tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post6165052484950315258..comments2024-03-10T04:29:20.044-04:00Comments on Mad Genius Club: Getting it DoneSarah A. Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-6092509803735403922010-05-23T00:18:13.848-04:002010-05-23T00:18:13.848-04:00Sarah,
Sometimes you just have to write them to g...Sarah,<br /><br />Sometimes you just have to write them to get them to be quiet. Maybe they can be toned down, or maybe they shouldn't be. ::Grin:: you know where to find volunteer readers.<br /><br />Anonymous,<br /><br />I like the box idea, and standing while typing. I shall have to try this. If nothing else, it would keep me from falling asleep at the keyboard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-5324722691059460622010-05-22T23:13:23.675-04:002010-05-22T23:13:23.675-04:00Interestingly, one of my most relieving moments wa...Interestingly, one of my most relieving moments was when Pratchett explained he had everything outlined except this CLENCHING point in the novel. This often happens to me.<br />The current novel, though, is going to kill me before I finish it. It is also scary and sick beyond all belief. No, I mean it. It's insanely sick. And it won't let me stop writing it either.<br />(Save me.)Sarah A. Hoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-22069106402072733402010-05-22T20:45:32.352-04:002010-05-22T20:45:32.352-04:00Stand up to read email and blogs. Seriously. I&#...Stand up to read email and blogs. Seriously. I've found that I write faster when I'm sitting, but long-term sitting is harder on my body. As an experiment I went and bought a sturdy box raises my laptop to chest height when I stand, and when I'm doing short attention stuff, I use it.<br /><br />My goal is to be able to write full speed standing up. Haven't gotten there yet, but I've lost a few pounds trying, and my back doesn't bother me so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-86548274394799114542010-05-22T20:10:19.681-04:002010-05-22T20:10:19.681-04:00What matapam says. I try to set a goal within the...What matapam says. I try to set a goal within the story. "You will get to this point today." Of course I then get so deep down into crafting the scene I'm writing that I spend more time on one scene than I should and then don't get to the scene I wanted to reach. With my last story I opted to turn a baseball game on, throw my laptop onto the floor, and then I huddled in the most uncomfortable posture imaginable and wrote. Doing that I successfully completed a terrible first draft. Repeating it I then managed a partially decent second draft. Then I played video games. :)C Kelseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-73187796190196634292010-05-22T18:13:25.319-04:002010-05-22T18:13:25.319-04:00Kate -- I wrote my first book mostly on the back o...Kate -- I wrote my first book mostly on the back of agendas during meetings. You find the time and shove as many words into it as you can....<br /><br />-- Laura AnneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-83738078427559289692010-05-22T15:26:27.067-04:002010-05-22T15:26:27.067-04:00How do I get it done? In bits, pieces and snippets...How do I get it done? In bits, pieces and snippets, usually. I let progress creep up on me while I shoehorn a few words here and a few more there into breaks at work, times when I'm kind of awake, and so forth.<br /><br />The book's got to be in full flood for me to be sitting down and spending hours doing nothing but writing it - but it's kind of surprising how much gets done in driblets. At least, I'm usually surprised when I get to the end of it.Kate Paulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034983693134240754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-23849925066285756742010-05-22T12:53:08.325-04:002010-05-22T12:53:08.325-04:00Bribery, shame. Blackmail.
"Finish this manu...Bribery, shame. Blackmail.<br /><br />"Finish this manuscript. Totally and completely. Polish and send it to a publisher, or else."<br /><br />Or else can be "You'll have to vacuum the house/do dishes/walk the dog/start a diet/no cokes for a month . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com