tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post5984123382619086369..comments2023-08-28T03:11:38.347-07:00Comments on The Scribblers Cove: Turning PointRebecca J. Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266492065285468391noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post-53372582482445184922011-10-21T10:18:50.425-07:002011-10-21T10:18:50.425-07:00Amber, your comment really made me laugh. I've...Amber, your comment really made me laugh. I've felt that ache. This is definitely an addiction. Or maybe it's good medicine. I believe writing gives me enough endorphins to keep the anxiety and depression under control.<br /><br />Thanks for the advice, Anne. When I get stuck I like to bake something. It always cheers me up. Especially since by the time I'm done I usually have a new idea and I'm sure, THIS TIME, it is going to WORK!<br /><br />And Dianne, I know you're right. I don't think much will change once I have a book published. The process, which is the part I love best, will still have its wild ups and downs. <br /><br />I just hope they need writers in heaven, otherwise I'm going to be in big trouble when I die.Rebecca J. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266492065285468391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post-10112200432897405292011-10-21T08:08:32.833-07:002011-10-21T08:08:32.833-07:00I did pretty much quit. I've been on a sort of...I did pretty much quit. I've been on a sort of sabbatical from writing for a while now.<br /><br />At first it was a relief not to feel the added pressure of working writing into my day.<br /><br />But lately, the need to write has crept back, first into my nightly dreams, and now into a daily ache.<br /><br />This has led me to believe it is either an addiction or a disease. And I am terminal. So are you.<br /><br />And that makes all your questions moot! :)Amber Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594761566165984938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post-53499396345761913992011-10-21T06:12:43.404-07:002011-10-21T06:12:43.404-07:00I've felt the exact same way on several thousa...I've felt the exact same way on several thousand occasions. But I go out and do yardwork and somehow always manage to feel better.<br /><br />Writing IS hard work. But you must persevere because without it, well, you would probably just shrivel up and die. Right?<br /><br />Keep on going for it. No one can take away your dreams except you.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post-8419217930141120282011-10-21T03:48:13.703-07:002011-10-21T03:48:13.703-07:00Everybody gets those moments! Even after you publ...Everybody gets those moments! Even after you publish a book, you worry that the new one you're working on is crap that no one will ever want to read. I'll bet there's not a writer out there that hasn't felt that way!<br /><br />And as for getting stuck -- it happens to me all the time. Sometimes it means you're approaching the scene from the wrong angle, sometimes it means you have one thing in your mind and your character really wants to do or say something else. And sometimes you have to write a crappy piece of dialogue and just come back to it in revisions, later.<br /><br />Good luck working it out, and definitely do not give up!Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post-4608302519950097792011-10-20T19:50:16.393-07:002011-10-20T19:50:16.393-07:00Thanks, Sue. It's amazing how persistent the l...Thanks, Sue. It's amazing how persistent the little voice of doubt can be. I'm grateful to every author who refused to listen to it and created one of the books I've read and loved.<br /><br />Keep dancing, Leisha. It takes a long time. When I teach ballroom dance lessons I like to tell my students how it took me five years to learn a simple thing like spinning with my hips instead of my shoulders. I kept not getting it, and then one day, WOW! I did it! It finally felt right. I could whirl around the dance floor without feeling like I was about to fall over.<br /><br />I think most people learn faster than me. But I don't give up. Ha.<br /><br />And Jonene, I am so lucky to be able to write at all! In any earlier century I probably would have been too busy washing clothes and grinding grain to even think about writing. While I can do it, I'm going to do it!Rebecca J. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266492065285468391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post-62233916429362093672011-10-20T19:42:34.263-07:002011-10-20T19:42:34.263-07:00I think the number one thing a writer has to have ...I think the number one thing a writer has to have besides passion is stubbornness. Who gets published? People who show up day after day, get better, and never give up. That's the cold, hard truth. And, boy, am I thankful for them. I'd shrivel up without good books to read! Hopefully, one day I'll write one. Keep on going, Rebecca! You're a hair away.Jonene Ficklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13414949303542133724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post-77711617006916329002011-10-20T15:50:38.030-07:002011-10-20T15:50:38.030-07:00Do I ever have those questions? Yup. All the time....Do I ever have those questions? Yup. All the time. Especially lately. It's like dancing on the blade of a knife. Sometimes you get cut. But is the dance worth the blood and maiming? Sometimes I know it is, other times I just want to crawl away dragging still-twitching dreams behind me. But the music keeps playing, and one can only plug their ears and quiet their feet so long, right?Hermana Mawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743516008894676257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1962109490336177665.post-3698344051907472922011-10-20T15:38:37.527-07:002011-10-20T15:38:37.527-07:00Go you!!! And ... that fierce thing inside you tha...Go you!!! And ... that fierce thing inside you that rebels against the idea of quitting? That's the thing you should listen to. I remember getting Angry with a capital A (and I don't do ANGER; I do passion, but not ANGER) one day (this was a while ago) when I thought about the idea of someone telling me I should quit. The person that was saying that to me? ME.<br /><br />#dontdothatSusan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.com