Comments on: A New Topic, A New Plan

By: You Mean It’s Not Just Me? « Greenwoman

You Mean It’s Not Just Me? « Greenwoman — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:13:47 +0000

[...] process, and what she does when she hits a snarl in the yarn, so to speak. She also references an older post by Diana Peterfreund, author of Rampant (among other things). (Sadly, I have not yet had the pleasure of reading [...]

By: Kate Rowland

Kate Rowland — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:34:26 +0000

I completely understand the need to write things in order, as I write magazine articles all day long, and they just don’t come together by writing things out of order. I tried that with fiction, though, and got so bored in some bits that I stopped writing. And then I got tired of unfinished projects. So this time, I’m just tossing in notes to hold my place when I get to a bit I want to jump over for awhile, and come back to later. So far, it’s working. I’m thinking I may have found the new process that will take this one, finally, to the end, before I get bored or frustrated with it and start something else, instead. Thanks for the blog on your process. It helped me to really look at my own.

By: Alexa

Alexa — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:20:33 +0000

Good luck with the projects Diana, I hope the new plan works for you.

@ Vicki – thanks for mentioning the 500 words a day that sounds doable to me too.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:10:51 +0000

Ok, is Project 3 REALLY 800K or is that a typo? Planning an 8 book series?

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:16:27 +0000

I’ve suffered the same problem with my writing. When I’m stuck, I’m just STUCK and can’t seem to see my way out of it.

Maybe I need to try two projects at a time.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:20:22 +0000

I checked out the 1000 words a day and was really excited to see there is also a 500 word a day one. Working a full time job I might not make the 1000 words a day, but I can do the 500.

I totally understand about writing in order. I have written out of order when I was stuck. And yes, it did help me to know where I was going from stuck to what I’d written, but when I was editing did I find POV issues from it.

Oh, and I’m currently reading Rampant and loving it!!!

By: Lell

Lell — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:10:33 +0000

I normally read this on my friends page but when you mentioned the sidebar, I actually came over to your website. Curiosity, cat, whatnot. Impressive. Progress bars are very frightening things, but they’re also insanely fun if you’re in the mood to race. I’m sorry it was a rough summer for you — and I totally understand the “work on two projects at once” deal. That’s why I–I mean, my friend. That’s why my friend writes fanfic.

Here’s to a 355,000 usable words (I figure you should get holidays off) in the next year! I can’t wait to read ‘em!

By: Ally Cowee

Ally Cowee — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:34:58 +0000

I totally respect this, and I’m toying with the idea of trying it myself, as my process is much like yours Good luck, can’t wait to hear how it goes!

BTW love your anti-spam word, lol! I read the first chapters of Rampant online and am waiting anxiously for my copy! Terrific, so far!