tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post407524500341120285..comments2023-03-25T07:08:41.408-07:00Comments on It's like making sausage...: Want to write a novel? A secret way to make yours better...Mary Anna Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953683724363875469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-57908021053443682672010-06-02T12:52:10.041-07:002010-06-02T12:52:10.041-07:00It's wonderful to know that you've identif...It's wonderful to know that you've identified the moment of putting research to necessary rest. I enjoy research so much that I sometimes cling to it too long. Of course, I'm embarrassingly aware that clinging to it is the very best way in the world to keep from actually WRITING. When I catch myself in a white-knuckle grip on research, I use a crowbar. Enjoy the writing!Bev Browninghttp://onemoretimebev.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-27761269446653927342010-06-02T06:45:06.201-07:002010-06-02T06:45:06.201-07:00Yakking is like oxygen to a Mississippian. Trust ...Yakking is like oxygen to a Mississippian. Trust me on this.<br /><br />Speaking of opening chapters, I had a moment this morning when I started thinking about how to write the first scenes of the new book. When this happens, or when I start hearing Faye and Joe talk to each other in my head (no, I'm not schizophrenic, because I know they're not real), then I know it's about time to stop researching and start writing. It's very reassuring when that happens.Mary Anna Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01953683724363875469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150156982088635842.post-56562889964833626132010-06-02T05:30:24.807-07:002010-06-02T05:30:24.807-07:00Thou art a wise blogger indeed! Blogging is about ...Thou art a wise blogger indeed! Blogging is about yakking ... especially if you're from Mississippi. (And don't think I didn't consider asking Pulitzer boy to send me his cast-offs. I was willing to weave them into gorgeousness. Okay, it might have been disjointed, but each paragraph would have been a gem.) <br /><br />BTW, good point about rearranging chapters. I've sometimes done this within smaller blocks of text ... like essays or articles. It's jarring and wonderful to find the led in the third paragraph!One More Timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12167450181761338117noreply@blogger.com