Comments on Write From the Beginning: Make It Possible

Those are some great suggestions. I think it would...

2007-02-13T07:02:00.000-08:00

Those are some great suggestions. I think it would be hard for me to stop mid-sentence or mid-thought, but I can see where it would be helpful

I had an agent a long time ago for a non-fiction b...

2007-02-12T16:13:00.000-08:00

I had an agent a long time ago for a non-fiction book I was writing. Her advice was very similar: stop writing while you still feel good about where the story is going. Makes sense. I often will sit at the computer way longer than I should. Sometimes I leave feeling a tad overdone. Then the next day I don't want to face the page.

Writing 2 pages sounds better than writing 1k, doe...

2007-02-12T10:23:00.000-08:00

Writing 2 pages sounds better than writing 1k, doesn't it? Also, the stopping in mid-thought or sentence really works on many levels.

Thanks for the comment, Writer's Group girls. Fun ...

2007-02-11T18:31:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the comment, Writer's Group girls. Fun writing The Corrections?! It was a couple of years ago, but my recollection is that book was pretty depressing. Still, I need to start having some fun with my novel writing. :)

Thanks for sharing your ideas, Orion. Glad you lik...

2007-02-11T18:27:00.000-08:00

Thanks for sharing your ideas, Orion. Glad you like the blog!

One rainy Sunday several years ago, I was listenin...

2007-02-11T15:05:00.000-08:00

One rainy Sunday several years ago, I was listening to Jonathan Franzen being interviewed on Fresh Air. He said writing The Corrections was the most fun he'd ever had. I couldn't imagine it was true. Writing was supposed to be hard. As soon as the interview was over, I sat at my computer and started writing a book. He was right. Have fun, Shanna.

Amy

I like # 2. It would be hard to stop mid-thought, ...

2007-02-11T13:29:00.000-08:00

I like # 2. It would be hard to stop mid-thought, but I think I'll try it.

Great post.

Tish Cohen

These are great suggestions. Each time I go to a c...

2007-02-11T09:07:00.000-08:00

These are great suggestions. Each time I go to a conference or workshop I see the biggest difficulty confronting writers is not characterization or structure or writing mechanics -- it's actually finishing one novel and starting another.
I struggled for years to finish one and when I did I just went ahead and started two and then three.
For me I keep going until I actually HAVE to stop -- i.e. to eat or sleep *grin*.
My technique for picking it back up is just have my characters go out to dinner. I usually end up editing out the scene over the next few drafts but sometimes not. It gets me going again. The other thing I do is write my idea down as a sketchy narrative in the first draft and then go back and expand it into a scene with dialog during editing.
Cool blog.