That sounds interesting. I actually have another project I've been thinking about. Might be fun to at least let myself make some outlines and...
Liz, I know some how that you are right. I've noticed that many times in a lot of areas. I've taken time away from a piece that was vocally...
Ed, Thanks for every drop of this. I think it will be easier to go back to the work if I don't surround it with guilt. I never considered that...
That's the way I worked when I did the research and when I wrote, for over a year that was my approach. That's why I feel out of sorts.
What's making this odd is that for the first time since I started writing in earnest I'm not ruminating while doing other things nor am I studying...
I didn't expect to get this kind of answer. I've been thinking that I need to crack the whip. Thank you. I like the things I'm presently obsessed...
I want to, need to, hear from writers who have fallen away while editing or who have a good system to work steadily while editing. When I was...
Very true, algae is the a great idea, but any scoop of dirt is teaming with life. A crack in the sidewalk has plants pushing up; any place where...
These ideas are not synthetic but they are ways people might use what is around and develop it. Some of the usefulness depends on how far it is...
Since I started this post I've done a bit of all of the above and it's really getting there. I will poke around with King Lear again. Haven't read...
I absolutely agree. I just wrote a passage where the character is speaking to someone: "I was speaking to the gentleman on the cot next to mine,...
I'm a nut, I was only viewing the first page so I've just read this from you. Thanks again. I'm sure I can get the book for my kindle or for a...
Generally true but not close to "Never." See JMC3's reply.
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