Love your work ethic! The first thing I do every day is feed the dogs. The second thing is get on my writing computer and write. I aim for 3,000 words a day and get there most of the time. If it wasn’t for this dratted day job I’d do more! ;)
I really appreciate people who treat writing like a job! While I wish we lived in a world where we could write and people would magically discover our work, generally we have to be both writers and businesspeople. The couple of articles I've published have been the result of about 50% writing and 50% paperwork/marketing :)';
I admire the simplicity of this post. A great overview.
A few days back you mentioned that you would write something up about cuts during cycling or end of novel cuts in cycling mode. Character-Recorder cuts and Presenter cuts? I think your views will be so revealing.
Thanks, Sebastian. I remember saying something about that. Maybe I can look back and find what I said and the context.
In the meantime, ere are the two biggies (of course, based on WITD):
1. I never cut anything that's running. If a scene's running (or flowing), which is most of the time, I and/or the characters might change a word here and there or change the juxtaposition of phrases, etc. but nothing I'd consider a "cut."
2. If writing a scene's like pulling teeth, for me that's almost a certain indicator that the critical mind crept in and I (the writer) am trying to add something that isn't really there. In those cases I almost always cut the paragraph, scene, whatever as soon as I feel like it isn't gonna flow. Then the characters have the lead again and the scene resumes, racing along.
Even at this point I often remind myself ("often" being maybe two or three times per novel) that the characters, not I, are living the story so it's theirs to tell.
Love your work ethic! The first thing I do every day is feed the dogs. The second thing is get on my writing computer and write. I aim for 3,000 words a day and get there most of the time. If it wasn’t for this dratted day job I’d do more! ;)
That's absolutely great, especially while holding down a day job. Good on you!
Dratted day job!!!
You are killing it! Great job!
I really appreciate people who treat writing like a job! While I wish we lived in a world where we could write and people would magically discover our work, generally we have to be both writers and businesspeople. The couple of articles I've published have been the result of about 50% writing and 50% paperwork/marketing :)';
I take your meaning, but I personally don't do a lot of marketing myself. Just the word "business" puts me to sleep.
Haha--that's fair. I should have specified that this is the only method that I've found works for me and my personality type!
Hey, if you can market, so much the better. I envy you. There are bestsellers who can't write a good story but are great at marketing. :-)
The six sentence stories had me thinking six word stories instead. Like Hemingway's six word one. 😆
I am writing a short story inspired by that one. 😁 It also reminded me of those 99 word stories some people do.
Yep. I've written lots of flash fiction, 99 words or fewer. Great exercise
I admire the simplicity of this post. A great overview.
A few days back you mentioned that you would write something up about cuts during cycling or end of novel cuts in cycling mode. Character-Recorder cuts and Presenter cuts? I think your views will be so revealing.
Thanks, Sebastian. I remember saying something about that. Maybe I can look back and find what I said and the context.
In the meantime, ere are the two biggies (of course, based on WITD):
1. I never cut anything that's running. If a scene's running (or flowing), which is most of the time, I and/or the characters might change a word here and there or change the juxtaposition of phrases, etc. but nothing I'd consider a "cut."
2. If writing a scene's like pulling teeth, for me that's almost a certain indicator that the critical mind crept in and I (the writer) am trying to add something that isn't really there. In those cases I almost always cut the paragraph, scene, whatever as soon as I feel like it isn't gonna flow. Then the characters have the lead again and the scene resumes, racing along.
Even at this point I often remind myself ("often" being maybe two or three times per novel) that the characters, not I, are living the story so it's theirs to tell.
Hope this helps.
Thanks. I saw it. More tomorrow.