tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148402657600219790.post6563474496394978375..comments2023-10-20T22:50:35.641+07:00Comments on tea stains: It's all talkJenny Beattiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148402657600219790.post-5678523292006318972008-05-11T11:10:00.000+07:002008-05-11T11:10:00.000+07:00Liz, 'a thing about never finishing things' OMG, y...Liz, 'a thing about never finishing things' OMG, yes. Me too. Thank you for all this because it really helps to hear other people's methods.<BR/><BR/>LPlate, it's funny isn't it? I didn't feel intimidated - but perhaps I should have. All those people who have <I>finished</I> books. It's the published ones for me, it's the bloody finishing. Still, I'm glad I didn't feel intimidated because I really don't need <I>another</I> terror to freeze me up!<BR/><BR/>Yes, though, week by week. Thanks honey.Jenny Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148402657600219790.post-5761300707114680722008-05-08T01:33:00.000+07:002008-05-08T01:33:00.000+07:00Hi JJ, glad to see you're back safe and sound!It w...Hi JJ, glad to see you're back safe and sound!<BR/><BR/>It was tough for me to sit in that bar with all that talent around me! I've finally started on book three, (I'm with Liz on that one, the more you do, the more you think you can do).<BR/><BR/>Caroline has told me to take my writing week by week as it is getting me down, so how about doing that? <BR/><BR/>Can't wait to meet up again, hun xxMarcie Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06921930565391929367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148402657600219790.post-27652934119795345442008-05-07T11:51:00.000+07:002008-05-07T11:51:00.000+07:00JJ, I've had a revelations of sorts with reworking...JJ, I've had a revelations of sorts with reworking the book I wrote last year for the Novel Racers. I wrote just 100,000 in three months. The bones of the story were there but I left myself one hell of a lot of work to try and make it it a book. Now out of the that mass of stone if you will I am trying to carve something good. I think this is the harder way to write to be honest but at this stage of my writing 'career' it worked for me. I was able to say that I have written three books complete - the first one shite, the second after much reworking okay, and the third still shite but it has potential. Being able to say that has boosted the lagging self confidence. Even if the words are crap I wrote them. I used to have a thing about never finshing anything - be it sweaters I was knitting or other projects I tackled. Now with three kids watching every move I make I know I finally at the age forty five have to show them and me that I can complete something - even if it mean beating my head against the lap top daily in despair. You can do this JJ. Just write - get the crap out and craft it later. Once that first book is under your belt then become a perfectionist again!<BR/><BR/>Sorry that's an awful lot tirade......Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02744937536946299450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148402657600219790.post-69862465348094870642008-05-07T06:48:00.000+07:002008-05-07T06:48:00.000+07:00Rachel, thank you. I'm going to try REALLY hard to...Rachel, thank you. I'm going to try REALLY hard to get on with it.<BR/><BR/>Yvonne, oh honey. I've just seen your post too. <B>Don't</B> give up. You can do it; stamp on that fear thing...<BR/><BR/>Angie, thank you. It does help to hear that it's been hard for others. Sometimes I feel I've wasted the last year ... trying. I am going to try again though. Get on with the actual writing.Jenny Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148402657600219790.post-24093435475383858962008-05-07T00:13:00.000+07:002008-05-07T00:13:00.000+07:00It seems simple to an outsider, but somehow actual...It seems simple to an outsider, but somehow actually sitting down to write is the hardest part. It's taken me two years to find a routine that works for me, and even then I find myself "talking, not doing" for chunks of my day.<BR/>I think you have a gift, you just need to figure out what works for you. (Your description "the air is thick..." was very poignant.)<BR/>And I share your fear. Let that desire motivate you.<BR/>-Ang xxAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01338896212556894322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148402657600219790.post-23946662095455887152008-05-06T19:43:00.000+07:002008-05-06T19:43:00.000+07:00I've lost my mojo today too. I have a ton of writi...I've lost my mojo today too. I have a ton of writing and editing to do, but after the long weekend all I want to do is ANYTHING but write. I feel guilty, but not enough to actually do anything about it.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712024237175327405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8148402657600219790.post-85747759326743633772008-05-06T18:56:00.000+07:002008-05-06T18:56:00.000+07:00Write 100 words today. It can be any scene in the ...Write 100 words today. It can be any scene in the book.<BR/><BR/>Then you'll *be* writing a book.<BR/><BR/>Better still, rewrite those 'lost' 750 words, only write them better ;)Rachel Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048590167153841615noreply@blogger.com