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i just don't have the goddamn time to sit down and write
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I feel you, I'm saving up money to take time off so I can stay home and work on my novel full time. I feel that mentally, in order to "get into" the story enough to make it awesome, it needs to be the primary thing in my life. As of now I work seriously on it at least 3 days a week but it isn't enough. My mind ends up other places and after a hard day of physical labor I just don't have the mental energy left. :(
 
CoffeeDrinker, true. It seems writing has changed though, thankfully the standard still exists. I don't mind a collaboration, some assistance. But, I also think the other writer should get the credit due.

I have been on a bit of a stall as well, unfortunately. Just do not have the mental energy to deal with it right now but I don't see that being a forever situation.
 
i consider myself a writer...
earlier i found a folder on my computer of some poems i had written several years ago, ive been very motivated to write lately, and finding those was even more motivating.
actual story-plots/guidelines and only become events or characters i could describe while in bed, about to be asleep, hah...

but i want to write, and compile essays/short-stories/a course of poems, and try to make it a collaboration(asking for problems,but could be part of point), where different perspectives are part of the premise.
... interpretations of.


idk, i say i dont write enough, but im usually busy writing here.
.heheh.
 
A writer ? Yes. A published writer/author, No! But some of my darker poetry has been used by local , unsigned bands for lyrics. Also I have written short stories that won awards at a local college. Still I prefer to write anyway, my spelling and punctuation are not very good though.
I enjoy writing short stories, but I am currently working on a novel of sorts, I have developed some main characters and a basic storyline, but keep changing the storyline around, as I am very moody about what I write and will have an idea that I think is better than what I have already written. The idea changes the storyline however and I have to go back and re-write over and over again!! lol, I suppose one day I will go with one theme and just write out a rough draft, and work back from there..I already have written hundreds of pages on paper, but with my changes it is hard to keep a good flow in the storyline! I need an editor or an outline maybe or my story and work from it, updating it as needed.
 
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its true, putting away what you have written for a period of time, to then go back and read it over again is very effective.

sometimes its worse then you remember, or sometimes much better!
either way though, you gain a valuable new perspective.
 
How is everyone's writing going? I've been making lots of progress. Changed some things, erased a few chapters that weren't working (you've got to have the strength to do this sometimes, lol). Lots of creative energy to tap into right now.
 
shoot me now, i've got 5500 academic words to write in the next 6 days.
 
Thanks for the words of encouragement, L2R! Good to see this thread got bumped again. I've been reading a lot more lately than writing but it has helped me better organize my ideas where writing is concerned. I'm working on something obscenely ambitious and being insanely thorough is all that I can do to keep the nagging doubts at bay :\
 
geminigem said:
I was thinking of this thread today after reading some news that made me gag.

Snooki is now on the best sellers list... and she never wrote one word.

Times like this is when I feel really old, I just do not get it.
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Your disgust transcends generations.
 
thujone said:
I've been reading a lot more lately than writing but it has helped me better organize my ideas where writing is concerned.
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this is true for myself, and its something ive read as a quote -- i will repeat the truth i do remember and recognize from it ;-)

- a writer reads more then one writes -

actually, i think i read this in so many words, from a 'book of inspirations' for a writer in a "block" i had read; "Walking On Alligators".
worth the read for what its worth.

:)


-- maybe try, allowing the texture of words being what is written.
~;-)
 
tip: find the equivalent of the australian writers marketplace. it's an annual publication (fat book) with the contact names and numbers of countless magazines and other fiction and non fiction publishers with exactly what they expect and in most instances what they pay.
 
Nearly anyone with a job beyond starbucks has to write in their job. What defines a writer? I have to write, its an essential task of my job, am I a "writer" or just a guy writing?
 
as a writer waiting tables, heheh, a regular customer i always got along with eventually shared with me that he was an literary agent. i then later, after asking if he wouldnt mind, brought in a chicken-scratch children's story for him to read of mine,,, he loved it, and gave me a lot of advice, and urges... but that was 7 years ago.. lol.

im not onlly rambling here, well some but bare with me.
we talked for maybe 45 minutes after he ate, learning me some on the BiZ, and the shite or shysters, what to expect, and how to approach.
the randomness, coincidence was one i sought out from my surroundings.
he didnt offer to help me beyond that, but did say i had a good chance with that little story... i didnt follow through though, but threw myself out there as far as any concerns of 'pride' approaching him that way, and was surprised (still have story haha)

what stuck with me out of the conversation this whole time, and what can overwhelm or make me feel insecure about my writing, or future potential rather is that --
if you have a nice 323 page novel or w/e put together, fully confident to present to an editor, publicist, or agent...
its very very wise to have another 1 or preferably 2 pieces of equivalent work.
this will be one their first few questions if they like your work (would be mine if i was the publisher etc.) they arent going to want a 1-hit wonder, unless it is a marvel...

also, many authors, or novelists mostly, will get their feet wet by co-authoring for a couple/3 collaborations with an established writer.

solid essays it seems can be of more value to an easier target audience, if affective to begin with.
im partial to essays though...

building a name, and getting smaller publications made, before the BIG idea is smart also.
 
I've been freelancing for the past 6+ years and love it. I suck at other jobs! ;) I do mainly authoritative articles about health stuff, but have recently launched a harm reduction blog and started on a book. WRITE ON!
 
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