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NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 30
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ladyseishou- Ursula K. LeGuin
And what a journey ( it_has_been... )
ladyseishou- Ursula K. LeGuin
And what a journey ( it_has_been... )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 29
Nov. 29th, 2009 12:08 amladyseishouIn writing you get as many whacks at the ball as you want
until you finally get a hit.
- Tomie dePaola
( The_bases_are_loaded... )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 28
Nov. 28th, 2009 12:08 amladyseishouImagine one person you’d allow to see you that way,
and write in the voice you’d use to that friend.
- Sandra Cisneros
So why don't you ( pour_yourself_a_nice_cuppa... )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 27
Nov. 27th, 2009 12:05 amladyseishouSleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially.
( So_write! )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 26
Nov. 26th, 2009 12:03 amladyseishouWhen writing a novel, that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: "House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day."
( O_RLY? )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 25
Nov. 25th, 2009 12:16 amladyseishouThe only true creative aspect of (novel) writing is the first draft. That's when it's coming straight from your head and your heart, a direct tapping of the unconscious. The rest is donkey work.
And how flow ( the_words_today? )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 24
Nov. 24th, 2009 12:04 amladyseishou~ Anton Chekhov
And a side benefit of ( Master_Chekhov's_advice.... )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 23
Nov. 23rd, 2009 12:27 amladyseishou- Ray Bradbury
This is the start of the ( final_week! )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 22
Nov. 22nd, 2009 12:01 amladyseishouThe best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it's about and why you're doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising ("but of course that's why he was doing that, and that means that...") and it's magic and wonderful and strange.
You don't live there always when you write. Mostly it's a long hard walk. Sometimes it's a trudge through fog and you're scared you've lost your way and can't remember why you set out in the first place.
- Neil Gaiman
Was today a long hard walk, Nano Writer or was it ( a_day_for_flying? )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 21
Nov. 21st, 2009 12:17 amladyseishouNever look at a blank page for more than two minutes. Write something. Anything. Even garbage will get your neurons firing. Eventually it's apt to morph into something useful.
The quick brown fox jumps over ( the_lazy_dog )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 20
Nov. 20th, 2009 12:05 amladyseishou- Anna Pavlova
As to what that ( goal_is... )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 19
Nov. 19th, 2009 12:50 amladyseishouThe first draft is all creative stuff that comes to us, often as a surprise. There's nothing like reading what you wrote and mumbling, "Wow. I wrote that!" Let your stream of consciousness flow, and the words will appear on your monitor.
They may be few and far between but a ( wow_day_is... )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 18
Nov. 18th, 2009 12:45 amladyseishou~ Gloria Steinem
Enough said, ( am_I_right? )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 17
Nov. 17th, 2009 12:20 amladyseishouWhen you are describing,
A shape, or sound, or tint;
Don't state the matter plainly,
But put it in a hint;
And learn to look at all things,
With a sort of mental squint.
~ Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
Is it time for a little ( word_padding? )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 16
Nov. 16th, 2009 12:10 amladyseishouI ask myself, "What is the next sentence?" That's all I have to write, and it's good for me to remember it. And when I focus on that, my inner critic seems to drift away.
And your next ( sentence? )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 15
Nov. 15th, 2009 12:23 amladyseishouTo avoid writer's block, at the end of a writing day, regardless of how wiped-out you are, start the next day's work. Type a few sentences, even a few words. Even if what you noted is dead wrong, you've given yourself a place to start.
And as we start into the ( third_week... )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 14
Nov. 14th, 2009 12:07 amladyseishouDon't edit as you write. According to right brain/left brain students, your right brain allows you to dash off stuff uncritically. Let the right brain help you get a chapter or so written, then at a different time, let your left brain loose to edit.
Stop! Take your finger off that ( backspace_key! )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 13
Nov. 13th, 2009 12:01 amladyseishouDon't take it easy on your characters. Make them suffer and bleed.
- Cinda Williams Chima
It's Friday the 13th! How was your ( character's_luck_today? )
NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 12
Nov. 12th, 2009 01:15 amladyseishou~ E.L. Doctorow
So do your friends think that you're a bit ( crazy,_Nano_Writer? )
