I’ve got a few words of wisdom for you from the talented Julie Leto. In her article Layering and Texturing (which is great btw and you can read it here.) she mentions a few things she says to post over your monitor. And I totally agree.
1) DON’T GET IT RIGHT, GET IT WRITTEN.
2) YOU CANNOT FIX A BLANK PAGE.
and my personal favorite:
3) GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO WRITE CRAP. Crap can be fixed. (See #2)
So, take her advice. Get something written. Then give yourself a big pat on the back.
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I love this. Julie is a smart funny lady and these are all right on.
I had a very productive day. I planted vegetables. ahem. I know, I know, but I’m really here to cheer you all on. I’m going to start in on Monday, though.
I think I said that last week. But that was just a week of research and brainstorming. I think this week I’ll really do it.
Hope everyone is having as beautiful a spring day as we are (finally) here in Wisconsin! We deserve it after a winter that nearly killed us all.
Isabel
Love it!
I had to take a week break to go work in Georgia on a remodel of the Columbus Books-A-Million. Now I am back home & I have been writing this evening. I am a very happy girl, right now. And that advice is very sound.
Linda gave me some good advice, too; to paraphrase, listen to the story your characters are telling you, even if its not what you’d planned. Surprises can be good for your sotry 7 so far i have to agree with her 100%.
BTW…just curious…to the folks running the site, if they see these posts…any reason why I am not listed as one of the challengers? No biggy, just wondering…
Back to my ghost story! Yay!
:hug
Justine
oops, forgot to check in with my word count: Word says I now have 6890 to my name…
:write
Justine
I’m at 8,300. It may be slow, but it is progress
We are having a rainy weekend. I’ve been working on the edits for my November book and laboring over the second chapter of my WIP. I haven’t added many words to my tally but I have made progress. Back to work….
We had a bitterly cold, wet weekend in Melbourne. Brrr…
:clap Justine and Emily
I’ve heard Nora Roberts speak several times and one of the things she always says is “you can’t fix a blank page.” Simple advice, but true!