So, does it remind you of your own heavily edited work?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Glimpse Into the Edits of Dickens
Thanks to blogger/author Jay Asher, I stumbled across something I would love to share with everyone. Each December the New York Times displays Charles Dickens original "Christmas Carol" manuscript. It is amazing to look at--hand written, all scratched and scribbled, barely legible--and see the mundane origins of one of the most amazing novels ever written. Click here to see the manuscript.
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That is so cool. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for visiting my blog. The quote at the top of yours is one of my favorite.
Dickens' manuscript looks like one of my non-fiction books. They get marked up a lot.
I have a little red leather 3" by 4" Dickins' Christmas Carol. It's a gas to read the original.
It definitely resembled my style when I hand wrote my work. The computer has changed all that, though! :)
Thanks for Sharing!!!!!!!!!
Oh I am definitely looking at this, thank you!!
Wow! That is so cool! Thanks
LOL, that's exactly how my notebooks look...
Great minds work alike!
My edited work looks an awful lot like that, too (just on typed writing, not freehand).
When I write longhand, it looks like that, minus the parchment paper. I much prefer the computer, where I can almost keep up with my thoughts. Thank you for visiting my blog!
I love this post! What a treasure. It has inspired me to read this book - for the first time ever. I have heard it is fantastic!
Oh wow! That is so cool!
That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. How neat would that be to see in person? And did anyone find out those other "choice" words for Scrooge? :D
LOL I can't even imagine what mine would look like with all the changes I constantly make.
Pretty cool. I didn't even know that was around.
I'll admit that I hated that book when I was forced to read it in 6th grade, but, dang, that was beautiful. I love looking at pages covered with edits--and yes, it totally reminds me of my own manuscripts. Thanks for sharing! :)
--Jenna.
Is it weird that seeing that made me sort of excited for our manuscript to get all marked up?
Love it! It totally reminds me of my scribbled out notebooks (which I will burn when I'm done transferring to the computer - there's no way I'm letting anyone look at that stuff, haha). Thanks for sharing.
The internet is such a wonderful source of information and enlightenment! Here I am, sitting at my desk at work, staring at the eloquently written words of a giant in the writing world.
Just think, someday when my writing catches fire and I sell mountains of books . . . aspiring writers will be imbedding links to youtube video's of me lighting my own farts.
Oh how times are changing. :)
Oh, for sure. I started on a third draft of one of my novels. Wow. So much scratching and notes and rewritten words. Thanks for the inspiration to keep going!
This is wonderful--what a find!
Thanks for that. It was great to look at. I feel a little awed. Dickens own handwriting. Cool.
wow that is real wild and wierd to see. Thanks for sharing...
Oh, I wish I could see it on this computer, but I guess I need an upgrade to do that. Bet it's wonderful, though.
Your blog is beautiful. The music is exquisite.
So enjoyed the visit. Cheers :)
Thanks so much for sending me that link. That is amazing!!! Wow, I don't think I could be a writer back then when word processors weren't around to make quick and repetitive edits.
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