Comments on: To write, perchance to not edit

By: Annette

Annette — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:59:49 +0000

Interesting. I’m guessing that the things she had to say in her novel matched closely with the things she was pouring onto her blog and that created the problem. I’ve seen the same thing where people talk through their entire story and then have nothing left to write about. Fortunately, my tastes run to mysteries (murder and mayhem!) and literary fiction, and I’m not a hardcore blogger – some of them post all day, every day. I have too many other things to do to spend all day long on a blog.

By: Zoe Ann

Zoe Ann — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:58:57 +0000

Food for thought – heard an essay by a ex- blogger on NPR today. She blogged for 5 years; was contacted by publishers asking about her book. She had written no book. She finally figured out that blogging was keeping her from writing her book.She stopped writing on her blog and finally wrote her novel.

By: Annette

Annette — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 23:27:59 +0000

Add geeky stuff like knowledgebase articles and how-tos to that list…

By: Zoe Ann

Zoe Ann — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:37:22 +0000

Writers write because they have to write. Some write ads ( like I did for 25 years); some write newspaper articles; magazine articles; letters to grandma; on the back of napkins; song lyrics; poetry; some in a leather journal or on a blog; some write grants like I do today. And some, ah yes, some of the brave write short stories or novels! and try to get them published. Published for all the world to see and critique. What stops me from the longer, more public venues? Fear! But still I write something and that is better than nothing.

By: Writer's cramp

Writer's cramp — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:42:53 +0000

A tragedy. A miserable friggin’ waste for those who need to hear. Write, write and write you should. Don’t cheat us, the world, out of one more moment of truth.