tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post5558395249455961141..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: Blogging the scholarly writing process at Georgetownundinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-13124394606565614972009-10-28T17:32:49.009-07:002009-10-28T17:32:49.009-07:00Z, that sounds like a good mantra. I hadn't th...Z, that sounds like a good mantra. I hadn't thought of it as "touching" the work, but it's absolutely easier if you do.<br /><br />Ink, I'm adopting Flannery O'Connor's idea (if that who it is). Of course, my job apparently is being a doorman to cats, judging from the number of times I jump up to let them out every day, but maybe an idea will slip in there.<br /><br />Anonymous, Hemingway used to do that, too; I didn't know that modern writers did as well. "Ten more words"--there are days like that for sure.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-83711421380966623412009-10-28T16:09:36.868-07:002009-10-28T16:09:36.868-07:00Some writers leave off writing deliberately just w...Some writers leave off writing deliberately just when they're on a roll and a high so that they have something to look forward to the next day and can't wait to get back to it! Colm Toibin for one ... and John Banville said sometimes he might only write ten words in a day but that's ten more words than if he hadn't written. <br />They both write by pen in cursive script initially. <br /><br />Maeve Binchy, when she was working full time as a journalist, used get up at 5.00 a.m. and write until 8 a.m. each morning. She kept all her materials on a tea trolley under the stairs as she had no study at that time, but this little device ensured she didn't lose time or thought looking for stuff. <br /><br />Irrespective of genre ALL are agreed it is essential to keep in touch with your script on a daily basis. <br /><br />Good motivational post Undine. Many thanks ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-31766504888729709412009-10-28T08:34:34.050-07:002009-10-28T08:34:34.050-07:00I can't think how it goes exactly, but someone...I can't think how it goes exactly, but someone (Flannery O'Connor?) once said something about her job was to be at her desk every day in case the idea came along. And then if it did, she was there for it.<br /><br />That idea helps me get to my desk when I don't feel like it. :)Inkhttp://inktopia.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-39172873537172115632009-10-27T21:07:03.177-07:002009-10-27T21:07:03.177-07:00Excellent post and all true. It is so much easier ...Excellent post and all true. It is so much easier to get into if you touch it every day. For one thing. And you then don't have to be in the right mood, or feeling fresh, or whatever, if say at the outset you're only going to put in an hour and you don't have to accomplish much, just accomplish something.Zhttp://profacero.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com