tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post8220091760856076401..comments2024-01-07T19:22:21.305-06:00Comments on All write with coffee...: Theme and Strategy: Part 1 - Pattern in StrategyAnn Elle Altmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-442185746023647472010-01-07T08:16:53.969-06:002010-01-07T08:16:53.969-06:00Corra, I think you need a bit of an outline, but I...Corra, I think you need a bit of an outline, but I think you needed plan in too much detail until you start writing that chapter.<br /><br />Elizabeth, I tell you, once I learned not to look back, I think that changed my writing completely. I improved from there.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-5832918986740854122010-01-07T07:17:33.909-06:002010-01-07T07:17:33.909-06:00Good points here, Ann!
These days I've given...Good points here, Ann! <br /><br />These days I've given up my Type A backward-looking writing style and throw it all on the paper as fast as I can. I'll get through the first draft at lightening speed, then slog through revisions afterwards. Otherwise I start running late and getting off schedule...<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a> <br /><a href="http://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-3852596165273870802010-01-07T03:02:39.317-06:002010-01-07T03:02:39.317-06:00I am sooooo the perfector! Can't get past the ...I am sooooo the perfector! Can't get past the first chapter. :)<br /><br />Thanks for this great advice. I like the notion that you shouldn't decide a strategy for a chapter before you write the chapter preceding it. <br /><br />Does that mean no outlines then?<br /><br />CorraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-50910041752229609132010-01-06T22:22:00.009-06:002010-01-06T22:22:00.009-06:00Kimberley and Jayda, I think all writers sometimes...Kimberley and Jayda, I think all writers sometimes fall into these traps. I have to remind myself of these points often.<br /><br />annAnn Elle Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02192162600274764681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-6282322341118962082010-01-06T21:34:32.706-06:002010-01-06T21:34:32.706-06:00I agree with these points, but totally endorse 3 a...I agree with these points, but totally endorse 3 and 4 as that's where I'm at now. <br /><br />Seems I'm just barely making it through each chapter, but it's working so far. I've figured out what needs to happen next and I'm working toward it. <br /><br />I'll worry about the next chapter when I get there.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4237439668554338567.post-26777403277669566102010-01-06T19:13:33.803-06:002010-01-06T19:13:33.803-06:00That's my main problem: always looking back. ...That's my main problem: always looking back. Actually, can you call it looking back when you're hung in one spot and don't move forward???<br /><br />I have issues, clearly, but I'm setting a goal now. Hopefully that will motivate me to more forward and get finished with the first draft already! <br /><br />Good luck to you and great advice!Kimberly Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957037411750752950noreply@blogger.com