tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post124631911122416439..comments2024-03-28T18:09:43.267-06:00Comments on The Warrior Muse: There Can Only Be OneShannon Lawrencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-37979971186589806702012-11-28T19:14:50.923-07:002012-11-28T19:14:50.923-07:00Jamie, we had someone address that at a writer'...Jamie, we had someone address that at a writer's night I go to once per month. He said he wrote all day then got home and had no desire to write. One person's advice was that they should be writing something they found fun when they were at home. Otherwise, it would always be like work.<br /><br />Young at Heart, thanks for the advice! I'm thinking I'm going to have to make myself some sort of schedule.<br /><br />Petronela, yay, that's great! Good luck with that project.<br /><br />Elizabeth, exciting about your projects! You're right, there is always something to do!Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-10708998788500121712012-11-27T15:50:10.428-07:002012-11-27T15:50:10.428-07:00Hi, Shannon, I just saw your comment on my post ab...Hi, Shannon, I just saw your comment on my post about Galicia. Sorry to be so late in responding.<br /><br />I wrestle with the "juggling" problem. I actually do like to write more than one genre: short stories for adults, novels for middle grade readers, poetry for both children and adults. Lately, I'm getting into article writing. I have an agent for my children's mystery, and she's nudging me to do travel articles and Book Two, so the short stories are on the back burner. For some odd reason, the articles have made me turn to poetry. Go figure.<br />The upside of that, though, is that you always have something to work on. :-)Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-57893449901578891882012-11-27T06:55:29.774-07:002012-11-27T06:55:29.774-07:00You must be really accomplished to manage more pro...You must be really accomplished to manage more projects at the same time. I had almost given up on my first novel when I received an email from an editor who had read my short story and said they;d be interested in an extended project...So here I am again :). I also wanted to thank you for encouraging me.unikornahttp://unikorna.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-36693564890904953902012-11-27T05:18:22.024-07:002012-11-27T05:18:22.024-07:00best advice I was given was..... make a timetable....best advice I was given was..... make a timetable.....I work freelance and sometimes it's writing related and sometimes not and I noticed when I have alot of work on I'm more focused on my creative writing but when I'm gainfully unemployed and have all the time in the world I fritter it away .....so a timetable means I know even if the muse is on holiday I have to sit down and hammer out something for 2 hours and then I am allowed to stop....and go read blogs etc......you could have creative one day work related another?? good luck....!!Young at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585882466695145340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-8172291102196963542012-11-26T23:49:52.412-07:002012-11-26T23:49:52.412-07:00Nope, I can't juggle at all. I write articles ...Nope, I can't juggle at all. I write articles in my day job, which means I'm all writered out when I get home and can't really focus on any other kind of writing (other than blogging).<br /><br />JamieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548680159204361401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-16923671165377149242012-11-26T23:05:30.298-07:002012-11-26T23:05:30.298-07:00Alex, but you get tons done and visit everyone, so...Alex, but you get tons done and visit everyone, so I figure you're doing your own kind of juggling.<br /><br />Linda, I've been trying to get better about writing when something pops into my mind, or else I may not come back to it.<br /><br />Rosaria, thank you. I do have limited time, which is an issue, but I figure everyone has that limit.<br /><br />ABFtS, Haha, yeah, unfortunately, that was a short-term thing about 7 years ago. I happened across people looking for moms who wanted to get paid to blog. I believe it was Google Ad Sense we used, and I know your experience with them. All the revenues went to the main hub, who would then send us a hit report and, ultimately, our check. They ended up taking all the blogs down and telling us we could all post on the same blog, which I had no interest in. No idea what the main hub ended up being called or if it is still going.<br /><br />Lauren, I could see how it would feel like a school assignment at that point. Luckily, I don't tend to have too much trouble with the blogging, but a researched article is harder to buckle down to.<br /><br />D.G., great advice, thanks!<br /><br />Susan, haha, that was the inspiration for the title. I haven't watched that in forever.<br /><br />Andrew, why, thank you for the support. You're right, blog posts are non-fiction. I guess I don't feel the same sort of pressure when I'm writing a blog post versus writing for publication.<br /><br />JEM, interesting. I am constantly getting ideas and wanting to move to the bigger and better idea, but so far I've been alright at keeping myself on one WIP at a time. I have to be able to write notes for all the other stories as they come, though, which is why I keep multiple notebooks.<br /><br />Debbie, that is one thing that works for me! I think it just cuts down on the decision making process, which is where I have the issue (ADHD).<br /><br />Tonja, isn't it funny the weird little things that get us going? Like my being able to write short fiction on Tuesdays, and not at my house. <br /><br />Jeff, interesting. Yeah, the more I try to organize the creative time, the harder it can get.