tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post4377801728560163171..comments2023-08-17T21:16:22.761+10:00Comments on Life In A Pink Fibro: Gardening + Editing = same/sameallison taithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762529258195877400noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-50630089502383412972011-11-15T15:04:02.661+11:002011-11-15T15:04:02.661+11:00I love this.
Would you recommend having a trust...I love this. <br /><br />Would you recommend having a trusted friend read a first draft prior to turning it in?rhonda https://www.blogger.com/profile/16825186760881892669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-36007256975814616472011-11-15T09:49:00.917+11:002011-11-15T09:49:00.917+11:00Love it! Well written, and great analogy :)Love it! Well written, and great analogy :)robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351462075778087291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-90712390304645831822011-11-14T22:51:26.374+11:002011-11-14T22:51:26.374+11:00Love the gardening/editing connection. Am now tryi...Love the gardening/editing connection. Am now trying to think of a smart fertiliser/bullshit analogy, hah.CATE https://www.blogger.com/profile/05302489120654085490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-77192021790024168052011-11-14T20:17:11.418+11:002011-11-14T20:17:11.418+11:00I remember pruning a huge old overgrown lavender w...I remember pruning a huge old overgrown lavender when I first moved into my old home. People had been tossing their rubbish into that little plot as well. I hacked it down to a bare stump, prayed I hadn't killed it, then raked out all the garbage too. I was rewarded with new growth very quickly and in no time it was as tall as the fence again, but much tidier. I loved it. Then hubby killed it.<br /><br />I've never thought about gardening being like editing, but you're right.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-59308783355805807842011-11-14T20:10:58.092+11:002011-11-14T20:10:58.092+11:00It scares me that editing thing. Scares me very mu...It scares me that editing thing. Scares me very much. Not looking forward to editing my work or sending it to an editor. Gulp.MummyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910641071937664647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-79824355130615488122011-11-14T17:46:30.201+11:002011-11-14T17:46:30.201+11:00Allison
Did you know they once conducted trials a...Allison<br /><br />Did you know they once conducted trials at a South Australian rose garden, where one row of roses was carefully pruned the 'correct' way with clean, sharp secateurs, and the other row of roses was pruned with a chainsaw? You might already see the result coming... yep, no difference. Both rows flowered beautifully.<br /><br />So, when someone says "you have to cut your 3000 word story down to 750 words" it can be done. Boo hoo, but it can be done.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653345793213312242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-17054708065285487872011-11-14T16:44:13.808+11:002011-11-14T16:44:13.808+11:00What great lessons in life. My garden is constantl...What great lessons in life. My garden is constantly being chopped and changed - and as you discovered what a great excuse to bring flowers inside. Now if only I could apply the same outlook to life and celebrate change and the new shoots of life! Hmmm, food for thought. Thanks!alison@thisbloominglifehttp://www.thisbloominglife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-14382951162616148402011-11-14T13:38:24.691+11:002011-11-14T13:38:24.691+11:00Great analogy - thanks for the tip!Great analogy - thanks for the tip!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636757667368447102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-53947455766808482022011-11-14T06:54:15.748+11:002011-11-14T06:54:15.748+11:00Perfect analogy Al. Although I would rather edit t...Perfect analogy Al. Although I would rather edit than garden. LOLJodi@TheScribbleDenhttp://jodigibson.com.au/the-cafe/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-11573246290390326712011-11-14T06:11:58.157+11:002011-11-14T06:11:58.157+11:00Great post! My editing is exactly like my pruning ...Great post! My editing is exactly like my pruning - I'm much more gentle than you were and a friend of mine is always saying: cut it RIGHT back! My writing is so like my gardening - it rambles on and on and gets so overgrown and overwhelming, at times. Far out, I can't believe the uncanny similarity you've forced me to look upon today. <br /><br />best go and sharpen up those shears {ready for my next garden} and give that delete button some action! xKim Hhttp://featherandnestkim.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-44477112477356799372011-11-14T05:33:08.588+11:002011-11-14T05:33:08.588+11:00Oh how I love a gardening analogy.
This house we ...Oh how I love a gardening analogy.<br /><br />This house we live in - first house ever in my life where lavender doesn't flourish. It makes me nervous...Diminishing Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072304081006798910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-5749130049987484112011-11-14T01:59:27.749+11:002011-11-14T01:59:27.749+11:00wow, great insight. i often wonder if i wrote a st...wow, great insight. i often wonder if i wrote a story, would it still be my story once the editors took hold of it?danneromerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268830006681589842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-23886648143037443402011-11-13T23:48:52.484+11:002011-11-13T23:48:52.484+11:00Fabulous analogy Allison, you are so brave to hack...Fabulous analogy Allison, you are so brave to hack away at a flourishing plant like that. I'd be so excited it was growing, I'd let it ride. But you are so right, it's important to keep it trimmed, in order for it to thrive. And oh, how I love the scent and sight of lavender. The Fibro must be feast for the senses as a result of your prune :o) xo<br />Fingers crossed for the 'high hopes' Camellia... they're a gorgeous tree too!All For Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13151973819133926868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-55333827307828659432011-11-13T23:47:09.369+11:002011-11-13T23:47:09.369+11:00Fantastic analogy.
I'm a super hesitant pruner...Fantastic analogy.<br />I'm a super hesitant pruner and editor. Until I get comfortable and then it's a massacre.<br />:-)Mum on the Runhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543791863884733714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-85066915557960482992011-11-13T23:10:59.172+11:002011-11-13T23:10:59.172+11:00What a beautiful analogy!
But if you edit like I ...What a beautiful analogy!<br /><br />But if you edit like I prune, you would have a very, very dead book.<br /><br />Our lavender was pulled up during winter. Wet rot. Damn that drought breaking...<br /><br />So lovely to be reading your beautiful words again. I've missed you. xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345662692259541964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-89360502797299626852011-11-13T23:01:40.585+11:002011-11-13T23:01:40.585+11:00I'm so besotted with lavender since we moved t...I'm so besotted with lavender since we moved to this house with its own beautiful little lavender garden. Yours is gorgeous. And the stuff is so useful! The essential oil is great for headaches, insect bites, insomnia and today I made deodorant with a little added for its antibacterial properties. Not that any of that is going to fit well into your neatly constructed metaphor, of course...tinsenpuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955496156384131307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-77694777028956466152011-11-13T22:30:23.910+11:002011-11-13T22:30:23.910+11:00As always love your work Al. And this analogy - br...As always love your work Al. And this analogy - brilliant! It must be heartbreaking to take to a manuscript with the Edward Scissorshands shears ... but at least there is a beautiful reward at the end!Kelly Exeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016952176301597208noreply@blogger.com