tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post3552095515064607443..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Creative Writing - Progress Report 2Frikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-45901406249792188132012-01-17T15:15:46.331+00:002012-01-17T15:15:46.331+00:00When you find the answers please tell me dear Frik...When you find the answers please tell me dear Friko. I too am in the swamp, up to my armpits in crocdiles.<br /><br />Happy New Writing Year<br /><br />Isabel xIsabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62051494454103349292012-01-14T14:25:03.607+00:002012-01-14T14:25:03.607+00:00Good morning, Friko!
It's Saturday, the only ...Good morning, Friko!<br /><br />It's Saturday, the only day I've had in a bit to make the rounds and enjoy blogs.<br /><br />It's so useful to me on this day to read this post -- I have similar issues regarding writing, blogging and doing my art. Adding in the job, of course, puts a bit of a snarl in things. The necessary evil, I call it. But I write all day at work, and to come home Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-83920789330510286582012-01-14T04:44:18.873+00:002012-01-14T04:44:18.873+00:00I have always found that setting a daily word coun...I have always found that setting a daily word count goal to be the most successful for me. And most important, not to have any distractions or interruptions cause then I'll just go take care of them.Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813380986631007962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62138726998057392052012-01-14T04:31:09.250+00:002012-01-14T04:31:09.250+00:00It was very interesting for me to read all the com...It was very interesting for me to read all the comments with the various advices. I love reading but don’t care much for writing. I write my blog around my pictures. My pictures come first, then I write. I don’t care for my writing either. If I think in French and translate what I think it comes out better I believe, but I don’t do that often. I also think that writing a “memoir” would not Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-71552239328991590262012-01-14T01:46:28.340+00:002012-01-14T01:46:28.340+00:00May I just add that all of these sincere and thoug...May I just add that all of these sincere and thoughtful comments is proof to me that there are people waiting on your book . If they could write it for you they would:).<br />I assume this process will have transitions and learning curves and surprises. But it will be so worth it. <br /><br />all the best to you . Write to done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-5912089359371689462012-01-13T22:45:28.639+00:002012-01-13T22:45:28.639+00:00Dear Friko,
Here are a few thoughts on writing. So...Dear Friko,<br />Here are a few thoughts on writing. Some of this I've learned through working at the craft. Some, I've heard from others or read.<br /><br />First: Decide what you want to be able to say to yourself each night or at the end of each week. For example, do you want to be able to say each night, "I worked on my memoir today?" What is it you need to do to feel as if Dee Reaadyhttp://www.cominghometomyself.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-62347879601349582432012-01-13T21:29:25.116+00:002012-01-13T21:29:25.116+00:00I've heard so many wonderful things about you ...I've heard so many wonderful things about you from other bloggers. I just had to stop by. <br /><br />You sound very motivated. ;) <br />I have a hard time sticking to a schedule at times. If I don't write first thing in the morning, then I don't get a chance at all. <br /><br />I'm so glad to have stopped by :0)Crazy Life of a Writing Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064939499412649850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-2593980612053914162012-01-13T18:22:15.001+00:002012-01-13T18:22:15.001+00:00I've published a memoir and a history. Both pr...I've published a memoir and a history. Both projects took two years, pretty much full time.<br /><br />Many of these comments offer good advice. At the risk of severe overkill, here's mine. <br /><br />Being too rigid in your approach takes much of the pleasure out of creating a major work, but I think three things are important:<br /><br />1. Form a mindset that your writing project is Gabbygeezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-39553774358853348992012-01-13T18:16:47.016+00:002012-01-13T18:16:47.016+00:00Hi, Friko,
Good luck with you memoirs. Blogging is...Hi, Friko,<br />Good luck with you memoirs. Blogging is only as intriguing as the respondents, and you really have a following – takes a half-an-hour to read your comments! Blogging to me is not as important as my private work. When I was young, I had lots of free time. Now, I pick and choose my sessions at the keyboard. Time is such a critical factor, of which I am working on securing more of itJackie Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04337167666859961439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-52843388561752965792012-01-13T17:48:07.487+00:002012-01-13T17:48:07.487+00:00The initial writing is ok - you can just start typ...The initial writing is ok - you can just start typing on the keyboard, but the important part in a serious work is the revising and editing. At least that's what they tell me. And so the short stories and outlines for novels sit in a drawer unedited because I am always thinking of the next thing to write. Yours writing is always well crafted, Friko, a joy to come back to over and over again. Fredahttp://www.freda.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43701299234904856122012-01-13T16:16:51.879+00:002012-01-13T16:16:51.879+00:00i think writing is sometimes like going to the gym...i think writing is sometimes like going to the gym - you can always find reasons not to go unless you say "no, i will go regardless"<br /><br />Find a day and a time and a room if possible and commit that you will always use that time to write - and keep writing through the problems.<br /><br />"Give writers a window to stare out of and they will get no writing done" Stephen Don't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-83936273969271694342012-01-13T13:25:50.352+00:002012-01-13T13:25:50.352+00:00I still struggle with motivation and discipline an...I still struggle with motivation and discipline and probably always will. Blogging has improved things as far as writing goes--I try to maintain a regular schedule. And I do this with multiple blogs (including one blog devoted to memoir). But writing outside of blogging I find difficult. Same with reading. At least I don't sit around watching television or something like that.<br /><br /Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-56333176859615111972012-01-13T10:25:33.946+00:002012-01-13T10:25:33.946+00:00I have no useful suggestions. I need to write on t...I have no useful suggestions. I need to write on the spur of the moment, as the flow of words hits me. Often this happens on the bus, and the surge of creativity evaporates. When I set out to write, often it becomes very turgid. and I run out of inspiration and topics. I don't think I have a book in me which needs to be written, and I don't have sufficient recall to write the story of my persiflagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05161607100227748374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16571211454168185612012-01-13T03:32:58.482+00:002012-01-13T03:32:58.482+00:00Hello Friko,
