Comments on: Six on the brain #9 http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/ I counted them myself. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Six surefire ways to boost writing productivity | 52 Novels http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Six surefire ways to boost writing productivity | 52 Novels Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:43:50 +0000 http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/#comment-487 [...] like “muses” and “writer’s block.” Whether real or imagined—I say imagined—it’s important for us to keep our writing moving forward. What I’ve given here [...] [...] like “muses” and “writer’s block.” Whether real or imagined—I say imagined—it’s important for us to keep our writing moving forward. What I’ve given here [...]

]]> By: Rob @ 52 Novels http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Rob @ 52 Novels Mon, 14 May 2007 14:30:37 +0000 http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/#comment-403 Eli... I like to keep things fresh sometimes. I might even change it up again tomorrow. Who knows?! Eli…

I like to keep things fresh sometimes. I might even change it up again tomorrow. Who knows?!

]]> By: Eli James http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Eli James Mon, 14 May 2007 07:30:21 +0000 http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/#comment-402 Aye to that. PS: What happened to your blog design?! Aye to that. PS: What happened to your blog design?!

]]> By: Rob @ 52 Novels http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Rob @ 52 Novels Sat, 12 May 2007 14:22:36 +0000 http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/#comment-391 Eli... I definitely know the evil Internal Editor, too. But my approach, because I write every day at my job, <strong>has</strong> to be different. I just don't have the luxury to spend a lot of time trying to "get it right." I have to get it written. Don't get me wrong… I have to eventually get it right, too. That's why they call them drafts. As a result, I approach my fiction in much the same way. When I'm having trouble staring at a blank page, I just write it out. Who cares that it's crap when it can be fixed at any time? Eli… I definitely know the evil Internal Editor, too. But my approach, because I write every day at my job, has to be different.

I just don’t have the luxury to spend a lot of time trying to “get it right.” I have to get it written. Don’t get me wrong… I have to eventually get it right, too. That’s why they call them drafts.

As a result, I approach my fiction in much the same way. When I’m having trouble staring at a blank page, I just write it out. Who cares that it’s crap when it can be fixed at any time?

]]> By: Eli James http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Eli James Sat, 12 May 2007 07:26:50 +0000 http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/#comment-386 It's something to do with the our Inner Critics, I'd say, or the 'Watcher at the Gate'. They stop the flow of ideas and leave us rejecting even the promising ones, scared that we'd make a fool out of ourselves. Writers with deadlines probably have writer's block as well (some refer to it as idea drought), but because they're pressured to complete it they force themselves upon their work, overcoming whatever inhibitions they have. That's something I've become increasingly good at, and soon I'll be able to say that it doesn't exist, hopefully with as much confidence as you. =) It’s something to do with the our Inner Critics, I’d say, or the ‘Watcher at the Gate’. They stop the flow of ideas and leave us rejecting even the promising ones, scared that we’d make a fool out of ourselves.

Writers with deadlines probably have writer’s block as well (some refer to it as idea drought), but because they’re pressured to complete it they force themselves upon their work, overcoming whatever inhibitions they have.

That’s something I’ve become increasingly good at, and soon I’ll be able to say that it doesn’t exist, hopefully with as much confidence as you. =)

]]> By: Rob http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Rob Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:55:41 +0000 http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/#comment-248 Georganna... thanks for dropping by! I still have to disagree and say writer's block is a bunch of hooey, even for those who write fiction. Talk to anyone who's under contract and they'll say they've got deadlines, too. Georganna… thanks for dropping by! I still have to disagree and say writer’s block is a bunch of hooey, even for those who write fiction. Talk to anyone who’s under contract and they’ll say they’ve got deadlines, too.

]]> By: Georganna Hancock http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Georganna Hancock Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.52novels.com/archives/six-on-the-brain-9/#comment-246 Yeah, about writer's block. I didn't believe in it either when I was a working stiff with deadlines and paychecks and such. I thought/think that it's more perfectionism and prograstination (but don't tell the Orkut group on Writer's Block that I moderate!) However, I know something happens to people with no deadlines, those who are trying to write creatively, a.k.a. fiction. I think it has to do with the kind of creativity fiction writing requires. Yeah, about writer’s block. I didn’t believe in it either when I was a working stiff with deadlines and paychecks and such. I thought/think that it’s more perfectionism and prograstination (but don’t tell the Orkut group on Writer’s Block that I moderate!) However, I know something happens to people with no deadlines, those who are trying to write creatively, a.k.a. fiction. I think it has to do with the kind of creativity fiction writing requires.

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