tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post4873642971969197118..comments2024-03-27T23:59:01.850-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): The Mailbox: Writing Every DayChris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-74888545898249539022017-05-07T18:59:24.203-07:002017-05-07T18:59:24.203-07:00Are your poems like the metaphor you gave at the e...Are your poems like the metaphor you gave at the end?Shashank | शशांकhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031429660173875944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-9557398749827164342017-04-21T16:15:59.741-07:002017-04-21T16:15:59.741-07:00Editing is a chore on its own. I believe it's ...Editing is a chore on its own. I believe it's a part of the writing process. And it's even harder than just writing. Xceptional43http://4unansweredprayers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-45892166175776970572017-04-21T05:28:42.480-07:002017-04-21T05:28:42.480-07:00For many years, I did not write every day. I was ...For many years, I did not write every day. I was not a writer in fact, I was a writer in the realm of gauze. I started posting on Facebook, that led to idea after idea. I piqued the attention of a few followers and I woke up. Now, the journal entries are almost every day and the poems flow much better. The more you masturbate, the better you get at it and the more you want to do it. Eventually, someone will pay to watch.robertontheairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347703597606351123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-87128660958781962842017-04-21T04:56:14.520-07:002017-04-21T04:56:14.520-07:00Some people write for the creative outlet and not ...Some people write for the creative outlet and not for money. Salinger said one should write for ones self and put it on a shelf. If it becomes known as literature, it will, on it's own merit.<br />I don't think most people are talking about literature though.Just like popular music, flavor of the day, writing is the same. It doesn't have to be fine literary prose, it just has to be popular.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126699140054442718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-53861974168518435862017-04-21T01:01:04.411-07:002017-04-21T01:01:04.411-07:00Where do you see the editing process in this? I...Where do you see the editing process in this? I've found it can feel more like work than writing itself, but does it count as writing? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-69010028091186067882013-01-07T16:16:45.273-08:002013-01-07T16:16:45.273-08:00I sometimes get one day off.I sometimes get one day off.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-37959823915816766452013-01-07T16:02:42.179-08:002013-01-07T16:02:42.179-08:00There isn't a single writer I know who makes t...There isn't a single writer I know who makes their living writing but doesn't write every day. (And I know...a few.) They usually don't even have weekends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-57181551821987583902012-12-26T22:35:50.498-08:002012-12-26T22:35:50.498-08:00Yeah, it's a toughie, which is why I tried to ...Yeah, it's a toughie, which is why I tried to explain WHY I suggest it so thoroughly. You're going to find a lot of people who seek permission not to do things when they're hard and who are relieved when they find such permission. Only they--in their most sincere moments of self honesty--can really know if they are truly less creative if they write every day or if they are latching onto an excuse. I think MOST people are latching onto an excuse. But as I show, argument ad populum doesn't necessarily track with who is successful. If given the choice between Stephen King, JK Rowling, and Anne Rice or a blogger I've never heard of who's published two kid's books, I know whose advice I'm going to take.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-54088174270960539142012-12-26T22:31:08.143-08:002012-12-26T22:31:08.143-08:00There is a lot of "permission" out there...There is a lot of "permission" out there not to write every day for the sake of creativity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-87922459550310404142012-12-06T23:14:05.183-08:002012-12-06T23:14:05.183-08:00Most of the big name authors are stanch advocates ...Most of the big name authors are stanch advocates of daily writing--at least for anyone who desires to even remotely emulate their career arcs.<br /><br />Rowling also said: "I write nearly every day. Some days I write for ten or eleven hours. Other days I might only write for three hours. It really depends on how fast the ideas are coming."<br /><br />For those who want to be the next Rowling, it is probably better to listen to Rowling herself than some unpublished blogger or one-shot-wonder who says it's no big deal.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-5384611429080383302012-12-06T20:22:12.846-08:002012-12-06T20:22:12.846-08:00I did this "experiment" about four years...I did this "experiment" about four years ago. It was before I realized that the industry had already changed and those who weren't changing with it were being swept away.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-53693601700276801872012-12-06T20:19:53.461-08:002012-12-06T20:19:53.461-08:00You seem kind of big into self publishing and indu...You seem kind of big into self publishing and industry evolution. Why didn't you include self-published books in those that "counted"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-7408615769213841762012-12-06T18:00:07.554-08:002012-12-06T18:00:07.554-08:00Yep. JK Rowling said she would have never written...Yep. JK Rowling said she would have never written anything if she only wrote when it didn't feel like work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com