Raw Footage

Writing is a lonely thing. You talk to the paper or screen. It's only you and me baby. But then you're not writing just for you. Writing is a means of communication, after all, like talking. It's crazy to talk to yourself and no one else, right? So how do you get the message out and to whom? Talking needs a listener. Writing needs a reader. Readers, plural,  is much better or else it's personal or business correspondence. Most people don't listen well. Most people don't read well. For writers, Lonely, lonely, lonely time, to quote the Beatles. All the more reason not to blabber, to talk when you have not articulated what to say. Put writing out there when it's right. Raw footage is a term used in motion pictures, film and video - the stuff you have before its the final stage presentation. Show it too early, especially to the wrong person and the critic lets loose in the viewer in so many nasty and unexpected ways. "Ya de ya de. Do this? didn't you think of doing that? Ah, I don't understand it?  I know this guy who makes really good home videos who might help you...."  Same with putting your writing out too soon or sometimes at all to the wrong readers... Thus in the rush to quell the loneliness you, me, of  us the word hunters, the work gets out and gets zapped. Not  good day....  So you have a great day tomorrow... let me know so I can be happy for you