tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post1957487101189709497..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Weekend writer – Michelle LovricUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-16369529638942638692011-05-09T04:08:17.384+01:002011-05-09T04:08:17.384+01:00Might the block of granite for the sculpture be es...Might the block of granite for the sculpture be estimated by word count? Books at 75k plus or novellas or short stories etc? Having a finite box to fill might help weed out the extraneous. Just a thought.Jeff McGrawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-82176492032730886552011-05-04T12:20:25.768+01:002011-05-04T12:20:25.768+01:00Off switch? Wish I could find mine.... I am with t...Off switch? Wish I could find mine.... I am with the Book Maven on this, as with so much else.Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-77445437488517380842011-05-01T17:53:39.788+01:002011-05-01T17:53:39.788+01:00Oh dear I wish I had your problem. I have more pro...Oh dear I wish I had your problem. I have more problem switching on!Nickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442269757463713048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22577110617997093852011-05-01T15:37:57.135+01:002011-05-01T15:37:57.135+01:00I love your box full of scraps of paper idea, Stro...I love your box full of scraps of paper idea, Stroppy Author. Am seriously thinking of starting one - and I think I have the perfect kids' shoe box!Sarah Taylor-Fergussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507013836947182706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48948283832374703462011-05-01T08:20:13.152+01:002011-05-01T08:20:13.152+01:00A box full of scraps of paper. Write down all thos...A box full of scraps of paper. Write down all those snippets of info that have to be used, put them in the box, browse at leisure. It's not quite an off switch, more going on standby. It means it's possible to negotiate life (including children). But I'm negligent and have sometimes left characters locked in the dark for ages. Evil. I am the Josef Fritzl of the writing world...<br /><br />Adele, I *love* the lion quote!Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48751601745387606442011-04-30T22:39:19.204+01:002011-04-30T22:39:19.204+01:00Also suffer from insomnia, but it might be better ...Also suffer from insomnia, but it might be better attributed to not getting round to getting any writing done - from one weekend to another - but still having 'lines' of text I have not yet written resounding frustratingly in my head. <br /><br />My off switch? Two small kids. <br /><br />Still looking for a really good on switch!Sarah Taylor-Fergussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507013836947182706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60468727670384266342011-04-30T14:55:07.631+01:002011-04-30T14:55:07.631+01:00Three comments here for the price of one!
1) NOVEL...Three comments here for the price of one!<br />1) NOVEL HEAD is what I call it when I can't sleep on acc. of thinking about my book. It doesn't happen all that often I'm glad to say.<br /><br />2) Heard a wonderful thing on the radio today. Asked what his job consisted of, a sculptor of lions said: "I get a piece of stone and chip away all the bits that aren't lion!"<br /><br />3) Re everything being material, I heard the story of a mother and teenage daughter having a fight. Teenager raged at her mother: "You did this, you've done that!" Etc ad infinitum. In the end the exasperated mother sighed: "Oh for goodness' sake, just put it all in your first novel."<br /><br />And no, I don't have a weekend off switch!adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-45669736559452454292011-04-30T10:53:48.214+01:002011-04-30T10:53:48.214+01:00And I am absolutely hopeless because I have to wri...And I am absolutely hopeless because I have to write in snatches in between other things...I "write" while pedalling to the shops or the library. I do more hanging out clothes or cooking a meal. I grab words and fragments from all over the place. If I have not written it down at the end of the day then it tends to go to bed with me at night!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-10157962209443987212011-04-30T09:58:21.361+01:002011-04-30T09:58:21.361+01:00You are asking the wrong person in me! The lack of...You are asking the wrong person in me! The lack of an off switch accounts for much insomnia, which I believe a lot of writers suffer from.<br /><br />The sculptural simile is very apt for me currently but just think of the Rondanini Pietà, which started off normal size and Michelangelo was in the process of whittling down at his death.<br /><br />We still often don't know which size of block to buy. Lovely post.Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.com