http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:26:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3251 Simon Haynes Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:42:05 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3251 One of the things I like about writing and non-writing periods is that I don't feel all guilty about not writing anything when I'm in the off mode. I can save all that guilt up for when I AM supposed to be writing. One of the things I like about writing and non-writing periods is that I don’t feel all guilty about not writing anything when I’m in the off mode. I can save all that guilt up for when I AM supposed to be writing.

]]> http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3250 glenda larke Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:37:06 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3250 Alma, chocolate is hopeless! It gets eaten before I've ever earned it... Alma, chocolate is hopeless! It gets eaten before I’ve ever earned it…

]]> http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3248 Alma Alexander Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:12:09 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3248 Chocolate always works. Best reward. Ever. Chocolate always works. Best reward. Ever.

]]> http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3246 Diana Pharaoh Francis Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:00:41 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3246 Oh, yeah, forgot to say about rewards . . . I have no willpower. If it's there, I'm unwrapping it, I'm wallowing it, I'm not writing. Case in point . . . Catie Murphy's Queen's Bastard. It was my carrot. I ate it long before I was done with the book. Oh, yeah, forgot to say about rewards . . . I have no willpower. If it’s there, I’m unwrapping it, I’m wallowing it, I’m not writing. Case in point . . . Catie Murphy’s Queen’s Bastard. It was my carrot. I ate it long before I was done with the book.

]]> http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3243 Karen Wester Newton Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:10:59 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3243 Connie Willis uses treats from the coffee shop where she writes as rewards. But for me the biggest reward is reading the book all the way through once I finish it. Connie Willis uses treats from the coffee shop where she writes as rewards. But for me the biggest reward is reading the book all the way through once I finish it.

]]> http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3241 Diana Pharaoh Francis Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:42:56 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3241 I'll echo Marie. I didn't think about the context that much--while I'm working on a novel/story I need to write every day. In between, I need to (oh, dear, forgive the analogy) be like cheese and sit there and mold for awhile. Or compost. Something like that. The trouble for me is that I have a day job, and I can't do the burst writing when I want to and I have to plan further ahead. I suck at planning. I’ll echo Marie. I didn’t think about the context that much–while I’m working on a novel/story I need to write every day. In between, I need to (oh, dear, forgive the analogy) be like cheese and sit there and mold for awhile. Or compost. Something like that. The trouble for me is that I have a day job, and I can’t do the burst writing when I want to and I have to plan further ahead. I suck at planning.

]]> http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3238 Marie Brennan Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:15:21 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/07/17/write-in-spurts/#comment-3238 I'm with you (though I just commented saying I'm with her, too) -- I write every day <i>while noveling</i>, but not every day otherwise. We'll see how much that changes once I'm officially full-time; right now, though, in between novels I only tend to write if I have a short story I'm poking at or a new idea that's shiny enough to make me put words down. I may spend a lot of time <i>thinking</i> about stories, but not typing up pages. I’m with you (though I just commented saying I’m with her, too) — I write every day while noveling, but not every day otherwise. We’ll see how much that changes once I’m officially full-time; right now, though, in between novels I only tend to write if I have a short story I’m poking at or a new idea that’s shiny enough to make me put words down. I may spend a lot of time thinking about stories, but not typing up pages.

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