tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387590336118749686.post1147026923613646408..comments2024-01-15T09:35:54.734+00:00Comments on It Had Better Be Good: Getting ideasYvonnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10712024237175327405noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387590336118749686.post-67463402006702400872007-06-22T15:09:00.000+01:002007-06-22T15:09:00.000+01:00Hmmm I have experience of writing ... I just have ...Hmmm I have experience of writing ... I just have other problems kind of getting in the way. You can read about these in my blog if you're interested.... 1500 to 2000 words in a day is about as much as the average person can muster in fairly good quality prose on an ongoing basis ... what are you writing about? And how long do you intend the book to be?<BR/>I'm fascinated.<BR/>Come by mine if you like ~ please leave a message if you do<BR/><BR/>All the best with your project.<BR/><BR/>from<BR/>Gledwood<BR/>"vol 2"...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387590336118749686.post-13147152007727453182007-06-20T17:52:00.000+01:002007-06-20T17:52:00.000+01:00Just to clarify - when I say that I pause while wr...Just to clarify - when I say that I pause while writing to get an idea, it can be just the environment the character is in, a description of the place, their tone of voice, things like this. I struggle with descriptions and I find it easier to imagine a scene while I'm writing rather than from nothing.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712024237175327405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387590336118749686.post-27711053819130745092007-06-20T15:13:00.000+01:002007-06-20T15:13:00.000+01:00Anna, you're right about ideas, I have little cont...Anna, you're right about ideas, I have little control over them!<BR/><BR/>Ramblingman, fair play - I have a little notebook and pencil for stray ideas, but so far my best ideas come from just putting some time aside and 'brainstorming' if I can use that term. It's not like I ignore any ideas that I have outside of writing if they are good, but they don't always work for me as well as the others, and I like to 'switch off' outside of writing time.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712024237175327405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387590336118749686.post-90109315393306564412007-06-20T14:45:00.000+01:002007-06-20T14:45:00.000+01:00i take a pencil and notepad with me and dont restr...i take a pencil and notepad with me and dont restrict myself to writing hours when an idea strikes ... jot it down ...<BR/>i find it very hard to sit down and say "right now i'm going to start writing" - its at those times i draw a blank ... when i have 100 things to do is when i get the good ideas ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387590336118749686.post-15288706707465331762007-06-20T14:33:00.000+01:002007-06-20T14:33:00.000+01:00I find that my mind has a will of its own. Someti...I find that my mind has a will of its own. Sometimes thoughts from writing projects stay with me - lingering on the fringes of my mind - other times they float away for a time and germinate in the recesses of my mind until I'm ready to access them. Creativity is a funny thing with energy sources constantly in flux - at least in my humble world.VWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875869221696200724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387590336118749686.post-55812593210340398562007-06-20T13:58:00.000+01:002007-06-20T13:58:00.000+01:00Helen, I wish I could stick to my plans I've made,...Helen, I wish I could stick to my plans I've made, and sometimes I can, but sometimes what I've plotted doesn't feel right and I go off in another direction. I've always reached the ending that I originally wanted, but sometimes it's through a different way if you know what I mean.Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10712024237175327405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7387590336118749686.post-57546852889913482922007-06-20T13:19:00.000+01:002007-06-20T13:19:00.000+01:00I try to not think too much about my novel when I'...I try to not think too much about my novel when I'm not writing it. I don't know if this is because the subject matter is quite dark and I'd rather think happier thoughts or if my head is so full of stuff I want to write after this there is no room. I have most of the novel planned out so maybe I don't feel the need. I do think of things every now and again when I allow myself...and I write them down to come back to in the editing process.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315275929031953790noreply@blogger.com