Comments on: Step 5: Write! http://www.novelr.com/2007/04/25/step-5-write Hacking Publishing Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle E http://www.novelr.com/2007/04/25/step-5-write/comment-page-1#comment-3919 Michelle E Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:10:38 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/step-5-write#comment-3919 Personally, I took a workshop that stated that blooking was a tool for when you publish your book. You can send stats about who has viewed your book and so forth. It's also a promotional tool. I don't know if I'll take it to the finished product online, but the first or second draft maybe...because my first draft if like my outline - it's going to change. Personally, I took a workshop that stated that blooking was a tool for when you publish your book. You can send stats about who has viewed your book and so forth. It’s also a promotional tool. I don’t know if I’ll take it to the finished product online, but the first or second draft maybe…because my first draft if like my outline – it’s going to change.

]]> By: Blooks - Between Angst and Opportunity « Future Perfect Publishing http://www.novelr.com/2007/04/25/step-5-write/comment-page-1#comment-921 Blooks - Between Angst and Opportunity « Future Perfect Publishing Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:41:29 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/step-5-write#comment-921 [...] Novelr.com provides some tips on writing a blook vs. the traditional book manuscript. But has anyone published a formula for blooking success? Not that I’ve discovered. But for a little fun – with a dash of truth – check out Susi Weaser’s post The 10 Blooking Commandments on ShinyShiny.  [...]

]]> By: Eli James http://www.novelr.com/2007/04/25/step-5-write/comment-page-1#comment-283 Eli James Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:59:57 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/step-5-write#comment-283 Well said Gloria. I'm still reading through Stonyfields - not so easy after my absense from the web threw everything into uproar (50 emails and this ongoing series and etc) - but the first thing that struck me about Stonyfields was the passion in it. I'm not so sure about the 'stories we HAVE to write' part - maybe the stories we are destined to write? I try not to think about where my ideas come from. I just write. And I love it. May the pen be with you, Gloria. ;P Well said Gloria. I’m still reading through Stonyfields – not so easy after my absense from the web threw everything into uproar (50 emails and this ongoing series and etc) – but the first thing that struck me about Stonyfields was the passion in it.

I’m not so sure about the ‘stories we HAVE to write’ part – maybe the stories we are destined to write?

I try not to think about where my ideas come from. I just write. And I love it.

May the pen be with you, Gloria.

;P

]]> By: Gloria Hildebrandt http://www.novelr.com/2007/04/25/step-5-write/comment-page-1#comment-281 Gloria Hildebrandt Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:44:08 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/step-5-write#comment-281 I agree that you win some and lose some. Some of your/my writing is great, some not so interesting. I also believe that we don't write just what we want to write, we write the novels that we HAVE to write. That is, I might have an idea for a hugely exciting story, but unless it grabs me personally and becomes something that I use to work out my own obsessions, the novel might dry up and die. I believe we are somehow "given" the stories that we can write to completion. With my blog/blook novel Stonyfields, I decided to write about everything that I found fascinating at the time. Characters started to stand up, and fabulous gardens, and an old house to renovate, and sexual attraction and more...and I discovered the story that was waiting to be told. I didn't so much intellectually craft it as reveal what was there. Did I win or lose? I don't know. Some readers say I did. But I went through the whole process. And it was indeed an adventure. I agree that you win some and lose some. Some of your/my writing is great, some not so interesting. I also believe that we don’t write just what we want to write, we write the novels that we HAVE to write. That is, I might have an idea for a hugely exciting story, but unless it grabs me personally and becomes something that I use to work out my own obsessions, the novel might dry up and die. I believe we are somehow “given” the stories that we can write to completion. With my blog/blook novel Stonyfields, I decided to write about everything that I found fascinating at the time. Characters started to stand up, and fabulous gardens, and an old house to renovate, and sexual attraction and more…and I discovered the story that was waiting to be told. I didn’t so much intellectually craft it as reveal what was there. Did I win or lose? I don’t know. Some readers say I did. But I went through the whole process. And it was indeed an adventure.

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