tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post1507578414446089412..comments2023-05-30T04:55:18.889-05:00Comments on A Writer's Blog: Not WorkingScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06905515473737579937noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-54402311582343934262010-06-04T13:08:16.399-05:002010-06-04T13:08:16.399-05:00Early on, I have to fix it. A bad chapter stops me...Early on, I have to fix it. A bad chapter stops me in my tracks, because I know an early mistake or miscue can seriously get me off course. <br /><br />Great going on fixing things!Cynthia Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128418037470085123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-78517283513858791062010-06-04T11:26:58.629-05:002010-06-04T11:26:58.629-05:00I'm a big fan of planning out the major points...I'm a big fan of planning out the major points in advance, then writing a really sparse first draft of the whole thing (more of an extended synopsis with dialogue), and getting it all done at once. Then, after coming back to it later, it's easy to spot and fix the problems, and write a new draft from that.Laurence MacNaughtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183421490081237798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-33399910185485468002010-06-04T10:51:39.207-05:002010-06-04T10:51:39.207-05:00Honestly, I squeeze my eyes shut and just race on ...Honestly, I squeeze my eyes shut and just race on through the book until I'm done. Then I fix things later. At least that's what I did with this last book and that worked like a charm...so far. I only had two people read it as I went - my husband and my non-writer friend who's a great cheerleader. That way I knew that anything MAJORLY huge would get noticed if I needed to stop and fix something before the whole book fell apart.<br /><br />We all write differently, so I don't see it as a problem to fix things as you go. I did that with Monarch, but it took me longer to write it that way, I think.Michelle D. Argylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09696465137285587646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4110160045151463659.post-55637244388053548882010-06-04T10:37:36.559-05:002010-06-04T10:37:36.559-05:00I'm like you--I have to stop and fix things as...I'm like you--I have to stop and fix things as I go. I know those NaNoWriMo folks are great at spitting out the whole thing and fixing it later, but that just doesn't work for me. <br /><br />I'm so jealous of your hot and humid! We have cold and rainy. Yuck.Amy Allgeyer Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918884239971760853noreply@blogger.com