tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post1731564617315403416..comments2023-10-15T11:23:35.339+01:00Comments on Hawkins Bizarre: progressAlishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-78315407544374626632008-08-04T09:09:00.000+01:002008-08-04T09:09:00.000+01:00Hi Rachel - yes, I know there are times when I nee...Hi Rachel - yes, I know there are times when I need to live a little more in the moment but when you know something is fundamentally wrong I think you've got to go for it, otherwise you may end up writing the end to the wrong book!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-9490794067722469892008-08-03T02:34:00.000+01:002008-08-03T02:34:00.000+01:00Alis, i soooo relate to this post. You have put in...Alis, i soooo relate to this post. You have put into words a problem I have been having - the "helicoptering". Although I think we do have to give ourselves a break and maybe even switch the helicopter off for a whole draft just to live in the moment. You can always get those blades going once a draft is in the bag.Rachael Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-55655385633237479972008-08-01T07:28:00.000+01:002008-08-01T07:28:00.000+01:00Hey, I expected to be done with my WIP at the star...Hey, I expected to be done with my WIP at the start of summer. (Time out for brays of laughter and some moments of weeping.) Alas, the book is the boss.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-75029829391515217092008-07-29T09:17:00.000+01:002008-07-29T09:17:00.000+01:00Karen, Akasha, Kat - thanks for all your kind word...Karen, Akasha, Kat - thanks for all your kind words. I will try to keep you posted about how it's all going. You are stars!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-74075070643740602412008-07-28T19:38:00.000+01:002008-07-28T19:38:00.000+01:00You are right to focus on your book. I on the othe...You are right to focus on your book. I on the other hand need to do more novel writing and less of everything else. (but then have had poorly hand - but excuses won't get me a publishing deal!) <BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work - I am sure your new novel will be worth it.<BR/><BR/>Kat :-)Kat Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176200521240664479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-20774005876349732042008-07-28T17:16:00.000+01:002008-07-28T17:16:00.000+01:00Hi Alis. I, too, had given myself a deadline. I wa...Hi Alis. I, too, had given myself a deadline. I wanted to have a completed polished draft of my novel by the end of this year...but things are looking grim. Time is eaten up far too quickly. I am still clinging to a fragile hope that I may be finished when I planned to be. But if I'm not...well...I'm not. Simple as that. The writing policeman won't be along to snatch me away (I hope!). <BR/><BR/>I completely agree with you about how hard it is to retain all the themes, dialogue, plots, turns in the story, that jump into your head when you're away from the computer and than vanish as soon as you sit at the keyboard. It happens to me all the time. So frustrating!<BR/><BR/>Hope to see you soon. <BR/><BR/>:DAkasha Savage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13482147165827577180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-39994591563404877542008-07-28T15:22:00.000+01:002008-07-28T15:22:00.000+01:00There are sadly only so many hours in the day, and...There are sadly only so many hours in the day, and so much energy to go round but your book'll be worth it in the end. Just keep us posted now and then :o)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-71781933612573065652008-07-28T14:13:00.000+01:002008-07-28T14:13:00.000+01:00Thanks Tim, much appreciated.Thanks Tim, much appreciated.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9088473527308746266.post-15790559996288444872008-07-28T11:36:00.000+01:002008-07-28T11:36:00.000+01:00I know where you are at the moment, Alis, if only ...I know where you are at the moment, Alis, if only because I'm in a pretty similar place myself!<BR/><BR/>Keep at it - you don't write a book as good as Testament by accident. However long it takes to get right, it *will* be right in the end...Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.com