tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post6659794663508126002..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Writers on Writing: Anthony Graftonundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-64885888782496428192013-10-10T09:49:42.775-07:002013-10-10T09:49:42.775-07:00I have to admit that I try and do what he does wit...I have to admit that I try and do what he does with articles or chapters, and do them in as close to one draft as possible. On the other hand, I start with an outline. Obviously it's almost never practical to blast out a piece of academic writing in one go like that, so when I pick up again the first thing I do is read through what I did already, tweaking slightly here and there, to try and get myself to the same point in the argument as I was at when I had to stop. This doesn't work as well as doing it in one flood, though it is sometimes good at picking up bits that don't actually make sense when viewed in the cold light of day. But sometimes that means that I've just lost the point where I saw it most clearly.<br /><br />Anyway, once a text exists, and has been footnoted so that I know which bits I made up and can remove or replace them, there comes lots of revision and trying to get other people to read it (the last being the hardest bit). But really, the only reason I can't give you 7000 words in a day on something where I've worked my views out as far as an outline is that I almost never have the six or eight hours together to sit at the machine and do it, I'm afraid. (I talk like this too, until I'm stopped.) The real work is going on at the outline stage, for me, and that involves a lot of talking to myself, stalking round rooms and getting distracted by any book I pick up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-4290023543921447992013-07-30T16:00:28.663-07:002013-07-30T16:00:28.663-07:00I am now going to be obsessing over ways to incorp...I am now going to be obsessing over ways to incorporate a book wheel into future life somehow.chacha1http://www.ombailamos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-62605946704868222152013-07-29T13:08:15.522-07:002013-07-29T13:08:15.522-07:00Wow. If I could do 3500 words a day, I'd be a ...Wow. If I could do 3500 words a day, I'd be a multi-book author by now. Sigh.<br /><br />These days I do the happy monkey dance if I get even 100 words down.<br /><br />My problem is that I first start revising what I've written the day before and this throws me off I think. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing!Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625377988852170518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-60736457226688341682013-07-25T12:21:31.696-07:002013-07-25T12:21:31.696-07:00Whatever works, you know? Although I would probab...Whatever works, you know? Although I would probably let Duvall off the hook at this point. Seems unfair to make a 64-year-old sprint like that, even if Grafton is about the same age.Dr. Kosharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777054788430587906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-59583596074367629642013-07-25T10:14:26.005-07:002013-07-25T10:14:26.005-07:00I am chopped liver right beside you, Dame Eleanor....I am chopped liver right beside you, Dame Eleanor. I've been working diligently but my word count is about zero right now, except for prewriting. <br /><br />Fie, thanks for that perspective. As someone who's not a fiction writer, I've wondered if that would make a difference.<br /><br />Dr. Koshary, are you saying that in between writing sprints he bounces a ball off a wall and chases Shelley Duvall up the stairs? undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-72338046462825745742013-07-24T20:28:05.397-07:002013-07-24T20:28:05.397-07:00I am going to salve my put-in-my-place ego by tell...I am going to salve my put-in-my-place ego by telling myself that 3000 of those words per day are <br /><br />All work and no play makes Tony a dull boy.<br />All work and no play makes Tony a dull boy.<br />All work and no play...Dr. Kosharyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777054788430587906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-63110163469617288112013-07-23T21:39:19.194-07:002013-07-23T21:39:19.194-07:00When I write fiction, I can usually write 3500 wor...When I write fiction, I can usually write 3500 words a day. However, I always set a low goal so I can make myself feel like a rock star when I go well beyond it. Also, writing fiction is so much more freeing than writing research. I get hung up on single sentences when I'm writing scholarly stuff. With fiction, it's a lot less constrained. As long as you make sense and follow the rules you set up for yourself, it's not difficult to write even 7000 words a day. There's just a huge difference between categories/kinds of writing. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-28489792951639735272013-07-23T19:48:37.209-07:002013-07-23T19:48:37.209-07:00The bookwheel is way, way, way cool, but 3500 word...The bookwheel is way, way, way cool, but 3500 words a day????? No outline?? I am chopped liver.Dame Eleanor Hullhttp://dameeleanorhull.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com