Here is my advice. Try writing a me...Hello Friko,<br /><br />Here is my advice. Try writing a memoir about excuses. You say that you are good at these. I like the advice from Alice in Wonderland... Start at the beginning and when you get to the end... stop.<br /><br />I was sitting in the Portales once in Morelia Mexico. I saw a man sitting next to me hunched over a computer. I noted the model. I wanted to buy a similar one so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7783240228358966602012-01-13T01:16:17.118+00:002012-01-13T01:16:17.118+00:00Well Friko, I know that you are fine writer, and h...Well Friko, I know that you are fine writer, and have also got lots of interesting life to capture in a memoire. My advice would be to exercise some sort of scheduling discipline, but also not to berate yourself for any lack of words on the page or screen.<br /><br />You've reminded me of a much published writer I knew decades ago. I am sorry that he has now passed on, but my memories of Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-60369117553094656862012-01-13T00:35:14.972+00:002012-01-13T00:35:14.972+00:00If you HAD to write your memoir - say it was a cla...If you HAD to write your memoir - say it was a class you were taking and so many pages a day was your assignment, or part of your job was to write so many pages a day (I did have a job like that once) what would you do? How would you manage your time if this was a "must do?" Would it help to have an "office," a place where you only wrote and did nothing else? Perhaps you couldPaulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-45486190256200255782012-01-12T23:35:31.409+00:002012-01-12T23:35:31.409+00:00Just this: Don't think too hard over the first...Just this: Don't think too hard over the first draft. Find a voice you're comfortable with and plow through it, whenever time permits. Overlook rough patches and leave blanks for details that need to be filled in. Just get the skeleton up.Mark Kerstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13307987573435067415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-70232691883875559382012-01-12T23:30:08.064+00:002012-01-12T23:30:08.064+00:00I'd miscast myself as a memoirist.
I'm mor...I'd miscast myself as a memoirist.<br />I'm more of an off the hip whenever blogger. But your stuff is eminently accessible, at least for me. ~Mary<br /><br />ps deadlines in other areas of my life work for me. i very much respect deadlines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-55917433313973139532012-01-12T23:00:02.173+00:002012-01-12T23:00:02.173+00:00I have published 3 memoirs: 2003, 2005, and 2008....I have published 3 memoirs: 2003, 2005, and 2008.<br /><br />For each memoir, I bought a 3 ring binder, printed a picture with a title and my name under it, and placed it on the binder cover. Then I printed a title page, copyright page, and dedication page and inserted them into the binder. <br /><br />As I wrote one chapter after another, I inserted it into the binder. Before starting a new Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-73691428561738263302012-01-12T22:31:42.652+00:002012-01-12T22:31:42.652+00:00"When we let writing be a Big Deal, it is dif..."When we let writing be a Big Deal, it is difficult to do it. When we find that without our wanting it to, writing has become a Big Deal, we need to learn to negotiate. I negotiate by bribes:"<br /><br />"Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a long-term relationship." <br /><br />Julia Cameronsuenosdeuomihttp://uomis.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-68538545167664722182012-01-12T22:10:59.587+00:002012-01-12T22:10:59.587+00:00Friko, I so relate to needing focus and losing it ...Friko, I so relate to needing focus and losing it so easily, in blogging, in living life as a whole. What comes to mind is the writing of Julia Cameron, who is back with us here in The Land Of Enchantment, once again a local and an inspiration to creative folks world wide. If you have not checked out her book The Artist Way, maybe most famous, or The Right To Write, please do so. She gives very suenosdeuomihttp://uomis.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16931713849328858942012-01-12T20:31:39.487+00:002012-01-12T20:31:39.487+00:00Ah, Friko, if only I had the answer, I would have ...Ah, Friko, if only I had the answer, I would have written so much by now. Writing a blog has been good for me in that it keeps me disciplined to write something almost every day<br /><br />Writing a memoir is a bit different. I do my best work when I am alone and it is quiet. Some people work well with music in the background. I'm better without, so, late at night works for me, or very early Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-1270282730721445472012-01-12T17:27:01.805+00:002012-01-12T17:27:01.805+00:00As always, a very interesting post, Friko. I unde...As always, a very interesting post, Friko. I understand completely how one can become distracted from what is of primary importance in one's life. When that happens to me, however, there is an onset of depression, which, in turn, leads me to strip away what is nonessential in order that I can concentrate on the essential. I ask myself this: What really matters? Once I can answer that, I Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-488092641874473832012-01-12T16:45:09.786+00:002012-01-12T16:45:09.786+00:00A fascinating post and comments thread, Friko. Not...A fascinating post and comments thread, Friko. Not feeling the compulsion to write anything longer than a thoughtful blogpost, I can't offer much practical advice, other than the need to carve out a undisturbed chunk of time when you can truly concentrate. <br /><br />I had to do this when following a three-year course of study in the middle of a busy working life and it was HARD! Other Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-91903359891795758662012-01-12T16:24:25.822+00:002012-01-12T16:24:25.822+00:00You're asking a tough question Friko. Who know...You're asking a tough question Friko. Who knows from whence the crative muse springs? <br /><br />I have spent my life writing technical material,field reports, correspondence, etc. Creative writing eludes me, although I love the well-turned phrase. <br /><br />I think you write beautifully, which is why I keep coming back to your site. As for motivation, you can have all of the motivationschmidleysscribblins,wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com