tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post8895671703525210757..comments2023-04-25T13:17:58.342-07:00Comments on A Life In Stories: Bottle Trees, Trapped Things...and 159 PagesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-64932375993413042572012-02-23T03:53:46.002-08:002012-02-23T03:53:46.002-08:00Like you I'm busy watching my book take shape ...Like you I'm busy watching my book take shape and change into the book I have in my head. Good luck with your writingPaula RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550276147711384895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-13188399262728406042012-02-22T10:02:41.664-08:002012-02-22T10:02:41.664-08:00Exactly! However, my new fear is that if I keep h...Exactly! However, my new fear is that if I keep having my writing time stolen away by ill timed "life-stuff" that the ideas will vaporize and all of the inspiration I have will leak out of my head. <br /><br />I have jotted down notes and snippets, but apparently I am convinced that when the ideas vaporize they will also disappear from the page as well as my head.<br /><br />I think I need to start a list of my writing related phobias...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-91833409495131138862012-02-22T09:59:30.163-08:002012-02-22T09:59:30.163-08:00I will have to let everyone know if I still like e...I will have to let everyone know if I still like editing after I have a few weeks of it under my belt. I may be singing a TOTALLY different tune. There is nothing like having a totally public record of every idiotic idea and assumption I have about writing memoralized for my future embarrassment!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-10541192684142821382012-02-22T06:29:27.214-08:002012-02-22T06:29:27.214-08:00I know how you feel! I remember when I was draftin...I know how you feel! I remember when I was drafting my first novel and the closer I got to the end, the less I wanted to finish it. I didn't want to stop writing it because I was afraid of getting closer to having to give it to the world. It's a silly fear, but a very real one that writers have to deal with. Great post :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000569858548717605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-48395108315922514292012-02-22T03:12:34.342-08:002012-02-22T03:12:34.342-08:00I feel the same way about editing. What's tha...I feel the same way about editing. What's that saying..."a writer doesn't write a book, they re-write a book"...or something to that effect. I love putting my first draft down for a month or so and then going back. Especially when I come upon the parts that suck :). I always think, "wow, not enough caffeine/chocolate that day!"Vikki https://www.blogger.com/profile/15654315874147137046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-77358410227693344142012-02-21T11:38:56.491-08:002012-02-21T11:38:56.491-08:00See, THIS is how you get your name on the dedicati...See, THIS is how you get your name on the dedications page!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-76116934999036938152012-02-21T11:29:38.891-08:002012-02-21T11:29:38.891-08:00I solemnly swear that if you should happen to &quo...I solemnly swear that if you should happen to "be sick" sometime in the near future, I will dutifully call you up approximately 2 hours after you wake up and ask if you're writing yet. You are allowed, very begrudgingly, to put me off for one more hour IF you have a really, really good excuse "I'm cleaning Kid 2's puke off the floor" or "My washing machine just flooded the entire kitchen!" After that, however, I don't care if your whole house is burning down, you're writing. ... and this is how I became your book's midwife. :)A. K. Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12601483975976721767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-80912488545000724532012-02-20T15:14:00.183-08:002012-02-20T15:14:00.183-08:00I like editing too as it enables to polish the fin...I like editing too as it enables to polish the final result and add in the bits that eluded me as I wrote the first draft.Martin Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605554706836638988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-70154219770517964182012-02-20T13:38:42.555-08:002012-02-20T13:38:42.555-08:00Editing. It's easier to find motivation, but i...Editing. It's easier to find motivation, but it feels more like work. <br /><br />I've never had that fear of finishing a book. By the time I've dedicated a few months of myself to a first draft, I'm ready just get that baby done. It's like being pregnant, I guess. x3McKenzie McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707799179783394809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-78949583929032976422012-02-20T11:02:11.278-08:002012-02-20T11:02:11.278-08:00I love finishing a book. When I start editing, I h...I love finishing a book. When I start editing, I have a few quiet moments of panic at the beginning of the first rewrite when I think, "What the hell was I thinking? This all stinks!" Once I get over that panic moment, though, it becomes a happy challenge to improve and rewrite. It always feels great after a few hours, when I manage to get over a few hurdles. I start feeling like a writing superhero! :)<br /><br />Good luck!Laura Hughes, MittensMorgulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934132671168843593noreply@blogger.com