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Viewing comments for Chapter 18 "Written Today's Half-Pound Yet?"GROWTH? ADULATION? HURRY -- CHOOSE!
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Comment from Teri7
This is a very interesting write you have done. You used very good descriptive wording and very good imagery. It was a joy to read and to review. good job. hugs, Teri
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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This is a very interesting write you have done. You used very good descriptive wording and very good imagery. It was a joy to read and to review. good job. hugs, Teri
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Thanks, Teri. Glad you enjoyed reading this. I appreciate your kindness.
Comment from country ranch writer
ya gotta do what ever you find works for you calendar or no calendar it is how you manage to get your novels and work going is what it is all about
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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ya gotta do what ever you find works for you calendar or no calendar it is how you manage to get your novels and work going is what it is all about
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Absolutely. Whatever works. As long as work goes in one end and product comes out the other, that's all that matters.
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Comment from LIJ Red
Sounds like you think one who wishes to write should write, even if he is off his pace, woodenheaded, impatient, Ill-tempered and spouting gibberish...like all these nasty habits will eventually be worn out by determined writing. Just summing up, cause I need some kind of attack plan at the moment....excellent
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reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Sounds like you think one who wishes to write should write, even if he is off his pace, woodenheaded, impatient, Ill-tempered and spouting gibberish...like all these nasty habits will eventually be worn out by determined writing. Just summing up, cause I need some kind of attack plan at the moment....excellent
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Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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I find the calendar works for me. I enjoy making a big red X on it at the end of the day. The important thing is I get the writing done. Without it, I wouldn't. I've got a lifetime of proof--of wasted words and wasted brain-power.
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
Hello :)
I have a routine, I get up in the morning, I get my 2 cups of coffee and I sen in my comfy chair where I write. I check for FS contest I may be interested in and I get to work. When I am not writing I am reviewing. Lately I joined a writers' group and that has been a good source of ideas for writing. So I have formed a habit.
You give some really good advice to writers and your essay is very informative. Good job!
~gypsy
reply by the author on 14-Sep-2015
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Hello :)
I have a routine, I get up in the morning, I get my 2 cups of coffee and I sen in my comfy chair where I write. I check for FS contest I may be interested in and I get to work. When I am not writing I am reviewing. Lately I joined a writers' group and that has been a good source of ideas for writing. So I have formed a habit.
You give some really good advice to writers and your essay is very informative. Good job!
~gypsy
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 14-Sep-2015
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Thank you, Gypsy. Your encouraging crit is important to me.
Comment from JTStone
I feel you. I think you give excellent advice.
I set the alarm every morning for 3AM, that's my writing time. If I miss it, I don't feel right all day. It doesn't have to be great, or good even. Just keeping the habit. Usually the thought I've been attempting to capture will hit me around the time I'm getting ready to leave for work. I keep a note pad in the truck and bring my laptop. Fortunately I am in a position where I can go to my truck and write during the day.
BTW the ex-wife stuck my hammer through my Mac, killing the hard drive--I know what you felt like when you lost your material without back-up. I've e-mailed myself once a week ever since. So not only do I have a record of my work, I can never lose more than a week of the manuscript.
Writing is more important than life itself--to me anyway. Thus the divorce.
Thanks again for the advice.
JT
PS: I would be honored and if you have time, if you could give 'Angel of the Apocalypse' a glance and tell me what you think. Your opinion matters.
reply by the author on 14-Sep-2015
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I feel you. I think you give excellent advice.
I set the alarm every morning for 3AM, that's my writing time. If I miss it, I don't feel right all day. It doesn't have to be great, or good even. Just keeping the habit. Usually the thought I've been attempting to capture will hit me around the time I'm getting ready to leave for work. I keep a note pad in the truck and bring my laptop. Fortunately I am in a position where I can go to my truck and write during the day.
BTW the ex-wife stuck my hammer through my Mac, killing the hard drive--I know what you felt like when you lost your material without back-up. I've e-mailed myself once a week ever since. So not only do I have a record of my work, I can never lose more than a week of the manuscript.
