tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post1359254652824020629..comments2024-03-27T23:59:01.850-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): 20 Ways To Sabotage Your WritingChris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-48586241997208458462018-04-19T13:51:10.476-07:002018-04-19T13:51:10.476-07:00Thanks for this. It´s not that we don´t know it, b...Thanks for this. It´s not that we don´t know it, but more like it allows us to grasp just how stupid things we actually resort to that end up sending us soooo far from what we say we want! <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11115478181926487156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-79237676199092213452017-06-09T14:49:34.266-07:002017-06-09T14:49:34.266-07:00One of the reasons I love you, Chris, is that you ...One of the reasons I love you, Chris, is that you get me to close my browser and go back to work. And my 7th book will be out in a week or two -- which means I have been proofing, at which I am awful, while Book 5 in the Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy series starts coalescing in my head. Plus, well, see my next blog-posts. Exciting news tangentially on the writing front is coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-45198355608213267632017-06-08T11:37:18.350-07:002017-06-08T11:37:18.350-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365440368469994795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-66815003667025213852017-02-23T07:12:18.969-08:002017-02-23T07:12:18.969-08:00Thank you. Just, thank you. I really needed this a...Thank you. Just, thank you. I really needed this article.<br />(I love you, by the way.)Ameliahttp://albertfloyd.over-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-89350234303454908112017-02-21T13:14:39.000-08:002017-02-21T13:14:39.000-08:00it's funny and nice in a way and it could actu...it's funny and nice in a way and it could actually work for other activities as for writing ..but are you being passive-aggressive ?! are you okay ??<br />P.s I am not a writer, and English isn't my mother tongue but I love "writing about writing" :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-26980442484323885862015-10-07T13:58:28.358-07:002015-10-07T13:58:28.358-07:00it's funny the text even makes its own writer ...it's funny the text even makes its own writer anxious (guess it's a price you have to pay for being a preacher) - anyway so he tries to reassure himself (about the journalist job): <br />"Be careful. Many of these may not work to sabotage yourself if you don't use them properly. For example, if you can come home from your writing job and spend time writing fiction rather than "being burned out," you might end up just writing TWICE as much."<br />overall, a good read though. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-76341713634996174762014-01-28T20:38:31.736-08:002014-01-28T20:38:31.736-08:00Yeah, I've done it four times. I'm quadru...Yeah, I've done it four times. I'm quadruply dooooooomed.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-41708271856414878552014-01-28T17:12:09.179-08:002014-01-28T17:12:09.179-08:00I already did 12... I'm DoooooooomedI already did 12... I'm DoooooooomedBlotzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993967190131485391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-89220915047670254792013-07-19T11:47:41.895-07:002013-07-19T11:47:41.895-07:00Looove it so much that I just tweeted it! Thank yo...Looove it so much that I just tweeted it! Thank you for articulating my expensive lessons and for affirming some ideas I have suspected but couldn't articulate. I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for sharing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830239009448701752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-45792585474603682672013-07-17T10:45:08.568-07:002013-07-17T10:45:08.568-07:00Thanks for saying so! :) Thanks for saying so! :) Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-54306410991012056642013-07-17T10:42:12.656-07:002013-07-17T10:42:12.656-07:00Ouch at #20. Yes, I'm a technical writer. It&#...Ouch at #20. Yes, I'm a technical writer. It's my day job and it's what puts food on my table. But I do not for ONE MINUTE equate that to being a "writer" as far as this blog's definition goes. It's an entirely different ballpark and has an entirely different set of rules and expectations. I do not use that as an excuse or justification on why I don't write because I openly admit that I'm lazy as heck :D <br /><br />On a less-trying-to-be-jokey note, I never thought about NaNoWriMo that way. I've participated in it for half a decade (and won a whopping amount of once) but I think it's because I always approached it as a way to get myself out of the lazy-funk-cycle. Whether it's been effective is anyone's guess because I'm also biased against myself. I think my cheerleader voice has permanent laryngitis. Either that or I can't hear her over the critic's screams over the megaphone pointed directly into my ear.<br /><br />Thanks for this article. It's a good kick in the pants reminder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-30331690326559121602013-05-29T14:24:35.388-07:002013-05-29T14:24:35.388-07:00Thank you!Thank you!Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-5105552459593082052012-10-10T22:57:03.356-07:002012-10-10T22:57:03.356-07:00Great article!Great article!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-87511513416449367052012-08-19T19:06:57.924-07:002012-08-19T19:06:57.924-07:00Well, in that case, glad to be a part of something...Well, in that case, glad to be a part of something so positive. Sorry the visa thing turned into such a nightmare! I can't says as I mind the idea of you being close enough to actually hug a couple of times, but that's an awfully high price.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-75362442566830521282012-08-19T18:56:40.720-07:002012-08-19T18:56:40.720-07:00No guilt! This was much more of a Rocky training m...No guilt! This was much more of a Rocky training montage kind of moment "get your ass out of that chair and get to writing missy!" type of thing :) <br /><br />And I busted out 2000 words because of this article, which makes you all kinds of awesome Mr Writing Coach Dude :D<br /><br />I'll be back stateside as of next week and back in California a couple weeks later. Then I'll be around for a while! Going to take a long long time (at least a year, probably two) to get a permanent residency visa sorted out to come back to Australia on my own (no depending on sponsorship or anything). Eponahttp://indiebits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-63175506016370215142012-08-19T15:33:23.645-07:002012-08-19T15:33:23.645-07:00Nice! I never meant to guilt anyone, but if it...Nice! I never meant to guilt anyone, but if it's motivation of the being-called-a-pussy-by-your-physical-trainer type than I guess that's awesome! Though....I might not be following your updates closely enough. You're moving??? Are you coming back stateside?Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-72954348293617529332012-08-19T14:36:22.777-07:002012-08-19T14:36:22.777-07:00So I'm sitting here thinking to myself "t...So I'm sitting here thinking to myself "there's no way I'm going to be able to keep indieBits updated - I need to get everything ready to move back overseas, then there's going to be PAX and oh man...it's just not going to happen!" <br /><br />Then I read your post, I quit my bitching and now I'm taking my ipad out to a cafe without wifi and won't come back until I have an article finished. <br /><br />Thank you for helping me get off my ass and write. <br /><br />...or at least move my ass to a more writing-friendly place :PEponahttp://indiebits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-10266458360538220752012-08-01T18:45:53.498-07:002012-08-01T18:45:53.498-07:00I am SO relieved to see you chime in on this with ...I am SO relieved to see you chime in on this with that feedback, Shannon! I was sitting there after I posted thinking of YOU, and hoping you didn't find that one offensive.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-49433543999581321512012-08-01T18:33:58.025-07:002012-08-01T18:33:58.025-07:00Can't stress how right you are with #20 enough...Can't stress how right you are with #20 enough! The best way to cure yourself of even liking to write in the first place is to start doing some form of professional wordsmithing for a living. <br /><br />Eventually it will no longer be about finding the time or the energy (which honestly are really difficult, as opposed to just an excuse) though. Sooner or later you'll just start seizing at the sight of an open Word document period.Shannon Hilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373611581924010609noreply@blogger.com