Comments for Writr http://sambeaven.com A blog by author Sam Beaven Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:51:41 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Post-Nanowrimo by Sam http://sambeaven.com/?p=98&cpage=1#comment-98 Sam Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:51:41 +0000 http://sambeaven.com/?p=98#comment-98 I try to pacify my editor by promising to fix it later - if I notice a big issue I tend to note it in square brackets and all caps rather than going back and trying to fix it. The biggest inertia is starting, though - the idea is perfect as long as I keep it in my head, but the words that come out are invariably mundane So I tend to give my editor its own voice, and put it in those square brackets, so my manuscripts are littered with [THAT'S SHIT], [HWORK], [I THINK I'M GOING TO BE SICK], [HE'D NEVER SPEAK LIKE THAT] and so forth. Once it's out of my head I find it easier to ignore. Anyway, to actually answer your question: probably a week and a half. Then I got more into the swing of things. I try to pacify my editor by promising to fix it later – if I notice a big issue I tend to note it in square brackets and all caps rather than going back and trying to fix it.
The biggest inertia is starting, though – the idea is perfect as long as I keep it in my head, but the words that come out are invariably mundane
So I tend to give my editor its own voice, and put it in those square brackets, so my manuscripts are littered with [THAT'S SHIT], [HWORK], [I THINK I'M GOING TO BE SICK], [HE'D NEVER SPEAK LIKE THAT] and so forth. Once it’s out of my head I find it easier to ignore.
Anyway, to actually answer your question: probably a week and a half. Then I got more into the swing of things.

]]> Comment on Post-Nanowrimo by mazzz_in_Leeds http://sambeaven.com/?p=98&cpage=1#comment-97 mazzz_in_Leeds Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:59:03 +0000 http://sambeaven.com/?p=98#comment-97 I decided against attempting NaNo due to my inner editor being an insufferable pedant who never shuts up. You say you managed to put the lid on yours - curious as to how long it took for ths to happen? I decided against attempting NaNo due to my inner editor being an insufferable pedant who never shuts up. You say you managed to put the lid on yours – curious as to how long it took for ths to happen?

]]> Comment on Success! by Rev. Cos Ryan http://sambeaven.com/?p=87&cpage=1#comment-23 Rev. Cos Ryan Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:27:51 +0000 http://sambeaven.com/?p=87#comment-23 A very nice re-design indeed, sir, and glad to see progress being made. That's a lot o' words. A very nice re-design indeed, sir, and glad to see progress being made. That’s a lot o’ words.

]]> Comment on links for 2008-07-08 by staryTamsdami http://sambeaven.com/?p=59&cpage=1#comment-22 staryTamsdami Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:56:45 +0000 http://www.sambeaven.com/archives/links-for-2008-07-08/#comment-22 Tahnks for posting Tahnks for posting

]]> Comment on On Values as a characterization tool by What are your values? http://sambeaven.com/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-21 What are your values? Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:50:01 +0000 http://sam.sambeaven.com/?p=4#comment-21 [...] As with most things, I’ve found a way to relate this to writing fiction. More on that over here [...] [...] As with most things, I’ve found a way to relate this to writing fiction. More on that over here [...]

]]> Comment on On Values as a characterization tool by HifeLacking » What are your values? http://sambeaven.com/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-20 HifeLacking » What are your values? Sat, 09 Dec 2006 15:48:24 +0000 http://sam.sambeaven.com/?p=4#comment-20 [...] As with most things, I’ve found a way to relate this to writing fiction. More on that over here [...] [...] As with most things, I’ve found a way to relate this to writing fiction. More on that over here [...]

]]> Comment on 113847839274068766 by DarkHawke http://sambeaven.com/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-19 DarkHawke Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:50:00 +0000 http://sam.sambeaven.com/?p=22#comment-19 Thanks for pointing that out, hadn't realised my lack of conviction. I agree writers without much conviction are annoying, and I always balk at the phrase 'wannabe writer'. Thanks for pointing that out, hadn’t realised my lack of conviction. I agree writers without much conviction are annoying, and I always balk at the phrase ‘wannabe writer’.

]]> Comment on 113847839274068766 by Anonymous http://sambeaven.com/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-18 Anonymous Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:11:00 +0000 http://sam.sambeaven.com/?p=22#comment-18 Perhaps once you are capable of writing with some conviction and able to venture past the insecure-confessional ("Gosh...gee....I can't believe I've done this") format will you be able to change the title of your blog to "published author." Nothing is more annoying to a potential reader than a writer who doesn't believe in himself. Perhaps once you are capable of writing with some conviction and able to venture past the insecure-confessional (”Gosh…gee….I can’t believe I’ve done this”) format will you be able to change the title of your blog to “published author.” Nothing is more annoying to a potential reader than a writer who doesn’t believe in himself.

]]> Comment on 113683381520778405 by DarkHawke http://sambeaven.com/?p=20&cpage=1#comment-17 DarkHawke Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:22:00 +0000 http://sam.sambeaven.com/?p=20#comment-17 Oh, and kdavy's got it right - track 4's always the best one, and track 6 is normally pretty good. Oh, and kdavy’s got it right – track 4’s always the best one, and track 6 is normally pretty good.

]]> Comment on 113683381520778405 by DarkHawke http://sambeaven.com/?p=20&cpage=1#comment-16 DarkHawke Sat, 21 Jan 2006 02:21:00 +0000 http://sam.sambeaven.com/?p=20#comment-16 Yeah, bryan hit the nail on the head here. I would have used comments (indeed, I did for a while), but it was too much trouble when adding comments to multiple songs was too much of a hassle, the inbuilt iTunes comment updater overwrites existing comments if you're adding them to multiple files, and I hadn't discovered <a HREF="http://christopholis.com/?p=87" rel="nofollow">Chris's TuneTag</A> yet. I like this system now it's set up, but I'll definitely backup my ratings to comments periodically. Yeah, bryan hit the nail on the head here. I would have used comments (indeed, I did for a while), but it was too much trouble when adding comments to multiple songs was too much of a hassle, the inbuilt iTunes comment updater overwrites existing comments if you’re adding them to multiple files, and I hadn’t discovered Chris’s TuneTag yet.

I like this system now it’s set up, but I’ll definitely backup my ratings to comments periodically.

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