[stylist] The Writing Process

Tue Feb 8 18:56:43 UTC 2011

Joe,

Hold on.  I hate when you have an idea and it won't come out of your
head, or worse, when you have no ideas.

Try rearranging things, try some prompts-- maybe the story is taking a
new direction.

Keep this in mind, you are a good writer and this does not keep you from
creating other material.

It will come back-- just wait and see.  You will have an Ah Ha moment,
light will shine down from heaven and the angels will sing your praises!
LOL

Always here for a friend and fellow writer.

Bridgit

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   1. The Writing Process (Joe Orozco)
   2. Re: The Writing Process (Robert Leslie Newman)
   3. Re: The Writing Process (Judith Bron)
   4. Re: The Writing Process (The Crowd)
   5. Re: The Writing Process (Donna Hill)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:56:49 -0500
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
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I sit down and write some more in my novel.

I think to myself, "Damn, that chapter wasn't half bad."

I come back X days later and discover that the not half bad work has no
place in my plot!

Good writing gone to waste?

Writing sucks. LOL

No, this is not a free verse poem.  It's a sorrowful cry of "woe is me!"
Something's going to have to go if I'm ever going to finish that blasted
book.

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant.

Joe

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam
Ewing

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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:36:48 -0600
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Joe, mmm do I smell --- plagiarism in this rant of yours? (I think I may
have written that --- but you know, the next day through it out!) 

My encouragement to you, dude! Write is right.

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I sit down and write some more in my novel.

I think to myself, "Damn, that chapter wasn't half bad."

I come back X days later and discover that the not half bad work has no
place in my plot!

Good writing gone to waste?

Writing sucks. LOL

No, this is not a free verse poem.  It's a sorrowful cry of "woe is me!"
Something's going to have to go if I'm ever going to finish that blasted
book.

Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant.

Joe

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam
Ewing

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Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:21:06 -0500
From: Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net>
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Joe, Yesterday I went back to a novel that I started some ten years ago.

Outside of the grammer being horrendous the plot is pretty good.  I
rewrote 
the first chapter giving it more teeth.  I'm working through the 700
plus 
page book.  This one is a goody!  Give yourself time.  The original
first 
chapter of my book is somewhere in ciber space.  I hope they don't
arrest me 
for polluting something we can't see.  You'll get it!  Good luck, Judith
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>I sit down and write some more in my novel.
>
> I think to myself, "Damn, that chapter wasn't half bad."
>
> I come back X days later and discover that the not half bad work has 
> no place in my plot!
>
> Good writing gone to waste?
>
> Writing sucks. LOL
>
> No, this is not a free verse poem.  It's a sorrowful cry of "woe is 
> me!" Something's going to have to go if I'm ever going to finish that 
> blasted book.
>
> Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant.
>
> Joe
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their 
> sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at 
> all."--Sam Ewing
>
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 08:53:26 -0600
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I know what it is like when you have to axe your lovelies. lol But it
wasn't 
time lost but practice!

Write on,
Atty

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:33:00 -0500
From: Donna Hill <penatwork at epix.net>
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Joe,
No good writing should go to waste. Set up a Folder for culled scenes. 
It will take away that awful feeling of having wasted your best efforts 
and will be a rich resource for future novels or stories. BTW, it's a 
wise writer who recognizes that a scene has no place in their plot.
Donna

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On 2/7/2011 8:56 PM, Joe Orozco wrote:
> I sit down and write some more in my novel.
>
> I think to myself, "Damn, that chapter wasn't half bad."
>
> I come back X days later and discover that the not half bad work has 
> no place in my plot!
>
> Good writing gone to waste?
>
> Writing sucks. LOL
>
> No, this is not a free verse poem.  It's a sorrowful cry of "woe is 
> me!" Something's going to have to go if I'm ever going to finish that 
> blasted book.
>
> Anyway, thanks for listening to my rant.
>
> Joe
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their 
> sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at 
> all."--Sam Ewing
>
>
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