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Comment on Rumble in the Jungle by soapgirl

soapgirl — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:21:51 +0000

As long as you’re having fun that’s the important thing. Some things are just like crack that just suck you in so just enjoy it. I too of guilty of writing more fan fiction instead of my own stuff. I guess the important thing is that I’m writing even if I’m just stepping into another person’s world.

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Comment on Risky Business by foxsable

foxsable — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:59:48 +0000

Have you thought about talking to a priest? It’s pretty much their job to talk to people. if you find your Catholic friends (assuming you know some) and ask them if their priest is super educated on doctrine, you can go chat with one who is. Just because it is for a novel doesn’t mean you don’t want to know about the religion (at least as far as they are concerned).

Comment on Risky Business by Drevs

Drevs — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:40:24 +0000

I have been having the same problems, pal!

Anywho, I have tried the skipping ahead and writing, and even the writing the ending technique…either does not help much, or I need to lock myself in an isolated cabin for a week and focus on writing - JUST WRITING.

Good luck with the book!

drewcaine

Comment on Shine On Your Memory by carfor12

carfor12 — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:52:42 +0000

Great poem!
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Comment on Solar Eclipses by emmad.

emmad. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:33:39 +0000

Hahah, this is really amusing. And I’d have to agree with you on #16.

Comment on Words aren’t Empty by jessupsamuel

jessupsamuel — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:58:32 +0000

Try not to dream too hard. You’re right, though. Our thoughts and words convince us of things we weren’t convinced of five minutes before, and it seems that we will never get out of the path we’ve set ourselves on once those thoughts and words are formed and let loose.

Comment on The Motivator by jpruss

jpruss — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:32:57 +0000

Hi,

I have found it can be a dangerous slope when you rely on others as your source of motivation.

You then put the control of your writing (and your creativity) in the hands of others.

The advantage I suppose, is that if others are hooked and nagging you then your reasonabily sure that at least someone likes your work. You can be confident you not putting hours of effort into something no-one finds appealing.

The dis-advantage is that people change their ‘nagging’ on a whim, and when the nagging is gone; so is your motivation.

The 2 ‘big’ motiviators I might suggest are as follows

1) Visualization: Constantly imagine and think about “what’s next?”. What will happen in this chapter? What will it be like when this chapter is finished; What will the finished book look like. If it helps imagine the smile on your friends/families faces as they are so absorbed by every page of your writing turning the page over and over

2) Set your goals. Ask yourself where do you want to be in 5 days, 1 week, 30 days? Specific, measureable things you can track yourself against. Reward yourself your meeting your goals!

Good luck and keep up the writing !

Comment on Torn by curvvywords

curvvywords — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:03:20 +0000

I know, right? No, I love immediate feedback! Post it all if you like, and let me know if you like the prompt or not. :) You rock, shakespeare mom.

Comment on Torn by shakespeare

shakespeare — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:07:58 +0000

I doubt that you want us to respond to the prompt here, but I can’t help it. Everything I love–absolutely everything–has the same drawback: it takes time from something else. If I spend time with my husband, I don’t get to my writing, my piano, my art, my reading, my laundry, etc.

For me, it’s all a balance. I balance a little of everything, for each aspect of my life brings me a different kind of beauty, a varied shade of joy. Yet all sap time from me (including blogging!).

Comment on Tension Tolerance by shakespeare

shakespeare — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:18:12 +0000

What great questions? I tend towards Christianity, but most ways it is followed leave me distressed (judgment, animosity, prejudice against non-Christians or other Christians, etc.).

But I am also a definite pagan…nature is God for me, evidence that a spirit world exists all around me. And I’m a Taoist, going where the flow of life leads me. And a Buddhist, examining myself and my role in the world, the choices I make and how they lead to my development into a higher being.

And why can’t I be all these things? The same themes run through every major religion, the emphasis on responsibility, on helping others, on loving those around me, both friend and enemy. And the world outside–the natural world–is a symphony, far more beautiful than anything man-made.