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Tinier and tinier screwdrivers

On my last post, a reader commented that the revision process reminded her of a Billy Collins quote about finding tinier and tinier screwdrivers.  I looked up the line and found a link to this interview with Collins.  Here’s an excerpt:
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: When you sit down and scrutinize that moment [in a poem], [...]

Posted 02 October 2008 † V. § ‡ Comments (10) ° Also tagged: ,

Scenes from a rewrite

Quietly, carefully, I have been applying myself to the small changes, fine-tunings, and punctuation queries of this go-round.  I consider this a kind of “stealth” revision, in that the task is to keep intact the shape and voice of the piece, while unfolding certain places to make room for a sentence here, an image there, [...]

Posted 01 October 2008 † V. § ‡ Comments (10) ° Also tagged: ,