tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post2129405767392770832..comments2023-06-10T22:42:19.087+10:00Comments on Australasian Christian Writers: Keeping Going or Changing Direction?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-42015289610172358692014-08-29T13:18:03.738+10:002014-08-29T13:18:03.738+10:00Thanks Enisa, Jo-Anne and Narelle for stopping off...Thanks Enisa, Jo-Anne and Narelle for stopping off at my waterfalls long enough to have a look.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217918666756258037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-13795058776935763452014-08-28T21:42:56.248+10:002014-08-28T21:42:56.248+10:00Enjoyed your post, Dale. Insightful comparing the ...Enjoyed your post, Dale. Insightful comparing the waterfalls to writing. So true.Enisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14618040099949009436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-20097545846433208072014-08-28T21:29:53.111+10:002014-08-28T21:29:53.111+10:00Dale, lovely post :) I love waterfalls, too and I&...Dale, lovely post :) I love waterfalls, too and I'm glad you were able to see the second one. Narellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665380446283721576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-4275865458000142202014-08-28T12:45:58.171+10:002014-08-28T12:45:58.171+10:00Thanks for sharing your 'waterfall journey'...Thanks for sharing your 'waterfall journey' along the South Coast with us--my legs feel sore even thinking about your attempt to find that first waterfall! I have put a couple of writing 'expeditions' aside in my writing journey and know for sure I won't go back to one of them. But the other? Well maybe one day!Jo-Anne Berthelsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09775045057529728396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-25695698927376905932014-08-28T06:56:57.036+10:002014-08-28T06:56:57.036+10:00Thanks Annie, Andrea, Jeanette and Paula for comme...Thanks Annie, Andrea, Jeanette and Paula for comments. Have to say Annie I'll be looking with interest for your book next year after taking so long to come to fruition.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14217918666756258037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-68463603815117408652014-08-27T19:01:55.908+10:002014-08-27T19:01:55.908+10:00Thanks for your post Dale. For me the never-ending...Thanks for your post Dale. For me the never-ending trek to the receding waterfall applies more the the publishing journey than writing. Since getting back into writing at the beginning of 2012 I've revamped my original novel & almost finished writing the first draft of book number 4. I need to go back and reedit and realistically 3 years isn't a long time :) But I did reach that point with my ThD studies in 2008 - a difficult and heartbreaking decision but the right one at the time. To be honest it felt like the end of the road but God was whispering to me otherwise - and it took 3 years for me to listen and start along the track to that second waterfall. Sometimes I wonder what all those years pursuing my doctorate was about but I do know that nothing is ever truely wasted in God's economy as he restores to us the years that the locusts have eaten Joel 2:25. Jeanette O'Haganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057798704247611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-18373462056531380822014-08-27T17:05:52.892+10:002014-08-27T17:05:52.892+10:00Hi Dale - love those waterfalls!
I must admit, i...Hi Dale - love those waterfalls! <br /><br />I must admit, if something isn't working with my writing, I leave it for a bit. If nothing crops up, I leave it for a much longer bit and gather God is nudging me in a different direction. Sometimes the piece is useful, sometimes it's simply a writing exercise that leads me to another, better place. All the treks to the waterfall are appreciated, no matter how long or short. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449342827457837314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-1775711018252483062014-08-27T13:54:29.227+10:002014-08-27T13:54:29.227+10:00Hi Dale,
I'm glad you pressed on in your quest...Hi Dale,<br />I'm glad you pressed on in your quest along the Great South Ocean Road. Waterfalls are beautiful and well worth seeing. However, I appreciate your analogy to writing. I know just what you're talking about. A couple of times, I've put projects aside because they didn't feel just right, and then got a spurt of adrenaline for them several years later. And usually, I've developed some sort of insight or extra feeling for the theme, which I wouldn't have had if I decided to grit my teeth and work through it at the time.Paula Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079952414990463270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-515660504291275491.post-52061079708543095212014-08-27T09:08:24.660+10:002014-08-27T09:08:24.660+10:00Hi Dale - I agree that a pile to ‘put away and per...Hi Dale - I agree that a pile to ‘put away and perhaps work on one day or maybe never’ is a good idea. Sometimes God simply doesn't answer what's not working with a manuscript. Or rather, English does not contain the words He needs to really explain what He wants. This is something I've noticed repeatedly. I have one book coming out next year that I didn't even submit to a publisher until recently because, for over 20 years, I've felt the Spirit say there was something not quite right with it. It took me all that time to get the message about what it was! So, I think the interior sense not to go on (at the moment) you've described, is a very valid one.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264631051671432037noreply@blogger.com