tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post5747399389618796650..comments2023-11-19T05:18:18.363-05:00Comments on Emily White: An Award and How to Write a Novel in a WeekUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post-2639892027152881612010-11-10T00:02:52.001-05:002010-11-10T00:02:52.001-05:00Right now, if I tried to go that fast, I'd fry...Right now, if I tried to go that fast, I'd fry my brain. But just a few years ago, 2k a day for 3 days straight was enough to fry my brain. I'm hovering around 1500 avg. Pacing myself has been key. If I'm going muddled or stressed, I step away and refresh myself, maybe do a bit of light reading. If I get stuck, I natter with my hubby. He comes up with good ideas, even though he doesn't want to be a writer.Jaleh Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04942272578488986874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post-14751177731231795372010-11-08T16:50:32.739-05:002010-11-08T16:50:32.739-05:00Cleaning? What's cleaning?Cleaning? What's cleaning?Carol Riggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092209912983783974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post-668614750211793402010-11-08T13:09:23.124-05:002010-11-08T13:09:23.124-05:00Love this post. I do the same when I get stuck on ...Love this post. I do the same when I get stuck on a scene, I just write the rough idea and come back to it later. :)<br /><br />Yay, congrats on your awesome NaNo-ing. :)Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04313619484424363895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post-13444499720539386662010-11-08T12:28:49.547-05:002010-11-08T12:28:49.547-05:00Congratulations, Master blogger!
I love this post...Congratulations, Master blogger!<br /><br />I love this post on how you wrote a novel in a week. Love it! Many of your tips were things that I myself do, although I've never written so much in such a short amount of time.<br /><br />JaiJai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post-37597422319241972152010-11-08T11:29:44.888-05:002010-11-08T11:29:44.888-05:00Wow that's a really cool award Em! Congrats.Wow that's a really cool award Em! Congrats.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post-58810160197028963042010-11-08T10:42:45.133-05:002010-11-08T10:42:45.133-05:00Vic--I'll admit 10,000 words in a day probably...Vic--I'll admit 10,000 words in a day probably isn't possible for someone who works outside the home. Because I'm a SAHM, I took advantage of any quiet moments my kids gave me and pushed the cleaning to the end of the day. I'd say I probably got about five hours in each day. And I can type fast, so that helps.<br /><br />My inner editor doesn't have an off switch either. I just threatened him with death if he made one peep. It shut him right up. :P<br /><br />Carol--I bet you COULD do it! In fact, I'm sure you can! Go! Go! *waves pom poms* <br /><br />I like to add the foreshadowing stuff when I'm done mainly because I find I naturally do it already (to an extent) and revisions are fun when you get to play around with everything, rather than just tweak sentence structure. :DEmily Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478461123707071108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post-64738527308354880752010-11-08T10:10:05.275-05:002010-11-08T10:10:05.275-05:00Fascinating process! Thanks for sharing this. I ac...Fascinating process! Thanks for sharing this. I actually think I COULD do in the way you described--because I've done glimmers of it before, turning off my inner editor while I wrote a dramatic scene, instructing myself to get the mood/flow of it down, and I'd fix it later. Which I did, and the scenes ended up working really well. <br /><br />Still, I like to tidy a LITTLE as I go 'cuz when I refine (not polish), I can add details that foreshadow and add symbolic elements, or make play-on-words references back to certain lines of dialogue, etc. I have to admit I also get a little more self-confidence to carry on when I tidy, because I hate plowing forward when I feel the past scene was muddy or garbage-y. *grin*Carol Riggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092209912983783974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5250095548371624935.post-29939580258017091342010-11-08T09:39:41.052-05:002010-11-08T09:39:41.052-05:00wow. em. you make it almost sound possible for an...wow. em. you make it almost sound possible for anyone... but how in the world do you type so fast? i don't think i could type 10,000 words in a day, even if they were the same word over and over. :) how many hours a day did you spend writing? <br />i'm not sure my internal editor has an off switch...<br />must work on that...<br />thanks for the tips! :)vic caswell https://www.blogger.com/profile/01218698236837610704noreply@blogger.com