tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post8169263912666330755..comments2024-02-12T15:15:51.364+02:00Comments on The Five Year Project: Key-Word Cavalry: Challenges in writing first novelMisha Gerrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-91200759110175772652012-06-05T11:50:54.538+02:002012-06-05T11:50:54.538+02:00Amazing,
This is really a nice and very much infor...Amazing,<br />This is really a nice and very much informative post.<br /><br />thanks to share.Write a Bookhttp://www.bonzoi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-38564213286945930002012-05-19T21:49:52.452+02:002012-05-19T21:49:52.452+02:00WOW! SO true!!!
The doldrums are definitely the h...WOW! SO true!!! <br />The doldrums are definitely the hardest parts for me! However, I find that after I do wait it out, I write much better, and a greater amount and quality in a shorter amount of time!<br /><br />Awesome blog!<br />I just recently finished my first book, and am working on the second! I will definitely be following your journey!<br />I just barely started blogging and I am so happy i did, so that I have the opportunity to follow other peoples journeys as well!<br />Feel free to follow me back!<br />theresamjones.blogspot.comMrs. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13071346437077008455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-25554435171462878312012-05-17T14:16:39.718+02:002012-05-17T14:16:39.718+02:00Oh no worries, I kept going. I did have a little f...Oh no worries, I kept going. I did have a little festering period of just being too mad to do anything but what I ended up with was better than what I lost. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152169552046461300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-41410557185463531312012-05-17T13:28:34.161+02:002012-05-17T13:28:34.161+02:00Great post, Misha.
I think the hardest thing is t...Great post, Misha.<br /><br />I think the hardest thing is turning off the Internal Editor to let the crap flow in the first draft, all the while holding onto the vision so the crap will at least drop into the right places.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03971798802079783209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-86648738217030598842012-05-17T06:10:33.958+02:002012-05-17T06:10:33.958+02:00Hey guys. I made it a bit darker. Is it better?Hey guys. I made it a bit darker. Is it better?Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-66968555585648423722012-05-17T04:30:02.529+02:002012-05-17T04:30:02.529+02:00I agree with Donna on your comment color. It reall...I agree with Donna on your comment color. It really is a probably, Misha. I have to highlight them just to read them.Brooke R. Bussehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147444223968856153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-9891583110500982412012-05-17T00:55:59.894+02:002012-05-17T00:55:59.894+02:00Don't have the time? If you really want to wri...Don't have the time? If you really want to write, you'll make the time.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-10682970037757410662012-05-17T00:00:11.281+02:002012-05-17T00:00:11.281+02:00I'm going to answer a slightly different quest...I'm going to answer a slightly different question. What was it about my first novel that enabled me to finish it -- unlike all the other unfinished works lying around my house?<br /><br />It was that I was writing a historical fiction novel based on a true story. I didn't have to invent the plot. My heroine lived it. <br /><br />And once I wrote that one, I somehow broke out of whatever was blocking me from completing a novel based on a totally fictional plot. Of course, there were stumbles along the way. Book #2 still hasn't sold and has been re-written several times. But book #5 is going to copy-editing at Clarion Books. Squee!Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-35281405922779835752012-05-16T23:48:31.643+02:002012-05-16T23:48:31.643+02:00All very good points and great advice. Thanks for ...All very good points and great advice. Thanks for sharing. I'm printing this for reference.<br /><br />RiyaRomance Reader https://www.blogger.com/profile/10633164931292182035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-68600355403336815372012-05-16T23:35:55.923+02:002012-05-16T23:35:55.923+02:00BTW: Could you change the font color for your comm...BTW: Could you change the font color for your comments? It is very light gray and hard to read.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-90131576046532451042012-05-16T23:35:08.003+02:002012-05-16T23:35:08.003+02:00My biggest challenge is starting. I don't hav...My biggest challenge is starting. I don't have an idea. I want an idea. When I would tell short stories off the cuff to children, I would just start and see where they went. Those were short stories though. I want a bigger idea. How do I start? And does that mean I can't be a writer if I don't know what I want to write? Maybe I only have short stories in me? Maybe I only have poems? Maybe I just need to start writing and see where it goes? I'm not getting any younger.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-59428367025108277702012-05-16T22:33:05.785+02:002012-05-16T22:33:05.785+02:00The biggest challenge I had with Novel #1 was it s...The biggest challenge I had with Novel #1 was it started as a short story, but I liked the characters. So I extended it, then didn't like the story, so shortened it to a novella. Then realised novellas didn't sell (1990-ish, way before epublishing), then shortened it, then lengthened it. Oops. Too many issues to address there!Annalisa Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943610814274794998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-82666010102941819572012-05-16T22:26:48.495+02:002012-05-16T22:26:48.495+02:00Time is definitely one of my biggest challenges. ...Time is definitely one of my biggest challenges. But I write whenever I can fit it in, meaning I steal time during the day for the passion I have.