tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100373839462710495.post6130749243342649385..comments2023-11-03T08:19:23.868-04:00Comments on Elizabeth Poole: Write the Book that is Awesome!Elizabeth Poolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03214706118828699708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100373839462710495.post-4150365409243821332011-06-13T22:41:53.634-04:002011-06-13T22:41:53.634-04:00YES to the notes. I have a bad habit of wanting to...YES to the notes. I have a bad habit of wanting to go back and fix things, but the things I want to fix are always in need of fixing and so I rewrite chapter one a million times and never get to chapter two.<br /><br />So now I buy a 3-pack of steno pads and while I'm drafting, jot down whatever I think needs fixing. I usually go through all three steno pads. And typically what I think needs fixing really doesn't.<br /><br />And Rena? You're sooooo not a twit. Mwah!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06376697563995394878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100373839462710495.post-39439799060960873142011-06-13T21:21:21.115-04:002011-06-13T21:21:21.115-04:00Joe: that's a good one! I forgot about that!
...Joe: that's a good one! I forgot about that!<br /><br />Rena: :D You don't sound like a twit, sweetie. Honest. And I see what you're saying. You let that creative energy build up inside you until you have to pour it out onto the page. That's also a valid approach to awesome.Elizabeth Poolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214706118828699708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100373839462710495.post-56054923687920295232011-06-13T16:07:49.932-04:002011-06-13T16:07:49.932-04:00I am lame, I've written four responses to this...I am lame, I've written four responses to this, chewed on my fingernails and decided I sound like a twit when I write comments. <br /><br />So, I'm not trying to sound like a twit, but my method boils done to this:<br /><br />I just write. <br /><br />(see, that sounds like an arrogant twit just wrote that, *sigh*)<br /><br />But there's a caveat: I don't write until the idea of the book is too big to fit in my head any longer. When I dream about my idea, I know I'm close. When I lay in bed at night and I can't sleep because I'm running opening lines through my head, I know it's time to start. <br /><br />So yeah, write, awesome later, but for me, writing is how I keep my sanity (well the shreds I have left anyway).Renahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767762370997304308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8100373839462710495.post-43727220804089762542011-06-13T13:06:18.349-04:002011-06-13T13:06:18.349-04:00I start by asking myself what I would like to read...I start by asking myself what I would like to read. Then I go look for that book. When I don't find it, I write it.Joseph L. Selbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629531390894108695noreply@blogger.com