tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post5049317733122703152..comments2024-03-18T17:05:21.126+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Collaborating or flying solo? - Linda StrachanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-41599577605000062272011-12-13T12:54:32.381+00:002011-12-13T12:54:32.381+00:00The Cogan House Covered Bridge was the only one on...The Cogan House Covered Bridge was the only one on Larrys Creek to survive a major flood on June 1, 1889, which washed out most other bridges throughout Lycoming County. A large fallen maple tree formed a dam just upstream of the bridge across Larrys Creek, which blocked debris and diverted the brunt of the floodwaters.<br /><a href="http://www.passagesmalibuhealth.info" rel="nofollow">Passages Malibu Health</a><a href="http://www.shop.optimallyorganic.com" rel="nofollow">best superfoods</a>007https://www.blogger.com/profile/02665439229153898967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-38649713646547153972011-10-28T16:51:13.763+01:002011-10-28T16:51:13.763+01:00Solo or collaboration, which is best? At the risk ...Solo or collaboration, which is best? At the risk of sounding like Harry Hill in his TV Burp there's only one way to find out... Fight!<br />Sorry! <br />With the actual writing of books its solo for me, but I'm not averse to asking people close to me for ideas when I'm stuck. But recently I've been collaborating with a friend on a script which has been great fun.<br />Linda - I love your Tuscany shed!Ann Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11083872251143262097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86526233775674899682011-10-28T10:47:06.749+01:002011-10-28T10:47:06.749+01:00Penny, your approach obviously works, I've jus...Penny, your approach obviously works, I've just finished Mouse and it was a great read!<br /><br />Dianne, I love that quote about writing being like driving a car at night. It often feels to me like I can only see a short way ahead.<br /><br />Hi Cat. I don't think that makes you less of a 'proper' author, being surprised by the story is part of the fun. We all find the best way and I think all the comments show this, although I do know there are some ardent plotters out there who plot the entire thing first - it's just not how I work!<br /><br />Miriam - I also enjoy sometimes working to a commission with guidelines - it is a bit of a challenge and often having a deadline pushes me to get writing.<br /><br />It is fascinating to see how people work, isn't it.Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-15600568021126115462011-10-28T09:12:23.706+01:002011-10-28T09:12:23.706+01:00I'm definitely a discovery writer but often th...I'm definitely a discovery writer but often think I should knuckle down and do a bit more planning. Most of it seems to go on in my head and it doesn't work so well if I write the plans down. I couldn't collaborate on a novel. But I have worked with two different illustrators and loved it. However, I do like working to a commission with guidelines, however brief. Set me on a course and I run with the wind in my hair.Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841164190139769948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-68495588786660832572011-10-28T05:33:00.959+01:002011-10-28T05:33:00.959+01:00I definitely fly solo and I am not a plotter. I am...I definitely fly solo and I am not a plotter. I am still puzzled by the fact that I will write something into the first few pages with no idea at all as to why it is there. Sometime later the reason for it appears and surprises me. Maybe it is because I am not a proper author?catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-76682117910142526412011-10-27T21:33:14.709+01:002011-10-27T21:33:14.709+01:00I'm an organic writer as well. But it takes lo...I'm an organic writer as well. But it takes longer to accomplish a great story because there are so many rewrites as you go along. I think it was E. L. Doctorow who compared writing to being in a car at night... 'you only see as far as the headlights go, but you make the journey anyway!' As far as collaboration goes, working with an illustrator has been a great experience as once the images are there I can drop some text! I don't think I'd be a good collaborator on a novel but doing the Bath Fest story was great... it freed me up to write fast with a playful, anything goes approach.Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-45440045791557252042011-10-27T18:25:20.199+01:002011-10-27T18:25:20.199+01:00Having been trapped for ages by a character that s...Having been trapped for ages by a character that stomped "on stage" and was too good to remove, I've been wishing I was a planner. <br /><br />But I think I'd need a planning partner to help me qwork it all through. I am definitely a dreamer-upper and a meanderer-about until the pattern suddenly reveals itself. Not the most time effective approach.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-72078609054101881202011-10-27T16:54:40.670+01:002011-10-27T16:54:40.670+01:00Yes,I too like to think I am the boss, Adele, that...Yes,I too like to think I am the boss, Adele, that I am in control. But I think my characters snigger about that behind my back!<br /><br />Savita. The collaboration thing is like any partnership it is difficult to get it right and there has to be commitment from both sides.Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-69496693479979028492011-10-27T16:34:36.992+01:002011-10-27T16:34:36.992+01:00Very interesting post, Linda. Thanks. I fly solo, ...Very interesting post, Linda. Thanks. I fly solo, well, it's me and the characters so it's not completely solo. I don't plan either, I like to go where the story takes me. The last, and only, time I've collaborated, my friend ducked out and I ended up writing the whole story! But I'd happily try collaborating again...Savita Kalhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977368691995933130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-41945397018276992972011-10-27T11:29:38.439+01:002011-10-27T11:29:38.439+01:00A bit of friendly collaboration is fun! Ann Turnbu...A bit of friendly collaboration is fun! Ann Turnbull and Linda Newbery and I worked quite closely on the Historical House books but each book was individually written. I would hate input from someone else on a book, I think, unless it were something like you're doing, Linda with the letters. And even then...not sure I'd enjoy it too much. Writing is such a selfish activity...I do like to think of myself as THE BOSS! And I'm a planner. Not a chapter by chapter but a careful working out of most main things in advance. Not that the plan doesn't change as I write because it often does. Very interesting post!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.com