tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post114347275607717393..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Search MeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143654767671942512006-03-29T12:52:00.000-05:002006-03-29T12:52:00.000-05:00How to write short. My last two books have hit 170...How to write short. My last two books have hit 170K in rough draft form. I'd save so much time if I could just cut that by 50K! (I did write a perfectly plotted romance once at a lovely 100K, but it was perfectly boring and derivative as well. I'll take wild, unruly, joyous and long _any_ day over that!)Vicki Petterssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403435447892793397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143644975151199332006-03-29T10:09:00.000-05:002006-03-29T10:09:00.000-05:00I wish I had not learned to second guess my plot i...I wish I had not learned to second guess my plot ideas while I was writing. ;)<BR/><BR/>I have never learned how not having an actual plot can be a good idea. I blame it on reading only books with plots, watching movies and playing videog games... with plots.<BR/><BR/>I'm still working on the short story thing too. I'm not very good and short stories. Poems I can do. Novels, no problem. Short stories? That's like a once a year thing for me. I get lucky sometimes.Pixel Faeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106494560833984361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143520345846802262006-03-27T23:32:00.000-05:002006-03-27T23:32:00.000-05:00Ditto on sticking to the Plan. I write a neat summ...Ditto on sticking to the Plan. I write a neat summary for my editor, tweak it until she's happy, then write something similar but not entirely related. How else am I supposed to keep my interest up?Simon Hayneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02660767551431793439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143511919550708972006-03-27T21:11:00.000-05:002006-03-27T21:11:00.000-05:00lay/lie. Now you have me wondering if I screwed i...lay/lie. Now you have me wondering if I screwed it up in a comment or a post somewhere. ('Cause we know from a few weeks ago, 'It's all about me.')<BR/><BR/>I can deal with a lot.<BR/><BR/>I can handle principle/principal.<BR/><BR/>I can manage except/accept and idea/ideal.<BR/><BR/>Lay/lie gets me sometimes (maybe lots of times).<BR/><BR/>As for the room sharing with unknowns, I haven't had to do that since, I think 1981--Thank God! Although, now that I think of it, my ex- was really an unknown, and I lived in the same house with him for eight years...formally ending that in 1988...so, maybe...Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805501348812702651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143510027746153662006-03-27T20:40:00.000-05:002006-03-27T20:40:00.000-05:00I've never been able to stick to a plot/plan/outli...I've never been able to stick to a plot/plan/outline. I <I>always</I> write away from it into more interesting realms. If I have a starting point and an ending, I can happily fill in the 'middle'. Just... can't... stick... to... the... plot! Must... free write!Jaye Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05595648222196000153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143507617245456032006-03-27T20:00:00.000-05:002006-03-27T20:00:00.000-05:00I don't know how to avoid false starts. I must be...I don't know how to avoid false starts. I must begin each story at least a half-dozen times. <BR/><BR/>I don't know how to write a good synopsis even though I've printed off several pieces of sound advice.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how to keep my focus on one project. Must learn this!Krista Heiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954380095591232526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143502493801432212006-03-27T18:34:00.000-05:002006-03-27T18:34:00.000-05:00Write fast. Except for a brief moment when I was ...Write fast. Except for a brief moment when I was stuck in the animation ghetto and had impossible two day deadlines, I have never learned to write fast.<BR/><BR/>Somebody please teach me. I need money. :)Rob Gregory Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952008139132652259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143500761078104702006-03-27T18:06:00.000-05:002006-03-27T18:06:00.000-05:00I'm right there with you on the whole lay/lie issu...I'm right there with you on the whole lay/lie issue. And I was an English major! Some things just never sunk in.<BR/><BR/>But what I really haven't learned is how to write through a rough spot in the story. I always hear 'just push through it and the problem will resolve itself on the other side.' But I figure if I'm having that hard of a time pushing through a scene, then there is something intrinsically wrong with the plot or the characters or the point of view. And, so far, I've been right. So I'd rather fix it the problem when I hit it rather than end up with 5000 useless words once I fix the problem in editing. <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>RisC. Jane Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131009339900981548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143496644481628402006-03-27T16:57:00.000-05:002006-03-27T16:57:00.000-05:00I haven't learned to stick to the plan. I can do t...I haven't learned to stick to the plan. I can do them, I can print them up, I can make fancy spreadsheets out of them, but as soon as something sparkly takes my fancy, I'm off.Stuart MacBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12392706513278533408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143496091701602732006-03-27T16:48:00.000-05:002006-03-27T16:48:00.000-05:00I haven't learned how to "wait for the muse to arr...I haven't learned how to "wait for the muse to arrive", how to write in one genre or how to "write a book like that Harry Potter woman." <BR/><BR/>But I did perfect a killer date square recipe this weekend. (I know I'm the only one who cares about that.)Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1143493723657366092006-03-27T16:08:00.000-05:002006-03-27T16:08:00.000-05:00Any of "The Rules of Romance".Any of "The Rules of Romance".charlenetegliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061754720849284938noreply@blogger.com