<br /><br />Another challenge to writing is maintaining confidence when others doubt...and at some point, someone will ask what you've been up to, why you've been so busy and the "I've been working on a special project" explanation will spill forth and the funny faces will occur, the "You could spend your time doing something more productive" lines may happen and you have to be okay with nodding and continuning with your passion of writing.Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-44327739589419616992012-05-16T21:33:59.094+02:002012-05-16T21:33:59.094+02:00Putting it on a shelf to move on was a challenge. ...Putting it on a shelf to move on was a challenge. It's still sitting there waiting for me ... And the second. I'll get to them eventually. They day-in, day-out sticking to it is tough. Really, really love that first novel.M Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096697282530998519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-29068905137538043252012-05-16T21:27:16.052+02:002012-05-16T21:27:16.052+02:00Great post. For my first novel, it was confidence....Great post. For my first novel, it was confidence. Am I good enough? Now as years have passed, time is an issue, but I've learned how to make the best use of my precious little free time.Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-13884820911296091352012-05-16T20:59:27.415+02:002012-05-16T20:59:27.415+02:00I agree a hundred percent with the second one!I agree a hundred percent with the second one!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-25737927163829456622012-05-16T20:52:53.453+02:002012-05-16T20:52:53.453+02:00I tend to over-think. That slows me down.I tend to over-think. That slows me down.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-87114385318681336112012-05-16T20:05:42.687+02:002012-05-16T20:05:42.687+02:00Good points. It IS a longer haul when writing a no...Good points. It IS a longer haul when writing a novel. I didn't have so much trouble with my first novel after writing shorter works, because I didn't know it "had to be" a certain length. So it was only 85 pages! LOL Then I moved onto the next novel with gusto. :)Carol Riggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092209912983783974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-74725399932041189432012-05-16T18:11:07.264+02:002012-05-16T18:11:07.264+02:00I think the focus piece is so important. It's ...I think the focus piece is so important. It's always so tempting to run after a new bright shiny idea instead of sticking with the one you're working on until it's completed.Johanna Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515478890074610814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-86289317752488722072012-05-16T18:06:21.254+02:002012-05-16T18:06:21.254+02:00I hope you kept writing anyway! A friend of mine u...I hope you kept writing anyway! A friend of mine used to write stories alongside me, and her floppy disk was lost. She was so disheartened that she just couldn't get herself to pick things back up. She kept telling herself that she was too far behind to start again. That was more than ten years ago, and now she realizes that what she had wasn't even that good. She could have done so much more! But again, at the "ripe old age" of 24, she still feels like she's too behind to start. <br /><br />So don't give up hope!<br /><br />And I assume you're not, because you're online reading blogs about it. <br />Just wanted to let you know you're not alone, and we're rooting for ya.Christine Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711726941768571495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-29020154689387758382012-05-16T17:41:34.733+02:002012-05-16T17:41:34.733+02:00Getting started and keeping going for the first 10...Getting started and keeping going for the first 100 pages or so; at some point, the thing takes on a life of its own, but up to that point it really needs nurturing.Steven J. Wangsnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14846516529180802046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-30964004618308276542012-05-16T16:38:39.941+02:002012-05-16T16:38:39.941+02:00Great post! I've recently been thinking of sta...Great post! I've recently been thinking of starting a novel, and this post is very helpful. I've never thought that writing a novel would be easy, but it's nice to know some of the specific challenges involved. :)Laura Clipsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748489198957473503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-15918879172623302732012-05-16T16:34:14.074+02:002012-05-16T16:34:14.074+02:00The doldrums used to hit me hard for sure. I'...The doldrums used to hit me hard for sure. I've gotten better at it, but whew! I would take a year off after a long project. How's the June 30th deadline going?Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14323538213636795216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-41432322872714902442012-05-16T15:30:24.654+02:002012-05-16T15:30:24.654+02:00I was all over the place with my first book. And I...I was all over the place with my first book. And I made the mistake of using the Omniscient POV. Had to go back and rewrite the entire book in the First Person POV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190412120537448720.post-72705296294883472462012-05-16T14:32:03.781+02:002012-05-16T14:32:03.781+02:00I'm a very slow writer--1000 words is a good d...I'm a very slow writer--1000 words is a good day. So the biggest lesson I had to learn in writing my first novel was to find the time to work on the book at least five days a week. Even ten minutes of re-reading could be productive for me because it kept the story fresh in my mind. I don't know how many plot holes I had to plug because I'd forgotten things that I said/done earlier in the text.Connie Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.com