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Comment on Ask Me How! Real-World Writing & Editing Process by Dr. Tom Bibey

Dr. Tom Bibey — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:28:57 +0000

I wrote one without a outline. It took four years, and I have just now corrected the errors that resulted from that mistake. I am sure I will never write another without an outline. If for no other reason, if I do my agent says he’ll kill me.

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Comment on Ask Me How! Real-World Writing & Editing Process by sandysays1

sandysays1 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:55:21 +0000

And with all that sage knowledge Harry Potter was in perpetual reject land until a non-professional relative of an editor saw potential and helped get it printed. Who da thunk it!

Comment on Draw Your Weapon, It Is Mightier Than Swords by Jed Hunt

Jed Hunt — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:52:56 +0000

“It’s an excellent explanation for why writers must be at the forefront of shocking ideas – it becomes the responsibility of the writer to explore and make the reader aware of that which is hidden, shied away from, and instinctively rejected due to the limits of social propriety. I’m not saying embraced, but acknowledged, and accounted for in that human realities are not always (read: mostly never) what’s on the cover of the storybooks.”

I love what you said here. You’re right, and so is Mr. Gaiman. If we let off the accelerator now, what would our purpose become? What “good” are we? I think that’s what I love about the very concept of writing: the reaching for a thing that is just out of reach, but the act of reaching, somehow, brings the sky a little closer.

I’ve been following your blog for awhile, and I’m now linking to you. (I’m sure you’re ecstatic…)

Comment on Authors on Air, By Sea and In the Spirit of the Season by Erika D.

Erika D. — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:20:06 +0000

Arrived here via Deonne’s blog–thanks so much for the shout-out to Practicing Writing. I’m happy to be stopping by here and getting to know your blog.

Comment on Authors on Air, By Sea and In the Spirit of the Season by Deonne Kahler

Deonne Kahler — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:22:59 +0000

Thanks for the kind words and link! I’m glad to have found your blog, and am looking forward to digging into past posts. I hope you have a good Thanksgiving.

Comment on Free Writing Prompts by 1sojournal

1sojournal — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:50:32 +0000

“you should really know about what you want to write and outline it twenty times before finally giving in and beginning the actual writing.”

This set of boundaries would stop me cold and prevent me from ever beginning. I would definitely be the prisoner Martha only thinks she is. Prompts are meant to prime the pump which remains a dry hole otherwise. They allow me the space I need to dig down and find the stuff I really want to write, and they set me in motion so that I can naturally flow onto the page and into whatever rises up to greet me. You might want to read Natalie Goldberg’s “The Wild Mind” or “Writing Down The Bones.”

Elizabeth

Comment on Baby Carrot Algorithm Method by redunkulous

redunkulous — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:12:00 +0000

I enjoy anyone who 1) links my site, 2) knows about screen writing, or 3) references Bob Ross.

Moral of the story: you’re awesome. Thanks for the link. =)

Comment on The Clarity of Formica by LC

LC — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:51:09 +0000

Thanks for the pingback.

This light is not out or “flickering”, there’s no need for the dramatics. This light just needs to step back and rest from blogging for awhile. But I agree that it is a lesson learned. My reasons for blogging were for traffic and to hear feedback. What I didn’t realize ’til now is that those blogs with so many followers are that way because those bloggers have spent time and effort to write their entries to please others and recruit their audience. But do I write to please people? No, as someone who believes in individuality and uniqueness I believe in just writing how I feel, despite what others may think. So I’m contradicting myself. I want to write my own thoughts, but I want to please others…those seem incompatible. Does that make sense?

Did you study philosophy?

Nice site. Maybe I’ll stop by again soon to take a look around.