tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981315063491687057.post3888014248481888783..comments2023-05-12T06:37:48.238-04:00Comments on Manuscript Mavens: Writer's Log JamErica Ridleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511276393455961757noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981315063491687057.post-31408859799384725332008-07-26T10:31:00.000-04:002008-07-26T10:31:00.000-04:00I have SO many ideas, and I'm itching to write som...I have SO many ideas, and I'm itching to write something new, but I've vowed this is the year I revise all the OTHER books that I've indulged myself with. I made myself a schedule, though, and having that to look forward to may be enough to keep me on track.MJFredrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981315063491687057.post-91858114254973908292008-07-26T09:11:00.000-04:002008-07-26T09:11:00.000-04:00I usually only worry about one idea at a time, but...I usually only worry about one idea at a time, but there have been a couple times now where I've gotten a new idea that was so pushy it wouldn't wait. I tried writing them in my ideas folder. I tried sticking to the WIP. But they wouldn't leave me alone. So I set aside what I was working on, and wrote those books instead. After I was finished, I got back to the original idea. Unfortunately, now that I think about it, it was the same book both times that got knocked out of the way, and I still haven't gotten that one finished. Of course, I don't have contracts or deadlines or anyone waiting for me to finish anything.B.E. Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336115135400388268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981315063491687057.post-69407159507809593752008-07-25T16:08:00.000-04:002008-07-25T16:08:00.000-04:00You already know I'm a butterfly. Going from one p...You already know I'm a butterfly. Going from one project to another landing briefly before flitting off to another.<BR/><BR/>What I'm learning (key word: Learning) to do is take the time to write down the details of my new ideas and keep them in a story folder. I make sure to put as much info as possible so when I go back I won't have lost all the little details that caught me up with the story to begin with. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981315063491687057.post-44861903657143889582008-07-25T16:07:00.000-04:002008-07-25T16:07:00.000-04:00Bev, you do have a deadline--you've got a request ...Bev, you do have a deadline--you've got a request for a full to fulfill. Which is totally awesome!<BR/><BR/>Sarah, I love the notion of ideas pollinating one another. I'm going to have to ruminate on that.<BR/><BR/>Carrie, I think part of my problem is I no longer have the luxury of just allowing myself to work on projects until I find the one that really sings. These novellas are SOLD, so I have to write them! Which makes it kind of like writing a term paper, lol.Jackie Barbosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904049760374126059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981315063491687057.post-19207401313169956252008-07-25T11:56:00.000-04:002008-07-25T11:56:00.000-04:00I definitely felt like that before I started writi...I definitely felt like that before I started writing FHT -- I kept flitting around projects, wondering which one was going to be "the one" and which were ones I'd just be wasting time on.<BR/><BR/>How did I deal with it? FHT just felt right -- I loved every part of it. Never did I think about writing somethig else once I started writing that one. Pure luck :)Carrie Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16198867176033112742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981315063491687057.post-40368074531104134892008-07-25T10:30:00.000-04:002008-07-25T10:30:00.000-04:00I so definitely feel like that at times and fairly...I so definitely feel like that at times and fairly often! It's so bad I jump from project to project like a bee with flowers. <BR/><BR/>Here's hoping some of the ideas pollinate each other. :D<BR/><BR/>Sarahskirbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16405469696928760777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7981315063491687057.post-77786812920227938882008-07-25T09:53:00.000-04:002008-07-25T09:53:00.000-04:00I feel like that sometimes and when I'm really jam...I feel like that sometimes and when I'm really jammed, I do give in and work on the next problem. But when I feel like I'm under a deadline, I can't. I just don't have the luxury. Right now I feel like I have a deadline looming over my head.Beverley Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09175915580179121447noreply@blogger.com