tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post4136672466966665173..comments2023-10-15T03:16:44.927-06:00Comments on Suspense Novelist: Do What You ArePeg Brantleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-30731245128448339852009-05-06T06:07:00.000-06:002009-05-06T06:07:00.000-06:00Also, a fiction writer should be writing more than...Also, a fiction writer should be writing more than just their novel. In today's world, there is so much more to it than that. <br /><br />I do try to write every day (my goal is 500/day), but it's not always on my novel. Sometimes it's on my blog, sometimes it's on an article, sometimes it's on my CWG homework. As long as I write SOMETHING.Ralenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07890775905785233298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-26383017704313548752009-05-05T19:17:00.000-06:002009-05-05T19:17:00.000-06:00Jenny, I'm pretty sure there are a myriad of times...Jenny, I'm pretty sure there are a myriad of times and ways we all need our batteries recharged. What works for one person won't necessarily work for the next. <br /><br />This may sound weird, but reading WRITER magazine (or something similar on craft)—even one article—can get me itching to DO it, not read about it. Also, reading either an exceptionally good book or an exceptionally bad book can make my Scrivener software turn into a beacon of lust. Well . . . you know what I mean.<br /><br />I can't imagine not reading fiction always . . . during first draft time, or on my death bed for that matter. But you're not the only writer I know who doesn't want to "contaminate" her work by reading something at the same time she's creating.<br /><br />I would like to get the first draft of this book completed in July. It's not a deadline (sorry to say) but it is a target. One that unfortunately, I keep forgetting about.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-9128222456879757712009-05-05T18:09:00.000-06:002009-05-05T18:09:00.000-06:00Your words beg an interesting question for me, Peg...Your words beg an interesting question for me, Peg, which is when does a writer not write? Is the oft repeated lesson about writing every day a universal, for every writer? How then does a writer re-charge? Stephen King has some interesting stuff on this in his ON WRITING. I agree with the general principle, especially that writing is a muscle and atrophies if left unused. But I also know that personally when I take a break between projects, diving deep into reading fiction (which I don't do at all during first draft time) I soon begin to get antsy and itching to write again, so that when I finally do sit down, I'm really raring to go. I kind of need the down time to build up the pent up energy that fuels me for the long haul of a novel.<br /><br />Of course, I have not been (lucky enough to be) under deadline yet, besides generous allotments of time from my agent. If/when I get there, I may have to compress my time off a little!Jenny Milchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410805792044518458noreply@blogger.com