Comments on: Courage For Hopeful Writers

By: Shawn Speakman

Shawn Speakman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:31:19 +0000

Yeah, the month thing is true. I don’t actually think like that so I don’t know why I wrote it that way.
Instead, I will write several hours in the morning after I have gone to the gym. That way I get some work done before I write my Suvudu post.
Which gives me a new article to write, now that I think about it…

By: JDMcDonnell

JDMcDonnell — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:16:00 +0000

Actually, wouldn’t it be neat to have had poet ee cummings rewrite Lord of the Rings from Golem’s point of view? I’m just sayin….
I can’t really add anything except that maybe you might be putting a little too much weight on the importance of time.
I am going to finish this rewrite on The Dark Thorn within a month. That is the time I have given myself.
It’s nice to see such determination, yet you could just be short circuiting your own best efforts. Personally I would try an affirmation of, “I’m going to rewrite this thing at least two hours every night until it’s absolutely pristine.”

By: Lost Wanderer

Lost Wanderer — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:47:37 +0000

This is a very motivating post. I have never had a fear of writing, but I certainly have a fear of editing, and also of showing my work to people for feedback – but then I don’t really know many people who are able to give feedback.
But now I am tackling the fear of editing, and trying not to let a lot of revisions discourage me.

By: PacRim Jim

PacRim Jim — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:13:46 +0000

The self-doubt can be paralyzing.