tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post2623708667648694472..comments2009-09-16T11:49:08.401-07:00Andrew Rosenberghttps://profiles.google.com/100329816310941457945noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-41544794177245440262009-09-16T11:49:08.401-07:002009-09-16T11:49:08.401-07:00Can&#39;t believe you wrote all those books - congrats and all the best on the publishing of this one!!1<br /><br />Gives an inspiring writer like me some hope...<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br />Cheers<br />Holli from GhanaThe pale observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01597175124251218057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-53807059581106112522009-09-15T20:09:42.869-07:002009-09-15T20:09:42.869-07:00It&#39;s a good thing to get a way from a work -- gives the brain time to figure out the problems without author interference. Just be careful that you don&#39;t get to far away from your novel that you never get back to it. That happened to me. I set mine aside a couple of years ago to do real life stuff (oddly enough, there is a life outside of writing, blogging, internetting) and now I&#39;m having a difficult time getting back to it.ptbertramhttp://ptbertram.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-65129201825184217832009-09-15T13:10:51.357-07:002009-09-15T13:10:51.357-07:00Cards. I&#39;m using scene cards <i>before</i> I start to outline. I&#39;ll be blogging all about it soon. It&#39;s just something that was recommended in a book and I&#39;m trying it out. We&#39;ll see!The Amateurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324976781441850398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-37570808316996218882009-09-14T21:33:29.180-07:002009-09-14T21:33:29.180-07:00I *was* laughing at my husband, but to be fair he could read the saddest story ever out loud and could make me giggle uncontrollably. Some of it...okay, lots of it...was the story itself. He had this female romance character doing some REALLY silly things. Much of the laughter, though, I must attribute to the way he read it out loud to me. You know how, when you read a bedtime story to a small child, you&#39;ll put certain inflections in your voice? Now, imagine a grown man reading a steampunk romance, complete with a somewhat silly heroine, reading it that way. See? I&#39;m not a bad guy, I swear!<br /><br />Once I got him to just TELL the story as it was in his head, it had a lot of real promise and possibility.<br /><br />A question for the writers with partners, though, if it&#39;s okay - how do your significant others best support you? I do try to be supportive, but it&#39;s not easy and I sure don&#39;t do a good job of supporting as often as I&#39;d like. Any pointers?amazonihttp://amazoni.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-90184141243889638052009-09-14T20:38:01.849-07:002009-09-14T20:38:01.849-07:00Lady Glams: read it. Even commented on it :)<br />Laura: The MC is def not a doormat. She&#39;s just...confused<br />Aimee: She was laughing <i>at</i> me :(<br />Lazy: Don&#39;t hate them. Just tired of them.<br />Steph: Haven&#39;t done this before. I&#39;ve written out lots of backstory but never plotted<br />MG: I hope it works. I feel like I&#39;m growing all the time, but banging my head != growth<br /><br />BTW Jordan McCollum is starting a new plotting series on her <a href="http://jordanmccollum.com/2009/09/plot-thickens/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>. And Lady Glams put a link to her series in the comments.<br />I&#39;ll update the post to include these links.Iapetus999http://www.blogger.com/profile/09215333688753781447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-18888128425683467142009-09-14T19:49:51.216-07:002009-09-14T19:49:51.216-07:00I&#39;m using some of Lady Glam&#39;s outlining tips on my current rewrite and it&#39;s working pretty darn well. I do recommend setting your WIP aside if you&#39;re feeling burned out. I&#39;ve done that and then come back with fresh eyes--although it took 6 months to get enough distance.MG Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584010470283038023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-13293612248815317382009-09-14T18:55:11.163-07:002009-09-14T18:55:11.163-07:00Good for you. You have to step back from it for a bit to get the feel of what the story needs.<br /><br />I don&#39;t outline. It just doesn&#39;t work for me. I see the story one step at a time. I tried outling once and the story changed drastically from the outline when I started writing. So I decided that the outline approach wasn&#39;t for me.Stephanie, PQWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07829560196963801967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-65234511849038391112009-09-14T15:58:46.907-07:002009-09-14T15:58:46.907-07:00Yeah, if you are burned out and you hate your characters, it&#39;s probably better to move on for now. You never know, though, you might end up back working on it soon. Good luck with your new projects.Lazy Writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09578747592345750650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-66914721856755085892009-09-14T15:01:54.118-07:002009-09-14T15:01:54.118-07:00Nice epiphany! :)notenoughwordshttp://notenoughwords.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-17587661846021504212009-09-14T15:01:49.286-07:002009-09-14T15:01:49.286-07:00AMEN BROTHA! You needed some fresh wind. And lucky you that you have a wife that can laugh along and also see the bigger picture. I feel good vibes for you, my stranger friend.~Aimee Stateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04853842158606222286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-66307089900478708182009-09-14T14:30:50.516-07:002009-09-14T14:30:50.516-07:00It sounds like you are making the right decision. If you are burned out on the story, better to put it away for awhile and write something else than to give up completely.<br /><br />The other stories really sound interesting.Chad Aaron Saybanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02378547566593756176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-71886251828879496132009-09-14T14:28:09.071-07:002009-09-14T14:28:09.071-07:00I feel for you. I abandoned a story after 30,000 words because my female protagonist was a doormat. I&#39;m trying the outline approach for the first time for NaNo. It&#39;s hard - I want to write - but I suspect I&#39;ll be happy with the results.Laura Enohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-30501395194883787202009-09-14T13:50:38.992-07:002009-09-14T13:50:38.992-07:00Ah, sorry. Here:<br /><br /><a href="http://theinnocentflower.blogspot.com/2009/08/dont-dis-map-part-i.html" rel="nofollow">Don&#39;t Dis the Map</a><br /><br />You can also find it in my side bar under Helpful Posts.<br /><br />:)Lady Glamishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-62488413896220402002009-09-14T13:48:29.202-07:002009-09-14T13:48:29.202-07:00I can&#39;t seem to find it. :( Link?Iapetus999http://www.blogger.com/profile/09215333688753781447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042906897152963913.post-11009242793159732322009-09-14T13:28:27.366-07:002009-09-14T13:28:27.366-07:00Ahh, outlining. I did a three-post series on outlining a little bit ago. It&#39;s hard but necessary work for me, and it seems to work out differently for each book.Lady Glamishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.com