tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958062336013298229.post4376815844677970969..comments2011-02-16T15:00:28.172-06:00Mary Danielsonhttps://profiles.google.com/104967600902498567261noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958062336013298229.post-53501745839104134932011-02-16T14:26:01.820-06:002011-02-16T14:26:01.820-06:00Ha, I have all three of those books. *LOL*<br /><br />I esp love the first one. Another book I&#39;d recommend is Story Structure by Victoria Schmidt (she wrote the BIAM 30 Days to Your Novel, big yellow/orange binder book--it&#39;s cool too.) <br /><br />Story structure gives you scenarios similar to what you&#39;re writing and you can look at the scenario and see the questions that are being asked or you should be asking--sometimes it jogs a scene loose and you can start writing again.MsHellionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958062336013298229.post-35225059654936060572011-02-09T11:30:33.644-06:002011-02-09T11:30:33.644-06:00I read this the other day and can&#39;t remember why I didn&#39;t comment. Huh. It&#39;s not likely me to keep my mouth (keyboard?) shut. <br /><br />I haven&#39;t totally conquered the distractions, but I&#39;ve gotten better. Turns out I get motivation from accomplishing things. The more I write or revise, the more I want to keep going or get back to it. <br /><br />Still way too distracted with emails and facebook. I could never be one of those writers who turned off her internet connection to write. HOW do people do that? It would be like deciding not breathe until I finished another chapter.TerriOsburnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176989488447450585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958062336013298229.post-89620653682082246042011-02-01T19:00:10.805-06:002011-02-01T19:00:10.805-06:00Great blog! I&#39;ve missed these but can&#39;t complain because I can&#39;t get myself to sit and write one. <br /><br />I usually take a nap when I need ideas. In that woozy place right before sleep takes me lots of stuff flows into my head. Some of that stuff is good and goes in...some of it is bad and goes in!lol. But Ialways take something away. And it gives me a great reason to nap: Never a bad thing!!<br /><br />PS: Heard the new Clueless movie is going to be about Amber falling in love with a little from Cher. I heard this on the radio and it is entirely possible that this info is false...But they also said Paul Rudd had agreed to a sequel.Kelly Krystenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540403635154064801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958062336013298229.post-30999089326062224342011-02-01T16:43:14.014-06:002011-02-01T16:43:14.014-06:00Oh, that&#39;s another excellent way to spark creativity, Steph. It&#39;s funny how just being silent and still can put things into focus, isn&#39;t it? When I have trouble with a scene, I&#39;ve been known to just lie on my floor and muse about it for awhile. Invariably, some great first line or bit of dialogue will come, if I just be zen about it for a bit.Mary Danielsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13375674341038153250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4958062336013298229.post-79733843577166477282011-02-01T15:14:16.205-06:002011-02-01T15:14:16.205-06:00The dreaded deadly distractions! They are the worst and you know I struggle with them a great deal. Checking blogs for new post, washing the dishes, putting in a load of laundry, and organizing my never-ending stacks of papers all get much more attention than my writing and that&#39;s a total shame. I wish it had been at an earlier age that I learned multi-tasking is not a good thing for me.<br /><br />Craft books do a good job of pulling me back. Allowing myself to stare off into space also does the trick. I put a thought about my story into my head and just zone out from all other things and it&#39;s amazing how much I can work out in a short period of time.Stephanie Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097106257851318283noreply@blogger.com