Comments for distraction no. 99

Comment on Outline Love by weltschmerz

weltschmerz — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:20:12 +0000

Hooray! You’re inspiring me to give one a whirl. And have I mentioned lately how frickking awesome it is that you get to write this?

Comment on Outline Love by oslowe

oslowe — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:58:58 +0000

Best feeling EVAH! Rawk it out, sistah!

Comment on Outline Love by Annika

Annika — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:20:18 +0000

Yay!!!

Comment on Outline Love by charlotteotter

charlotteotter — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:19:29 +0000

Hooray! I’m going to borrow a bit of that excitement as I head to my writing cafe this morning to give Chapter 9 my full and unadulterated attention.

Comment on My Own Worst Enemy by bookfraud

bookfraud — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:53:48 +0000

is she cute? i could set her up with my brother, or my cousin maury. he’s an accountant.

whatever you do, don’t let her get you loaded on facebook. it’s a black hole.

Comment on My Own Worst Enemy by courtney

courtney — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:12:21 +0000

Hang in there, Nova! It’s a hard step, but it will eventually be behind you, just like all the other hard steps you’ve gotten through this far. Go easy on yourself. I’m rooting for you!!!

Comment on Intentions by courtney

courtney — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:10:43 +0000

I understand this SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

I need to come up with a plan too.

Here’s to plans!

Comment on My Own Worst Enemy by weltschmerz

weltschmerz — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:25:32 +0000

I wonder if she could be distracted and drugged into sleep?

Comment on My Own Worst Enemy by charlotteotter

charlotteotter — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:24:10 +0000

I think she has a sister who’s sitting on my shoulder. I need to shake her off pronto and get on with it.

Comment on My Own Worst Enemy by lalber

lalber — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:30:19 +0000

I’ve been pondering outlines a lot lately. I can understand why they’re useful — if the author chooses to do one of her own volition. But, seems likes the task is being forced down your throat when everyone knows that most often the story will change when you actually get to writing it! I read your posts about outlining and my head aches!

(On her blog Joelle Anthony mentioned an outlining process called the Snowflake Method. Don’t know anything about it, but here it is:

http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/snowflake.php

Also, per your previous post, you asked why you’re tired all the time. A thought struck me because I often feel the same way: Because of the mental pressure we put on ourselves, all the time — even when we’re supposedly relaxing — so that we never give ourselves a break…?