Comments on: mad concentration skills, i — ooh! shiny! http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2009/10/mad-concentration-skills-i-ooh-shiny/ hunting on a humble scale Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:59:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: damselfly http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2009/10/mad-concentration-skills-i-ooh-shiny/comment-page-1/#comment-2279 damselfly Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:42:30 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2232#comment-2279 H'm. My routine's definitely been off lately - maybe that's at the heart of my problem. The tricky thing with this writing business is that either solution (time off, pushing through) might work, and might not, and there's no real way to tell which is the best for any given situation. Ah well. C'est la vie. H'm. My routine's definitely been off lately – maybe that's at the heart of my problem.

The tricky thing with this writing business is that either solution (time off, pushing through) might work, and might not, and there's no real way to tell which is the best for any given situation.

Ah well. C'est la vie.

]]> By: Stephanie Gunn http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2009/10/mad-concentration-skills-i-ooh-shiny/comment-page-1/#comment-2278 Stephanie Gunn Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:59:09 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2232#comment-2278 For me, the only thing that really works is routine - sitting down every day and writing *something*, even if it's crap and has to just be deleted the next day (which is damn frustrating). Eventually, the crap will stop and I'll get something good. I was reading a post on LJ earlier today where someone was talking about a similar issue - coming up against a portion of the novel in progress where she had no idea what was going to happen. She tried doing some stream of consciousness writing - basically having a conversation with herself about what needed to happen - and eventually found what she needed. If all else fails, of course, just taking some time off and doing other things helps, too. For me, the only thing that really works is routine – sitting down every day and writing *something*, even if it's crap and has to just be deleted the next day (which is damn frustrating). Eventually, the crap will stop and I'll get something good.

I was reading a post on LJ earlier today where someone was talking about a similar issue – coming up against a portion of the novel in progress where she had no idea what was going to happen. She tried doing some stream of consciousness writing – basically having a conversation with herself about what needed to happen – and eventually found what she needed.

If all else fails, of course, just taking some time off and doing other things helps, too.

]]> By: damselfly http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2009/10/mad-concentration-skills-i-ooh-shiny/comment-page-1/#comment-2277 damselfly Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:24:23 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2232#comment-2277 Heh. Sadly, this is one of my normal tricks, but it's not working so well lately. Heh. Sadly, this is one of my normal tricks, but it's not working so well lately.

]]> By: Sir Tessa http://deborahkalin.com/damselfly/2009/10/mad-concentration-skills-i-ooh-shiny/comment-page-1/#comment-2276 Sir Tessa Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:14:15 +0000 http://deborahkalin.com/?p=2232#comment-2276 Ummm... Uhhhh... If I write, then that's one less thing to beat myself up about? Ummm…

Uhhhh…

If I write, then that's one less thing to beat myself up about?

]]>