tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post6969599625330175718..comments2024-02-29T08:32:06.071-07:00Comments on Amanda's To Read or Not to Read?: Writing Pains, Camp NaNo, & the WIP That WILL End! #AmWritingAmanda K Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15000002384434214329noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post-31243303513855027062017-04-07T09:16:06.050-06:002017-04-07T09:16:06.050-06:00Much appreciated. ^_^Much appreciated. ^_^Amanda K Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000002384434214329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post-13250054354028148152017-04-06T15:59:18.477-06:002017-04-06T15:59:18.477-06:00Good luck! I have faith in you!Good luck! I have faith in you!JezzebellJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810958025835878964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post-32243720379970584142017-04-06T00:14:16.620-06:002017-04-06T00:14:16.620-06:00I've actually been sitting on this post for a ...I've actually been sitting on this post for a while, because I was afraid it sounded whiny, but now I'm glad I posted it. I forget how often other writers relate to all my frustrations! I mean, it sucks we're all in the same boat, but at least now we've got fellow writing beasts to commiserate with!<br /><br />Looking forward to your next Sunday post! Until then, here's to daily word goals and never giving up! *clink glasses*Amanda K Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000002384434214329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post-74297701036048868992017-04-06T00:09:57.776-06:002017-04-06T00:09:57.776-06:00Thanks, Brenda; it's much needed!Thanks, Brenda; it's much needed!Amanda K Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000002384434214329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post-46220993745556053202017-04-06T00:09:45.608-06:002017-04-06T00:09:45.608-06:00Thanks! (I was pretty happy with the gifs I found,...Thanks! (I was pretty happy with the gifs I found, too.)<br />Hey, no problem! Definitely not meant to be a guilt post. Just a me thinking-out-loud-to-figure-it-all-out post. ;)Amanda K Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15000002384434214329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post-21563118911909151362017-04-05T12:55:21.478-06:002017-04-05T12:55:21.478-06:00Awesome post, Ms. Amanda. And those gifs are perfe...Awesome post, Ms. Amanda. And those gifs are perfect! (especially the one with Kermit the frog)<br /><br />P.S. sorry for asking the "bad question" in the past.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06240427665530633253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post-82008180245334771162017-04-05T12:16:06.765-06:002017-04-05T12:16:06.765-06:00Sounds like you're defiantly on the right trac...Sounds like you're defiantly on the right track and wishing you much luck!!!Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13260139292374478327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2661687199691935907.post-29024426717440031462017-04-05T11:33:03.021-06:002017-04-05T11:33:03.021-06:00Oh my beautiful writing beast sista!
This is why ...Oh my beautiful writing beast sista!<br /><br />This is why I love ti visit your blog!<br /><br />I can related to EVERY SINGLE WORD here! :)<br /><br />The idea of my book came to me when I was booooored to death because I had been out on bed rest for two months with daughter WHO IS EIGHT now! I didn’t start writing until three years later so it has been a WIP for FIVE years OMG! And yes, I started writing when I was six so everyone asks why it has taken me SOOO LOOOONG. I even posted about it on my blog. “Why is my WIP always a WIP?” which by the way I just visited now because I couldn’t remember the title and saw your comment. THANKS! Sorry I had not seen it until now! <br /><br />So YES SISTA I AM WITH YOU!<br /><br />Writing is damn hard people, get off our backs! If you don’t want to get splash with boiling rage [I don’t handle my frustrations well either ;-) ]<br /><br />Yes! Yes! Yes! To everything here! When you are writing every corner you turn, every new plot detail you discover, sends you into another wall! <br /><br />No one could have said it better Amanda!<br /> <br />Plotting and outlining far in advance is really hard for me too! To me is like giving birth! It does kill the joy of writing. <br /><br />For the past years I also considered myself a big failure! Until I realized that my lack of plotting and organization were to blame too! so I decide to plot seriously but I had to put my learning of Scrivener aside for a while because of Camp NaNo it was more complex than I though. I came up with my own set of excel spreadsheets and word structure that is working just fine for now. My word file also felt oppressive before I added the outline, now not so much. And my WIP now feels like an entirely new thing as well and it is much easier to write my 1K daily goal now. <br /><br />I’m glad to hear you also found what worked for you and the floodgates had been opened! <br /><br />Yay for that “I will make headway, every day, every week.” Resolution! Can’t wait to hear more about that new world you created and its complex magic system! <br /><br />I will be sharing more of my experience on my next Sunday post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178857439584119475noreply@blogger.com