tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post4037847303334649659..comments2023-12-20T02:09:03.416-06:00Comments on Redemption Road: Break on through to the other side.........Merry Monteleonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-76621848140111998142008-10-28T19:15:00.000-05:002008-10-28T19:15:00.000-05:00Hey Josie,Yay, you!!! Congratulations on nearing ...Hey Josie,<BR/><BR/>Yay, you!!! Congratulations on nearing completion... plus, you know, I can't wait to read your wip, both the one you were working on in blog crits and the new one I noticed attached to your blog - that one looks fantastic...great premise.<BR/><BR/><I>Have you recovered from the flood? Figured that more than anything would put a damper (ha!) on the writing, pantster or not.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, the writing gods, or the gods in general, or possibly just God for such blasphemies as joking about multiple gods, have thrown about every problem imaginable at me since the flippin' flood...<BR/><BR/>Still writing every day, that's all I can do.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-78530651928075651802008-10-28T18:44:00.000-05:002008-10-28T18:44:00.000-05:00Merry: I spent my B-day putting the finishing touc...Merry: I spent my B-day putting the finishing touches on my thesis. I'll make one more pass for typos, then send it to the advisor. Still have a term paper to write, but the end of grad school is near!<BR/><BR/>I got so excited when you wrote:<BR/><BR/>"I would try to write in a more organized way. I would be the type of writer who outlines – sha-zahhh, therefore saving myself tons and tons of revision time... I would be the type of writer who writes out the pitch first and follows it through in the writing... yep, one of them."<BR/><BR/>And then I read this part.....<BR/><BR/>"Okay, I tried it. It doesn’t work for me. It’s great that it works for some of you, but not me. I tried. Never again."<BR/><BR/>Ah me.<BR/><BR/>This is where I tell you that I'm taking a two week intensive online workshop on ADVANCED synopsis/outline writing. <BR/><BR/>As soon as school's over I'll hit the ground running on my WIP - with that outline to show me the FAST way.....<BR/><BR/>Have you recovered from the flood? Figured that more than anything would put a damper (ha!) on the writing, pantster or not.Josephine Damianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952030380866201241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-90064971732042893402008-10-28T10:24:00.000-05:002008-10-28T10:24:00.000-05:00Hi Demon Hunter,I can see that - I don't think I w...Hi Demon Hunter,<BR/><BR/>I can see that - I don't think I wrote anything while I was planning my wedding... and the months leading up to having my kids, either, I was too busy with other things.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy the time, and the wedding. You can always jump back to the writing grind after the honeymoon.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-36785153901174394842008-10-28T10:00:00.000-05:002008-10-28T10:00:00.000-05:00My writing is very slow until I get married. Plann...My writing is very slow until I get married. Planning is kicking my butt. Although I did finish my movie script and a few flash fiction pieces. :-)<BR/><BR/>I hope you and Precie meet your goals. :-)Tyhitia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070000168178880911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-31541702719311063512008-10-27T16:20:00.000-05:002008-10-27T16:20:00.000-05:00Hi SS@S,See, that's the organized method I was tal...Hi SS@S,<BR/><BR/>See, that's the organized method I was talking about! I've critted and talked with a lot of writers who use similiar approaches - I wish it worked for me, because it sounds like it saves a lot of time and keeps you on focus.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-64402377978317257622008-10-27T16:01:00.000-05:002008-10-27T16:01:00.000-05:00Pitch, synopsis (ever growing), start writing, cha...Pitch, synopsis (ever growing), start writing, characters scripts when I realize I don't know the characters well enough, back to drafting, adding in more detail to the synopsis as I go. I've queried two books before and I've learned it's a hell of a lot easier for me if I know where I'm going and just have to revise a synopsis rather than write one after. After a slew of rejections, it also allows me to test market my ideas. I don't write stuff I don't think will sell, period. <BR/><BR/>I also have learned to plot my short stories because I don't finish them unless I know where I'm headed. <BR/><BR/>These mechanisms seem to leave plenty of room for maneuvering and adjustment later. But it's not easy, doing so much thought ahead when what I really want to do is jump into the meat of the story.ssashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15527483283426518167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-88067037972574467212008-10-26T20:48:00.000-05:002008-10-26T20:48:00.000-05:00Ello, have I told you lately that you rock?Precie,...Ello, have I told you lately that you rock?