Writing is more important than life itself--to me anyway. Thus the divorce.
Thanks again for the advice.
JT
PS: I would be honored and if you have time, if you could give 'Angel of the Apocalypse' a glance and tell me what you think. Your opinion matters.
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 14-Sep-2015
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So happy this post has been helpful to you, if only to get you to focus on what you do right.
It's late and I need to get to bed. But I downloaded your story and will read it tomorrow. Thanks for the recommendation.
Comment from Leineco
What serendipity!
I absolutely love this chapter!
Let me explain - on August 16th, I decided to REALLY commit to this "Write every day. . .even if at the end of the writing session you end up tossing it. . .WRITE EVERY DAY" So I set myself a challenge (maybe nothing quite so daunting as a prose writer's "3 pages or straight into detention", but for me, a serious undertaking) - I set myself a challenge that whatever else I wrote on any given day, I MUST write one gogyoshi (particular kind of poem) each and every day for 30 days.
I had a goal in mind (a chapbook). I have published in many anthologies and magazines, but never a book of solely MY poetry, and I had become enamored with gogyoshi about two years ago. I had been tracking down every printed example and discussion of it I could find, and found myself jotting them down, intermittently, on napkins, scraps of paper and in my writing journal. So I decided it was time to get serious about the project.
One day (I think it was day 17) I drew a total "bash face-first into that blank screen" nothing. I stared at the screen for two hours, typing two, maybe three words and deleting.
So the next day came, and I thought to myself, maybe I'll take a sick day. . . you know, to recharge the juices. . .so another day slid by.
BUT on the third day I felt like a real quitter. So I buckled down and said - You owe three now. . .no excuses. . .and no leaving this room till you have met your commitment.
It took 4 hours to write the first one. The other two flowed like a rain swollen river!!
I know 28 days isn't much of a streak. . .but ya' gotta start somewhere! :-)
This chapter has strengthened my commitment! I figure it will actually take closer to 120 days, than 30, to accomplish 25 worthy goyoshi. But I have heard literally dozens of writers say. . '.Writing isn't an accident. It's a job. You have to show up every day.'
Thanks for the reinforcement :-) (sorry it's the end of the week and I only have 5s left)
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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What serendipity!
I absolutely love this chapter!
Let me explain - on August 16th, I decided to REALLY commit to this "Write every day. . .even if at the end of the writing session you end up tossing it. . .WRITE EVERY DAY" So I set myself a challenge (maybe nothing quite so daunting as a prose writer's "3 pages or straight into detention", but for me, a serious undertaking) - I set myself a challenge that whatever else I wrote on any given day, I MUST write one gogyoshi (particular kind of poem) each and every day for 30 days.
I had a goal in mind (a chapbook). I have published in many anthologies and magazines, but never a book of solely MY poetry, and I had become enamored with gogyoshi about two years ago. I had been tracking down every printed example and discussion of it I could find, and found myself jotting them down, intermittently, on napkins, scraps of paper and in my writing journal. So I decided it was time to get serious about the project.
One day (I think it was day 17) I drew a total "bash face-first into that blank screen" nothing. I stared at the screen for two hours, typing two, maybe three words and deleting.
So the next day came, and I thought to myself, maybe I'll take a sick day. . . you know, to recharge the juices. . .so another day slid by.
BUT on the third day I felt like a real quitter. So I buckled down and said - You owe three now. . .no excuses. . .and no leaving this room till you have met your commitment.
It took 4 hours to write the first one. The other two flowed like a rain swollen river!!
I know 28 days isn't much of a streak. . .but ya' gotta start somewhere! :-)
This chapter has strengthened my commitment! I figure it will actually take closer to 120 days, than 30, to accomplish 25 worthy goyoshi. But I have heard literally dozens of writers say. . '.Writing isn't an accident. It's a job. You have to show up every day.'
