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-80193446673070534332008-02-12T18:55:00.000-05:002008-02-12T18:55:00.000-05:00Good to know that fellow writers like this movie a...Good to know that fellow writers like this movie as much as I do. Mark, I love the phrase "taking pen to life."Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-77952706589121349232008-02-12T17:02:00.000-05:002008-02-12T17:02:00.000-05:00I know there are dozens of things in my life that ...I know there are dozens of things in my life that I'd like to take back. Things I've said - things I've done. Yeah, I've I could only put pen to life instead of paper....Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-73281265484151804912008-02-12T11:02:00.000-05:002008-02-12T11:02:00.000-05:00Oprah recently interviewed Pema Chödrön in O Magaz...Oprah recently interviewed Pema Chödrön in O Magazine. Pema, for those who don't know (I didn't), is one of the first Western women to become fully ordained as a Buddhist monastic. <BR/><BR/>She talks about the very human tendency to try to run away from anything painful rather than stay with it and learn something from it. This is not just a human tendency, put a peculiarly American tendency, don't you agree? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm not going mystical on you guys, but I thought this was a perfect metaphor for the dreaded rewriting phase of writing...you have to stay with it, and not try to spin away, in order to get somewhere.<BR/><BR/>The article appears here...Pema says this more eloquently than I can:<BR/>http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/200802/omag_200802_ocut.jhtmlG.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-63322974896914840512008-02-12T10:12:00.000-05:002008-02-12T10:12:00.000-05:00So true, Keith. It's the whole "do over" theme, as...So true, Keith. It's the whole "do over" theme, as also discussed in "City Slickers." For a novelist, it's a godsend. Rewrites are another chance to make it better and to get it right. Or is that "write?" We can delete, cut and paste, and do original input right up until deadline. And even after in the editorial round. Nothing is in stone until the book goes to print.<BR/><BR/>But wouldn't it also be helpful to do that once in awhile in real life, just like Bill Murray? I can think of a couple of days I'd like to rewrite. Maybe even a few weeks, months and years. Nothing drastic, just a little "editing" here and there -- like Wite Out for life's more stupid moments and bad decisions.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-21366191984438682572008-02-12T10:11:00.000-05:002008-02-12T10:11:00.000-05:00I don't think the movie was playing anywhere on ca...I don't think the movie was playing anywhere on cable this Groundhog's Day, for some reason. One of my favorites, an existential comedy, what more can you ask for? (Except, possibly, somebody else at the female lead, but that's a subject for a different discussion, I suppose).<BR/><BR/>It's such a smart script, though. Watching his progression is like the going through the stages of grief--disbelief, anger, depression, acceptance, and his acceptance that it's an opportunity to better himself and everybody around him is what makes the movie tick.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.com