tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post7912898405901869703..comments2024-03-08T09:28:10.145-05:00Comments on The Faux Fountain Pen: IWSG and Keep Writing with Fey Blog HopSarah Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481750127533816819noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-39269304589371977742020-08-13T23:57:26.454-04:002020-08-13T23:57:26.454-04:00Wish I knew how long you've been working on yo...Wish I knew how long you've been working on your story or how long seems like too long to you. The stress lessened for me once I recognized that my stories really do take about three years to write. Your strategy to work every day is one I follow as well. Do you have a 'working outline'? One that you can jump around in to work on different scenes? Sometimes that helps me get past a scene that's not working just now, and I'll return later. And thank you for supporting Chrys Fey. I hope her suggestions will be helpful as well. You know, this time of coronavirus is adding a little extra pressure to us all. Please keep writing!Beth Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12682622561621269515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-1183553840403205512020-08-11T19:44:54.886-04:002020-08-11T19:44:54.886-04:00Keep at it. I think that the process of writing is...Keep at it. I think that the process of writing is a great journey, even if we decide not to publish, and no one ever reads it. Best of luck to you. You always have our support!Steph W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17928781539295600653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-57193986781809830282020-08-07T10:00:23.891-04:002020-08-07T10:00:23.891-04:00Thanks for sharing your flat ARC update and your &...Thanks for sharing your flat ARC update and your "block". I think you have a good creative strategy of taking things one step at a time. I think I'm, kind of, a that place, right now, as well. Toi Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493934864387695248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-62550060831381195482020-08-05T18:17:22.733-04:002020-08-05T18:17:22.733-04:00Thank you for sharing your woes! It makes me sad h...Thank you for sharing your woes! It makes me sad how you've been struggling with writer's block! I have been too! It sure bites! It's such an uphill battle.<br /><br />I was writing a shortstory sci-fi (I'm trying for IWSG Contest) and came up with the entire story from beginning to end but I couldn't get past the first chapter. I tried to do other things like editing my YA novel, illustrating a children's book for my little boy, formatting it, reading ... but I had lost all desire to write that story! I don't know why I felt so dried out!<br /><br />But I came back to it, deciding to change up a few things that I'd written in chapter 2 and the story just flowed and flowed from there. I had to whittle 800 words from it but it's done!!<br /><br />There has to be some THING that is keeping your brain from moving forward. Some thing that isn't in harmony with your thought process. Maybe if you get together with a writing buddy and hash it out with them ... ???<br /><br />xoxElizabeth Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447552226485618096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-84216141653123050742020-08-05T16:52:44.160-04:002020-08-05T16:52:44.160-04:00I like that idea. Sometimes I get bogged down with...I like that idea. Sometimes I get bogged down with word count/revision pages, and I forget to spend some time with creating character collages and song lists, which I know help me out the next time I go to write.<br />Thanks for the reminder!<br />Happy August!Tyrean Martinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356604721537744361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-9468070055780458582020-08-05T16:49:21.791-04:002020-08-05T16:49:21.791-04:00I hear you. I spent nearly ten years on my first s...I hear you. I spent nearly ten years on my first story and it's still not finished. Forcing myself to work on the edits is tough right now. I just want it to be finished. You'll get there eventually.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-68154517273142105262020-08-05T14:21:29.679-04:002020-08-05T14:21:29.679-04:00Details besides writing count. I know I've bee...Details besides writing count. I know I've been working on the same story forever.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-55244078650246970672020-08-05T14:04:30.402-04:002020-08-05T14:04:30.402-04:00I've have periods that lasted YEARS when I cou...I've have periods that lasted YEARS when I couldn't write anything useful and productive (in my eyes). I feel like I'm getting over it now, but we'll see. <br /><br />The fact that you put your head down and keep going is amazing. Keep it up. This too shall pass, and all that.C.D. Gallant-Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01080400727631587101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-82956184285404366642020-08-05T12:47:41.543-04:002020-08-05T12:47:41.543-04:00Grats to Chrys!
I know the pains of not wanting t...Grats to Chrys!<br /><br />I know the pains of not wanting to write. Usually it hits me when I've got a big task or it just isn't flowing the way I want it to. I don't have any suggestions because I'm still facing it myself. But I hope you pull through it!Loni Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126958230703180761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-6406620475355206602020-08-05T11:09:00.293-04:002020-08-05T11:09:00.293-04:00Taking it one step at a time is the most important...Taking it one step at a time is the most important thing we can do. Truly it is. I have a chapter all about that in my book and state that nothing I said with defeating burnout will help (100%) unless you take it one step at a time and are patient (which is another chapter).<br /><br />And I have to say...after hearing about Jordan since we've met through blogging...I can't wait to read his story. Really! You've got people in your corner (in Jordan's corner). <3<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing and for participating in my blog hop! I am rooting for you. Hang in there!Chrys Feyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955009490266358041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-38364744102965770832020-08-05T10:43:34.518-04:002020-08-05T10:43:34.518-04:00The one-step-at-a-time approach works for me, too....The one-step-at-a-time approach works for me, too. If I look at the big picture or whatever, it tends to lead to panic and anxiety, so I have to step back and say, "Okay, I'm only going to worry about *this*." And some days, it works.<br /><br />I know I'm not a publisher or an agent, but I can't wait to read your book someday.M.J. Fifieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15626475963328519693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-36381959510095487302020-08-05T10:10:03.391-04:002020-08-05T10:10:03.391-04:00The one-step-at-a-time approach sounds pretty smar...The one-step-at-a-time approach sounds pretty smart to me. Creation is the best part of writing and it can be fun to dream about publishing success, but it doesn't help to make that a requirement in your head. Tamara Narayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343966432075424106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-6654182484883008712020-08-05T09:11:58.784-04:002020-08-05T09:11:58.784-04:00I think you have a great strategy, and I'm fol...I think you have a great strategy, and I'm following it too. I had a book that I worked on for 10 years. A draft is done but I put it away for awhile and am working on something new, which is going faster. I'm not giving up hope on the other story though, but sometimes it's good to take a break from what we've been working on for ages.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203719610395611719.post-15763292634472645752020-08-05T08:52:52.156-04:002020-08-05T08:52:52.156-04:00I think a lot of people are going through that wit...I think a lot of people are going through that with no urge to write. Hope you at least finish it, if only for you.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com