tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post7818667295891220902..comments2023-09-29T11:06:22.615-04:00Comments on One Aimless Writer: Getting the groove back...Aimlesswriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-4796551940439664952008-12-12T08:54:00.000-05:002008-12-12T08:54:00.000-05:00Thanks Sara!Thanks Sara!Aimlesswriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-38424287115426377052008-12-11T12:23:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:23:00.000-05:00Hey, I just read your entry in Nathan Bransford's ...Hey, I just read your entry in Nathan Bransford's contest - <I>brrr!</I> here's betting you make the finalists!Sara J. Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145626175256433448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-80916544829092095272008-12-08T09:35:00.000-05:002008-12-08T09:35:00.000-05:00Lisa,Thanks for your kind words. I was weepy all w...Lisa,<BR/>Thanks for your kind words. <BR/>I was weepy all week so even every day stuff has been hard. <BR/>This week is a little better. <BR/>Hoping your "six month slump" goes away soon. When I find myself really unable to put words on a page I give myself permission to write something really bad. I may not care for it later but it gets the flow going.Aimlesswriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-19787313285955638832008-12-08T09:31:00.000-05:002008-12-08T09:31:00.000-05:00Lainey, I really need to read a feel good romance ...Lainey, <BR/>I really need to read a feel good romance now. Something sweet to lift my spirits. I tend to write about crime and murder and when life gets bad I just don't want to look at it. <BR/>The only deadlines I have here are the self imposed ones. Something I need or I get nothing done. lolAimlesswriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-52154557563224720192008-12-08T09:27:00.000-05:002008-12-08T09:27:00.000-05:00Erica & Spy, ok, I'm powering through. Try...Erica & Spy, ok, I'm powering through. Trying to grab the groove and tame this WIP. I think its just been around too long. I want it gone. I want to work on something else, but I'm afraid I'll never come back if I leave it now. <BR/>Chapter by chapter...moving along.Aimlesswriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03012050763172251381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-37158300766377287412008-12-07T21:21:00.000-05:002008-12-07T21:21:00.000-05:00Really sounds like you need some coffee time with ...Really sounds like you need some coffee time with friends!<BR/>Please don't throw away your WIP - it might be better than you realized but your current frame of mind is clouding your judgement.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I'm in no real position to offer advice on how to get motivated given the 6 month slump I've been in (and counting.)<BR/><BR/>Another thing, I believe blogs are public, do you mind if your employer knows that you write or blog while working?Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866730185060307014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-83366452984094701762008-12-06T18:29:00.000-05:002008-12-06T18:29:00.000-05:00Editing is still the most difficult for me. Especi...Editing is still the most difficult for me. Especially the up close, nit-picky sort, so I seldom attempt it when I'm down.<BR/><BR/>Unlike Erica and Spy, I'm not on a particular deadline, so I currently have the luxury of writing/reading whatever suits my mood. Usually when I'm not feeling 'in the game' I write an abnoxiously syrupy short story where everything sings HEA...or a ranting essay (neither of which I do anything with--usually--it just keeps the juices flowing)<BR/><BR/>You've had a damn hard week. If I were you, I'd give myself permission to put the wip on time out and expend my energy writing something I felt from the gut that completely distracted me. <BR/><BR/>When it's time, the wip will call you and you'll be able to answwer with a clear head.lainey bancrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05198092987859920805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-41276413593035398792008-12-06T14:46:00.000-05:002008-12-06T14:46:00.000-05:00Yeah, I'm like Erica. When it nauseates me to read...Yeah, I'm like Erica. When it nauseates me to read it, when I hate it, I just keep plugging along. It's part of my process to passionately hate my WIP at some point. (That's the true reason I write fast: the quicker I can get stuff down before I hate it, the better.)<BR/><BR/>So I might just focus on one scene, on one sentence, on one paragraph. And I plug along. Eventually, wind picks up under my sails. Sometimes not, but I get it done.<BR/><BR/>When I go back and re-read a year or so later, it's never as bad as I thought, and sometimes I even enjoy reading it.<BR/><BR/>PS: My word verification is: readdest. I just thought that was neat.Spy Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299551957327543491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24980911.post-60122022598234283792008-12-06T09:33:00.000-05:002008-12-06T09:33:00.000-05:00I read something totally different, something that...I read something totally different, something that I can get lost in. Take walks. Listen to jazz.<BR/><BR/>If I MUST work on my wip, I don't look at the WHOLE. I take one chapter and decide to perfect it. As they say--you can always fix crap. So if I am in a space where I feel it's crap--I fix it--once tiny chapter at a time. One sentence at a time. Then it's less overwhelming.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>EErica Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415925758466527671noreply@blogger.com