tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post4661852774181747516..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Writing procrastination makes the newsundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-40726425599576961682011-03-30T21:07:07.344-07:002011-03-30T21:07:07.344-07:00I'm not finished but it's much more Englis...I'm not finished but it's much more English department-y than Boice, as in, it really recognizes that writing is creative. It still says, keep a schedule, don't be a perfectionist on the first draft and be happy to get something small done each day. BUT it emphasizes that it's more often than not a struggle, even for the most experienced and successful writers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-77784466065413074902011-03-25T12:06:31.086-07:002011-03-25T12:06:31.086-07:00profacero, thanks for the reference to Bird by Bir...profacero, thanks for the reference to <i>Bird by Bird</i>. I've heard that that's a really good book for getting rid of procrastination.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-28256226684574125982011-03-23T12:47:08.401-07:002011-03-23T12:47:08.401-07:00Annie Lamott: http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Some-Inst...Annie Lamott: http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Some-Instructions-Writing-Life/dp/0385480016/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1<br /><br />Someone just turned me onto this and it goes a lot more to my issues than Boyce does. Boyce, schmoyce, I could blow him out of the water on time management, pacing, speed, and the rest. But, in order to do that, I have to have some sort of self respect going on. I think my issue about Boyce is his condescension: he assumes the problem is laziness or not knowing how to get things done, not oppression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-37430923666117631472011-03-21T21:00:48.134-07:002011-03-21T21:00:48.134-07:00I thought it was really convoluted, that second on...I thought it was really convoluted, that second one, when I read it but I think now I see. Writing requires concentration and I remember many years ago, as in during college, thinking of it as a form of death. You have to make progress, but do not control the environment ... as in a journey through the underworld.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-32755235814795257252011-03-19T10:01:24.521-07:002011-03-19T10:01:24.521-07:00If you're a Jungian, as the second person is, ...If you're a Jungian, as the second person is, I'm not sure that you have a self apart from all those warring figures within you. But yes, you're right. The thing I found most interesting is that there was this elaborate Jungian structure to say "get in the chair and write."undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-49378748313555918892011-03-19T00:57:05.014-07:002011-03-19T00:57:05.014-07:00I say authorship and authority are related. You ha...I say authorship and authority are related. You have to give authority to your manuscript and to yourself, and insist that the external authorities involved remain secondary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com