<BR/><BR/>Precie,<BR/><BR/>Yay, you! Get those stories out there! <BR/><BR/>10k is both reasonable and doable, and if you'd like me to shake pom poms from the blog o sphere, I'd be happy... and if you'd like another beta reader, I'd be happy to.<BR/><BR/>Love the word verification, sometimes it's better than a magic eight ball!Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-33281349737548451092008-10-26T18:51:00.000-05:002008-10-26T18:51:00.000-05:00Bhahahahahaha!!! 15 min a day! I must have been ...Bhahahahahaha!!! 15 min a day! I must have been out of my mind. No, I haven't been keeping up on that.<BR/><BR/>But...I did revise a short story, with help from a lovely reader, and submit it to Glimmer Train's "Family Matters" contest. And I've got a couple other things clamouring for my attention very recently. <BR/><BR/>But I'm bound and determined that November will be MY month. Mine. November, I own you! In November, I will:<BR/><BR/>1) write every day. Even if only for 5 minutes...heaven knows, if I can write for 5 minutes, I can write for 15! :)<BR/><BR/>2) focus on my historical...being torn between two WIPs truly has advantages, but I'm letting my indecisiveness get the better of me these days.<BR/><BR/>3) do a modified, personalized NaNoWriMo with a goal of 10K. :)<BR/><BR/>November, you have been warned! (ps--my word verification: verywil)Preciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071233480999640713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-15867082574537216722008-10-26T18:26:00.000-05:002008-10-26T18:26:00.000-05:00I am at yours and Precie's service!!!I am at yours and Precie's service!!!Ello - Ellen Ohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311917335471167591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-5323128761030245342008-10-26T16:38:00.000-05:002008-10-26T16:38:00.000-05:00Hey Moonie,Thanks for the nudge, and no, I fear th...Hey Moonie,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the nudge, and no, I fear the megaphone... and yes, you're totally lovely, and it's a far better adjective than ratty, so I'll stick with it. :-)Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-30147096356311760972008-10-26T16:19:00.000-05:002008-10-26T16:19:00.000-05:00ooo, i'm lovely??!?!!?(but yeah, i'm totally here....ooo, i'm lovely??!?!!?<BR/><BR/>(but yeah, i'm totally here. don't make me get my megaphone.)moonrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06294151043419378509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-88920235820857947622008-10-26T15:02:00.000-05:002008-10-26T15:02:00.000-05:00Stephen,Never would I throw rocks at you... a wort...Stephen,<BR/><BR/>Never would I throw rocks at you... a worthless effort all around, may aim's not good enough to hit you in Germany ;-)<BR/><BR/>Hi JJ,<BR/><BR/>So nice to see you again! How are things going by you?<BR/><BR/>I can't outline at all, but I have a rough idea of where it's going and keep notes of various things so that I don't slip up... I can see how outlining would almost make you feel as if you'd written it though, I get the same way if I tell someone else too much about where a story's going.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-71196877691474648922008-10-26T14:31:00.000-05:002008-10-26T14:31:00.000-05:00It's so cool to hear someone talk about that great...It's so cool to hear someone talk about that great rush when the words "scream" off their fingertips. Thanks for giving me a smile today!<BR/><BR/>I need an idea of where I'm going, but if I get too much detail in it, I'll lose the "zip" needed to actually type it up. It's like my brain has decided I already wrote the scene.<BR/><BR/>Thus, I outline up to a point, and then I abandon the outline and dive on in.jjdebenedictishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950592240599703771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-72237249880390915412008-10-26T14:01:00.000-05:002008-10-26T14:01:00.000-05:00I'm lost without a detailed outline. I think ever...I'm lost without a detailed outline. I think everyone else is too, but don't tell the seat-of-the-pants writers, because they'll throw rocks at me and vote for McCain.Stephen Parrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883165490847664389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-41462803404087917482008-10-26T13:26:00.000-05:002008-10-26T13:26:00.000-05:00Hey Travis,Don't worry about it at all - I just se...Hey Travis,<BR/><BR/>Don't worry about it at all - I just sent it to you... and it's your fault I got back to you that quick, I opened the damn thing and couldn't close it until I was done.Merry Monteleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435956005780500310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35866870.post-41271991153082465382008-10-26T13:16:00.000-05:002008-10-26T13:16:00.000-05:00I always set a dozen or more deadlines until I fin...I always set a dozen or more deadlines until I finally make one of them, but I still believe you have to have a goal.<BR/><BR/>And no worries, I'm always short on time but I'm looking forward to reading. Should get started tonight. Sorry I'm not getting back to you as quick as you did me.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.com