tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456046560632666219.post3843596194366877293..comments2023-05-29T02:22:15.344-07:00Comments on Writing Through Hell: Every day I write the bookGary Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08677227737584407580noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456046560632666219.post-62728300077160539582010-08-27T22:29:10.216-07:002010-08-27T22:29:10.216-07:00There is a difference between breakneck speed and ...There is a difference between breakneck speed and writing for word count.<br />Your writing is always better when writing fast (with the flow) but not obsessing over that 50,000 word goal.<br />Those novels from november always caused you grief to smooth out the word count days<br />gratuitous violence and fun romping you allowed more of during novel writing month<br /><br />If life and schedules allowed you to write edit and reedit once more, then you would not be so bored with a scene you have re read the 20th time.<br /><br /><br />Hugs NBen's Journey Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015534954278768632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456046560632666219.post-35712802294125648832010-08-20T18:20:27.542-07:002010-08-20T18:20:27.542-07:00I wish I could write at break-neck speed, but late...I wish I could write at break-neck speed, but lately, days can go by between writing sessions and when I am writing, it goes a lot slower than I'd like. I do want to cut the timeframe down so it's not taking me a year to write a novel.<br /><br />Fluidity is a wonderful thing, but some times, I get caught up in making changes because I'm bored. Bad plan.<br /><br />There's always that moment when a sticking point resolves and the rest of the story flows easily.<br /><br />Thanks all!Gary Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08677227737584407580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456046560632666219.post-67623708736511476412010-08-16T18:55:55.648-07:002010-08-16T18:55:55.648-07:00Interesting journey, Gary.
I try to write every...Interesting journey, Gary. <br /><br />I try to write everydat - doesn't work. Today was pretty productive though. I finally found a way around the waiio I wrote and now I think I can actually finish the damn book by the end of the month.<br /><br />I try not to edit anong the way, but sometimes I find myself rereading and rewriting, Have to stop that to make progress.Kathye Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689731913318677231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456046560632666219.post-48063127100022767362010-08-16T13:04:43.942-07:002010-08-16T13:04:43.942-07:00I'm a panster who writes novellas. It's a ...I'm a panster who writes novellas. It's a mystery to me how I fit so much in a short story! And I'm a fan of series so I do have character charts that keep me straight.J Hali Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365774993357373871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456046560632666219.post-68187569484496458532010-08-16T11:56:02.661-07:002010-08-16T11:56:02.661-07:00I'm sort of a pantser writer myself...more exc...I'm sort of a pantser writer myself...more exciting that way. I have a rough outline in my head, but fluidity allows the characters to play--and even surprise me once in awhile!ReneeReardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11329091869351018375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456046560632666219.post-58386582159724730212010-08-16T11:19:21.303-07:002010-08-16T11:19:21.303-07:00the little details that can get scrambled in a 300...<i>the little details that can get scrambled in a 300 page manuscript (did he have brown eyes or blue? It was mid September when he walked out of his house, but two weeks before Halloween when he got to work five pages later).</i><br /><br />I'm surprised you have this sort of trouble if your habit is to write at flat out speed. Back in the days when I used to produce prose at breakneck speed (novel-in-a-fortnight sort of thing; I've slowed up a lot in recent years), I found that one of the big advantages was that I <i>didn't</i> have to worry so much about this category of error: I knew his eyes were blue because it was still fresh in my memory that I'd made that decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com