tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post1240003366123314439..comments2024-01-09T21:25:58.789-05:00Comments on Writing the Witchy Way: When the Book Fights BackDeborah Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15329035354859726659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-40185194849634757762016-04-01T16:50:07.171-04:002016-04-01T16:50:07.171-04:00I don't have a personal story, but another aut...I don't have a personal story, but another author has blogged about one of her books that was 'three months of horrible, hair pulling writing failure' that kicked her butt and put her through hell. Happily, it too had a happy ending, and Rachel Aaron managed to turn it into a positive lesson learned. You can read the full post at thisblogisaploy.blogspot.com/2013/01/learn-from-my-fail-character-edition (may have to copy and paste into browser - sorry, my internet skills are minimal).<br /><br />Here are some excerpts: "For the first half of the book, I was trucking along just fine. And then I got to the middle, where everything started going wrong" . . . "It was infuriating, because I was writing. I was following the damn plot, I just wasn't getting anything I liked and I couldn't figure out why. I knew something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what, and with a deadline looming, I couldn't stop to figure out what. Eventually, I forced myself to finish the novel and turned it in, but it wasn't until I got my editor's notes that I realized what was actually going on." [During the rewrite] "all my words came back. Writing was fun again, as it always should be, and the new book was so much better."<br /><br />I think she had to rewrite about half of her book. <br /><br />I am grateful that both of you let budding writers, and your readers, know that when obstacles come up, they can be overcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-82471059402660687832016-03-23T03:58:24.270-04:002016-03-23T03:58:24.270-04:00I do online story based roleplay (NOT the sexual k...I do online story based roleplay (NOT the sexual kind but the alternate historic or fantasy kind.<br /><br />Many years ago in the group that I had founded (historical, set in an alternate Europe of the 1680's) I "played" two characters who were the older two-out-of-three boys and four siblings (in total).<br /><br />While the younger brother William was fairly easy to write (and since he had a perchant for being playfully goofy) was very enjoyable to write.<br /><br />The oldest brother - not so much. I'd have ideas where I wanted him to go and when the time to write them came Dacien went the other direction. He had a mind of his own and made sure I knew it. <br /><br />The group disbanded around 2008/09 and I still miss writing them sometimes.<br /><br />KitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-88218932760634987612016-03-23T00:30:26.607-04:002016-03-23T00:30:26.607-04:00Yes!! I am currently revising my notes for what I ...Yes!! I am currently revising my notes for what I wanted to release AGES ago as a YouTube video series on elemental magic. It's been a NIGHTMARE. Not because I don't have the outline or matrial, but because I keep running into a brick wall with my technical capabilities and finding a feasible way to record it all in a quality way. <br /><br /> I've been really listening to some advice that another author friend with small children gave me and learning how to stop making excuses and stop trying to create the perfect environment to work from. I need to learn how to write and edit WITH the toddler climbing up my leg instead of attempting to find a time when she isn't while I'm still awake lol. <br /><br /> So far none of its proved life threatening, but it sure is putting a damper on my enthusiasm for the life of my career when I get so bogged down feeling like it will never happen. I'm not what I thinkof as a "real writer" and I need to change that mindset. I have got to stop thinking that because I didn't go to college and don't have the best grammar or mechanical usage in the world,that that has anything to do with the value of the content I have to share. <br /><br /> I'm so glad you survived this latest edition and can continue to write books that make us all so happy, and for inspiring me not to give up!theozarkwitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405332304705456182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5118905778148213851.post-13114526258973717472016-03-23T00:29:32.348-04:002016-03-23T00:29:32.348-04:00Yes!! I am currently revising my notes for what I ...Yes!! I am currently revising my notes for what I wanted to release AGES ago as a YouTube video series on elemental magic. It's been a NIGHTMARE. Not because I don't have the outline or matrial, but because I keep running into a brick wall with my technical capabilities and finding a feasible way to record it all in a quality way. <br /><br /> I've been really listening to some advice that another author friend with small children gave me and learning how to stop making excuses and stop trying to create the perfect environment to work from. I need to learn how to write and edit WITH the toddler climbing up my leg instead of attempting to find a time when she isn't while I'm still awake lol. <br /><br /> So far none of its proved life threatening, but it sure is putting a damper on my enthusiasm for the life of my career when I get so bogged down feeling like it will never happen. I'm not what I thinkof as a "real writer" and I need to change that mindset. I have got to stop thinking that because I didn't go to college and don't have the best grammar or mechanical usage in the world,that that has anything to do with the value of the content I have to share. <br /><br /> I'm so glad you survived this latest edition and can continue to write books that make us all so happy, and for inspiring me not to give up!theozarkwitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405332304705456182noreply@blogger.com