tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post1100187317515034221..comments2024-03-29T08:15:25.080-04:00Comments on Read Write Believe: I can't concentrate because...Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-28229824916293284912007-11-30T06:50:00.000-05:002007-11-30T06:50:00.000-05:00To me it seems like novel-writing isn't one skill,...To me it seems like novel-writing isn't one skill, but a whole troupe of different skills all forced to work together. Imagining, plotting, character shaping, writing, crafting, editing. But there's only room for one or two on the shop floor at any one time. Only when the mighty story genie has been shut back up in his lamp do the editing elves dare to come out.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-33620276959746652622007-11-29T15:30:00.001-05:002007-11-29T15:30:00.001-05:00Oh, honey... I have a whole storeroom of throw rug...Oh, honey... <BR/>I have a whole storeroom of throw rugs over here and blast it! everytime I fall through the floor in the end. Throw rugs do not a walkway make. Sigh.<BR/>HANG IN, BREATHE DEEP and enjoy the fact that you're writing a better book...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-44739090286965200272007-11-29T15:30:00.000-05:002007-11-29T15:30:00.000-05:00Oh, honey... I have a whole storeroom of throw rug...Oh, honey... <BR/>I have a whole storeroom of throw rugs over here and blast it! everytime I fall through the floor in the end. Throw rugs do not a walkway make. Sigh.<BR/>HANG IN, BREATHE DEEP and enjoy the fact that you're writing a better book...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-53648275717822207672007-11-29T14:49:00.000-05:002007-11-29T14:49:00.000-05:00I agree! The more I write, the less attached to my...I agree! The more I write, the less attached to my words I become. <BR/><BR/>I wrote something the other day and tossed the entire thing into my virtual garbage can so that I could begin all over again with a clean piece of virtual paper. Sometimes repairing is harder and more painful than rewriting.Amy Hanekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948641570199768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-37826289631905879112007-11-29T13:22:00.000-05:002007-11-29T13:22:00.000-05:00Aw, man. I second the "hang in there." If it's any...Aw, man. I second the "hang in there." If it's any consolation to you, even just the zippy-quick posts you rattle off about how you're struggling to write/revise are interesting and full of kickin' metaphors. If I could write just five sentences like that, I'd be all patting myself on the back, thinking I rock, considering myself just "done" in life, artistically....but then that's just a post for you and you're writing A WHOLE BOOK like that. <BR/><BR/>Off to experience this cookie post of which you speak....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-14134176424820879002007-11-29T11:39:00.000-05:002007-11-29T11:39:00.000-05:00You guys make me want to do pushups in Mickey Mous...You guys make me want to do pushups in Mickey Mouse ears while eating chocolate chunk cookies instead of writing!<BR/><BR/>But seriously, thanks for the encouragement. It does help.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-74010157371962448272007-11-29T11:03:00.000-05:002007-11-29T11:03:00.000-05:00I hope you're wearing your Mickey Mouse ears while...I hope you're wearing your Mickey Mouse ears while revising. Sending you some virtual dark chocolate chunk cookies to get you through the day :).jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-5444241239486068962007-11-29T09:32:00.000-05:002007-11-29T09:32:00.000-05:00Hang in there, Sara! If that little grain of sand...Hang in there, Sara! If that little grain of sand wasn't so annoying, it wouldn't become a pearl! Now's the time to use the literary muscles from all your writing push-ups! You're in my thoughts!Mac McCoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15436394520124509797noreply@blogger.com