Thanks for the reinforcement :-) (sorry it's the end of the week and I only have 5s left)
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Don't worry about the six, Lorraine. Reading of your enthusiasm about it and hearing that it inspired you to a deeper plunge into writing, made it worth far more than a six. Thank you!
Comment from Spitfire
Jay, if I lost 18 chapters of a novel, it would take me three months to recover! Sorry I'm not following your Trining novel, but I'm not into fantasy. Even hated fairy tales. LOL
Love the sculpting metaphor.
Just get out the words and write-- good advice. It doesn't have to make sense. Ever read "Finnegan's Wake"? Just goes to show you.
As for writing when you're sick as a dog, sorry, I'll take a bye. :-)
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Jay, if I lost 18 chapters of a novel, it would take me three months to recover! Sorry I'm not following your Trining novel, but I'm not into fantasy. Even hated fairy tales. LOL
Love the sculpting metaphor.
Just get out the words and write-- good advice. It doesn't have to make sense. Ever read "Finnegan's Wake"? Just goes to show you.
As for writing when you're sick as a dog, sorry, I'll take a bye. :-)
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Thank you so much, Shari. I can't tell you what an empty feeling that is. It just took all the fire out of me.
Comment from sibhus
Wow. this is awesome. Ok, I'm all pumped now, and I off to write, thanks to your brilliant encouragement. Well, just as soon as I do another twenty reviews so that I can promote my latest story on Fan. But then, I have to feed the dog. She doesn't do so well if she isn't feed at least once a week, no, kidding. Oh shit, there's the grass, and the riding mower is forked up. Oh, yeah, I got to call the plumber about the leaking water heater. Damn, the laundry, the dishes, oh the two documentaries, I was going to watch on Netflix. Then there's my ten hour a day job with the supervisor from hell. Oh, well, I'll get to it eventually.
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Wow. this is awesome. Ok, I'm all pumped now, and I off to write, thanks to your brilliant encouragement. Well, just as soon as I do another twenty reviews so that I can promote my latest story on Fan. But then, I have to feed the dog. She doesn't do so well if she isn't feed at least once a week, no, kidding. Oh shit, there's the grass, and the riding mower is forked up. Oh, yeah, I got to call the plumber about the leaking water heater. Damn, the laundry, the dishes, oh the two documentaries, I was going to watch on Netflix. Then there's my ten hour a day job with the supervisor from hell. Oh, well, I'll get to it eventually.
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Join the club. membership is growing. But judging from your output, I don't think that's stopping you. Thanks for reading this.
Comment from MelReyn
I came across this just as I needed it. Making my writing priority, and your chain of red is what I needed to hear. Thank you for the kick in the pants! I loved your tone and I loved your message. "You can do this. Just sit down and do it!" I feel like you've paid me to give me great advice. This is my lucky day. ;)
I have no real helpful criticism for you. Your prose is strong, clean, precise.
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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I came across this just as I needed it. Making my writing priority, and your chain of red is what I needed to hear. Thank you for the kick in the pants! I loved your tone and I loved your message. "You can do this. Just sit down and do it!" I feel like you've paid me to give me great advice. This is my lucky day. ;)
I have no real helpful criticism for you. Your prose is strong, clean, precise.
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Bless you, Mel (I assume) for the six stars. I was going to wait to post it until after midnight, but something happened and it was out there. It's good to know there are a few stingy people out there who have a six star into Saturday, then lavishly toss it like flower petals to my post. You are appreciated.
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Can't argue with "Write, no matter what... just WRITE" and it's the best advice there is for a writer. I have never had writer's block, so I can't relate to that part of this post. :)
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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Can't argue with "Write, no matter what... just WRITE" and it's the best advice there is for a writer. I have never had writer's block, so I can't relate to that part of this post. :)
Comment Written 12-Sep-2015
reply by the author on 12-Sep-2015
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You and Smurfsgirl (is that her name) Valerie, are the only two so far who've said that. You are truly blessed there. Thanks for reading. Glad you enjoyed it.