tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994548621354458694.post8186956380877500471..comments2023-10-10T07:43:15.439-04:00Comments on Tia Bach, Author: Learning to Read: ROW 80 Check InTia Bachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18336780518125138789noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994548621354458694.post-71682996989415013192011-09-20T14:27:25.385-04:002011-09-20T14:27:25.385-04:00Kathy, I love your idea!
Em, That's my fear. ...Kathy, I love your idea!<br /><br />Em, That's my fear. I don't want to do NaNo without being fully committed, and I don't think I can lay down my other piece for a whole month.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by!Tia Bachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336780518125138789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994548621354458694.post-56302274614651218492011-09-20T13:15:53.012-04:002011-09-20T13:15:53.012-04:00If you think you can manage it I definately think ...If you think you can manage it I definately think you should start your story idea. I would love it if you did NaNo but totally appreciate that the pressure would be huge with your other project and putting your book to one side for a month doesn't make sense if it is going well and will probably stress you out!<br /><br />I look forward to seeing you in Round 4!Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069696625147455758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994548621354458694.post-43564524759921736082011-09-19T21:55:28.214-04:002011-09-19T21:55:28.214-04:00Could you begin the new novel as a kind of recreat...Could you begin the new novel as a kind of recreation? Playing with some "no-pressure" writing can sometimes help break the blocks you run up against in a current project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994548621354458694.post-72566938039257775962011-09-19T21:00:15.061-04:002011-09-19T21:00:15.061-04:00Marie & Elizabeth. Thanks for the encouragemen...Marie & Elizabeth. Thanks for the encouragement (and empathy). You've both inspired me to give some love to my other story. It feels like cheating on my sequel characters, because I know them so well. But I need to spread my wings. I won't keep writing about the original characters forever.<br /><br />Thanks for the support. I love ROW80!Tia Bachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18336780518125138789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994548621354458694.post-12721935720243500022011-09-19T02:57:34.372-04:002011-09-19T02:57:34.372-04:00I am guilty of starting out strong and then at som...I am guilty of starting out strong and then at some point I peter out. I'm just not always to keep up with that momentum. I don't find blogging all that easy, but I think it's because there's a part of me that after I share for a little while, I feel the need to pull back...the need for some privacy. Then I have to work through that and get back on that blogging trail, lol.<br /><br />If you have a story in your head, I do think it's a good idea to work on it during your spare time. Even if that's only for 15 minutes a few days a week, or whatever works for you :)<br /><br />Hope you have a great rest of your week and hope to see you for round 4 of ROW80!!<br /><br />marieMarie Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05483640008622878711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1994548621354458694.post-23390844449700414002011-09-18T22:19:36.380-04:002011-09-18T22:19:36.380-04:00Oh, Tia. Nerve struck *pinging resonance*
So be...Oh, Tia. Nerve struck *pinging resonance* <br /> So before I answer your first question, I'll answer the second. I would start the second novel, but NOT for NaNo--I have avoided NaNo because it seems so inflexible and I do not have the personality to say "eh, whatever I get done is fine." <br /><br />Put me in that situation and I want that 1600 words every day, no matter what. Um, that way lies madness, um, for me, more madness. And when I don't make it (baby sea-turtle steps writer here), I will beat myself up. But that's me, and your mileage may vary.<br /><br />I would start on it, just to have something to keep the writing going, the characters talking to you as you have time.<br /><br />Okay, first question. I live in some sort of Sartre's hell, where I can have a) brilliant ideas, or b) time to write at my snail's pace, but never both!!!<br /><br />I have three stories in a file cabinet, in prose-y outline. I have two more whose characters haunt me nightly. I thought of four more blog posts and two more novel ideas while in the car for several hours earlier today. <br /><br />Now when I get all the work writing done, I will ask those nice characters to come back and they will sulk. I will open my file drawer to read dreck, utter dreck.<br /><br />I have called this the conga line of my writing life. Can I relate? All too well!Elizabeth Mitchellhttp://lapidaryprose.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com