tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post7918856170935945349..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Once Around the BlockAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-35127901940075530332009-10-20T13:54:08.669-04:002009-10-20T13:54:08.669-04:00"When inspiration fails, I fall back on perse..."When inspiration fails, I fall back on perseverance."<br /><br />That needs to go on a fridge magnet somewhere. Or maybe on bookmarks. It definitely needs to be on a poster above every writer's desk.<br /><br />Thank you for the lovely article and for the amazing quote!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832774182683343435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-31989237162642973982009-10-19T12:49:40.050-04:002009-10-19T12:49:40.050-04:00How did you know I had a chubby little, I mean big...How did you know I had a chubby little, I mean big, Ass?<br /><br />SecretiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-88434083526591670432009-10-19T03:55:58.481-04:002009-10-19T03:55:58.481-04:00Hey Lisabet - I can't imagine you ever being a...Hey Lisabet - I can't imagine you ever being at a loss for words, but I know what you're talking about here.<br />I'm such a screwy writer - writing in fragments - I guess I can always dip into the bag of words and phrases and snippits of conversations I carry around with me always. Leaving gaps is a great idea. Then you can always go back and fill it in later. Oh, if it was easy, anyone could do it! Mary Kennedy Eastham, Author, The Shadow of a Dog I Can't Forget and the upcoming novel, Night SurfingWord Actresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865850513656748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-38153694659370227872009-10-19T02:50:39.858-04:002009-10-19T02:50:39.858-04:00Lisabet,
Well said. I have a lot of sympathy for...Lisabet,<br /><br />Well said. I have a lot of sympathy for those who do suffer from writer's block, I understand it can be debilitating, but my own personal solution to the problem is, as you've said here, perseverance and tenacity. <br /><br />Best,<br /><br />AshAshley Listerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997769708965362938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-85538281019918045272009-10-18T19:51:46.989-04:002009-10-18T19:51:46.989-04:00Hi Lisabet!
So many good things in this post, (wh...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />So many good things in this post, (which is one of the advantages of being the first to post.).<br /><br />I've also found that when you feel blocked by something, its better to just lower yourexpaqtations or standards and just work. I also understand a little about what you were saying elsewhere about deadlines. Doing this blog, for me is one of those deadlines. Wednesday always looms over me like doom. Sometimes lightning strikes, sometimes it doesn't. I think your thing of knowing exactly when and where you;re going to write, is right on, even if I don;t do it that way. That's what Stephen King and other writers always advise. Have an apppointment with yourself when you expect to write and no other thing.<br /><br />Writer's block is hard. But you have break throughs. (I had an inetersting breakthorugh with the story I'm revising I want to tell you about later.)<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-72901476395242144112009-10-18T15:39:36.236-04:002009-10-18T15:39:36.236-04:00I would have loved to see you pull your chubby lit...I would have loved to see you pull your chubby little body from the pool, LOL! Those are the moments with kids that I enjoy.<br /><br />Sounds like you've got your writing life well in hand. Sometimes, a person just has to do it.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />~ JennaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-67067564546433381312009-10-18T14:23:23.939-04:002009-10-18T14:23:23.939-04:00I find not having enough time is a problem. I'...I find not having enough time is a problem. I'm cutting back on editing to be a better writer.Diane Scott Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05724042672923318289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-72044198095988791342009-10-18T13:24:56.235-04:002009-10-18T13:24:56.235-04:00Hi Lisabet,
Good post. I'm a firm believer in...Hi Lisabet,<br /><br />Good post. I'm a firm believer in deadlines. If you have enough of them, you don't dare allow anything to block you. LOL<br /><br />HugsJude Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067166768734750026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58607799967494399902009-10-18T09:24:33.480-04:002009-10-18T09:24:33.480-04:00It may not be a popular POV, but I always think un...It may not be a popular POV, but I always think unless you depend of writing for your living, or will be in breach of contract/fail a course if you don't do it, then if you have a block go and do something else. If you'd rather be watching TV, going for a walk, gardening, playing with the kids or knitting or playing football, DO it. Unless, as aforesaid, you write to eat. In that case, just get on with it. (Never heard of a farmer who was "blocked" on milking cows, or a shop assistant "blocked" on using the till, have you? Maybe they'd rather be doing something else, but if it's their job to do it, they do it.)Sally_Odgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-85182619495273974392009-10-18T09:13:11.724-04:002009-10-18T09:13:11.724-04:00My solution (for what it's worth!) is to have ...My solution (for what it's worth!) is to have MORE THAN ONE project 'on the boil' at all times.<br />It helps enormously if they're of different genres. At the moment I have a childrens' story (Pirate themed), a political thriller, an ecological disaster, a satirical piece (script), a Celtic mythology/family saga trilogy ( Vol. 2 half-finished) and a script for a Pantomime (Babes in the Wood).<br />If I run short of inspiration in one of the above it's just a question of swapping focus until I am inspired to return to the one I put "on hold"<br />Works for me ..... LOLPaul McDermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02430184962132539192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-28441300266237294602009-10-18T08:17:20.683-04:002009-10-18T08:17:20.683-04:00I write when I can. It may only be a few words in ...I write when I can. It may only be a few words in longhand, but it's something. When I can't think of anything, I bead. Of course being retired helps with the time problem.unwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535882737909865934noreply@blogger.com