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-40577793812509256062012-11-26T21:51:41.325-07:002012-11-26T21:51:41.325-07:00I've found that my muse abandons me if I force...I've found that my muse abandons me if I force too much rigidity upon her. I do try to set aside my "creative" time. That can include writing, plotting, brainstorming, revising, even blogging. Seems to work well for me. But then, we're all unique individuals.Jeff Hargetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198367021884647821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-81475009204281536672012-11-26T20:44:05.972-07:002012-11-26T20:44:05.972-07:00I plan what I'm going to do on a month to mont...I plan what I'm going to do on a month to month basis with plenty of wiggle room in case I change my mind. I don't know why, but I like writing short stories on Sundays - and not in my house. <br /><br />Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652479946102909276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-23016470010002860492012-11-26T12:47:23.954-07:002012-11-26T12:47:23.954-07:00I love your idea of working on specific things in ...I love your idea of working on specific things in specific place. I think I'll give it a try!<br /><br />~DebbieDebbie Maxwell Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533418585502995994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-64369918090299461622012-11-26T11:32:51.647-07:002012-11-26T11:32:51.647-07:00I have this problem in a different capacity, which...I have this problem in a different capacity, which I've blogged about in the past. I write only fiction, but I have a hard time focusing on one particular WIP at a time. Stories are constantly occurring to me (I know, SUCH a pain), and I'm never quite sure which ones to focus on. Some of them are for my own amusement, some of them feel like they have better commercial viability. Usually once I get into the swing of a manuscript I can focus, but getting past the first 10K-20K words is difficult for me, every time.JEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043891292719086478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-83254907276167073112012-11-26T11:14:32.895-07:002012-11-26T11:14:32.895-07:00It actually sounds like you do quite a bit of diff...It actually sounds like you do quite a bit of different types of writing. And blog posts would count as non-fiction, especially when you tend toward historical posts and such. It sounds like you already have it worked out pretty well.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-40239304704880769332012-11-26T10:52:34.226-07:002012-11-26T10:52:34.226-07:00I'm a single focus person. My mind doesn'...I'm a single focus person. My mind doesn't juggle the way it did in the past. <br /><br />"There can only be one"--I thought you were heading into The Highlander movie.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-44833446935126788622012-11-26T09:48:06.289-07:002012-11-26T09:48:06.289-07:00I write fiction, short stories, and research my bl...I write fiction, short stories, and research my blogposts (similar to non-fiction). I just write what is most urgent. Right now, that's a new mystery novel. (I also write in two genres - scifi and mystery). <br /><br />What do I enjoy most? fiction writing. So, that's where I concentrate my efforts. If you have to schedule, then make your writing time when you are most productive. For me that's earlier in the day. Good luck!D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-52458222765479060802012-11-26T08:48:17.645-07:002012-11-26T08:48:17.645-07:00This is a really timely post because I'm doing...This is a really timely post because I'm doing lots of juggling at the moment.<br /><br />I do my best writing when I don't feel like there's any pressure to get one project done and then move onto the next. I juggle, usually, two projects back and forth, and most of the time, I open both documents on my laptop and go between. When I lose steam with one, I hop to the other, and then go back. I'm doing that now with my novel and a short story I'm blogging, and for whatever reason, this keeps me saner than concentrating on only one at a time. I haven't bounced between fiction and non-fiction since I was in school, though. Finding something to blog about in the midst of my fiction starts to feel impossible. Frustrating! But I don't think there's a science to it. When I start to pin myself down, it starts to feel like a school assignment, and that saps the creativity right out of it.Lauren Gilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11870429911671320992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-24684414571578853292012-11-26T08:43:19.542-07:002012-11-26T08:43:19.542-07:00I'd like to think I've got the juggling ac...I'd like to think I've got the juggling act down. I have to allocate my time in a written-out schedule. Work on fiction for 1 hour. Edit for 30 minutes. Then blog for 2 hours. Otherwise I'll just work on 1 thing for hours.<br /><br />Also, getting paid to blog... what is this black magic you speak of? I've been promised sweet Internet gold for years.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-29929352323232043882012-11-26T08:13:19.995-07:002012-11-26T08:13:19.995-07:00You have been a writer for a long time; if you can...You have been a writer for a long time; if you can do everything, then go for it, especially if you can make a living at it, and you enjoy it.<br /><br />For most of us, though, with little time, few skills, or little incentive, writing is done when no other activity fulfills our needs.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-58600742825087993532012-11-26T08:02:35.874-07:002012-11-26T08:02:35.874-07:00"Do you write what comes to mind at any given..."Do you write what comes to mind at any given time...?"<br /><br />That's pretty much how I handle it. If a post/nonfiction piece comes to mind, I'll go ahead and write it while I'm thinking about it. If a fiction scene starts playing in my mind, I'll go ahead and write that. Good post. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7646134662936278718.post-23002761009529966232012-11-26T07:08:52.960-07:002012-11-26T07:08:52.960-07:00Outside of blog posts and guest posts, all of my w...Outside of blog posts and guest posts, all of my writing is fiction, so not much juggling.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com