tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post2645693224177481578..comments2023-07-17T23:10:02.228+10:00Comments on Discombobula: Salt of the EarthSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-50623047820590224232015-06-11T22:43:45.268+10:002015-06-11T22:43:45.268+10:00Yeah, Ive seen lots of refs to salt and vit c as a...Yeah, Ive seen lots of refs to salt and vit c as a lyme treatment. Really interesting implications, isn't it!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-81255692260240203212015-06-11T16:34:57.243+10:002015-06-11T16:34:57.243+10:00If you read Stephen King's On Writing, he puts...If you read Stephen King's On Writing, he puts his first drafts away for six weeks after he finishes that last word. It takes that long at least to get some distance and to look at it with new eyes. It's what I do and it really helps wit the first revision not to already be sick of the book. With fresh eyes you can see the qualities and you have forgotten the funny moments and such so they come to you as new. :) <br /><br />My first drafts don't tend to be too bad. I'm not trying to write the great Australian novel by any means, just good rollicking yarns, but I seem to be a natural novelist. I think in long stories, I guess. I don't chop and change scenes, I plug through the less interesting ones to get to the next action scene or I'd probably never go back and write the joiners, so I go from start to finish, which I think helps me to keep the rhythm and avoid too much 'pile of poo first draft' syndrome. If i think of something further back that needs to change for some reason, i make a note of it and keep going forward as if it is already changed then go back and fix it on that second draft. That avoids the editing plague that can stop a first draft in its tracks. <br /><br />But, i have written enough books to know the feeling of that moment in the book where you say to yourself, "My god, this is a pile of crap!" I just keep right on writing now. Pile of poo feelings or not, that first draft will happen! <br /><br />Oh, and did you know what i am using to treat my Lyme disease? Salt! Salt and Aperture Homeopathy. That's it. :) T.L. Merrybardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713406934061779754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-91360311366793445322015-06-04T10:58:39.672+10:002015-06-04T10:58:39.672+10:00But you've done all the hard work! Now you'...But you've done all the hard work! Now you've got a skeleton to put a frame on!<br /><br />Or maybe you're really REALLY sick of it so much that even a decade hasn't given any respite, haha Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-40402926832390489372015-06-04T10:54:35.337+10:002015-06-04T10:54:35.337+10:00I haven't spent any more time on it. I go back...I haven't spent any more time on it. I go back and read it from time to time, but it's never going to go anywhere so I haven't revised it at all. Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-78536780339732688312015-06-04T10:15:27.089+10:002015-06-04T10:15:27.089+10:00Thank you :-). And congrats on the 50,000 words! T...Thank you :-). And congrats on the 50,000 words! That is an awesome effort. I'm jealous. Have you revised it since then, or are you still too sick of it? :-) Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-21357937708000101832015-06-04T10:13:09.826+10:002015-06-04T10:13:09.826+10:00I love that - mad fierce. Isn't it funny how ...I love that - mad fierce. Isn't it funny how lots of people get bamboozled by mad fierce into thinking if you've got that you don't also have mad weak and mad terrified? But those three seem to travel together far more than aloneSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122659239039900398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-12780153746705538322015-06-03T02:57:37.083+10:002015-06-03T02:57:37.083+10:00You know, I wrote a 50,000 word book for National ...You know, I wrote a 50,000 word book for National Novel Writing Month like 10 years ago. I totally get what you mean about being sick of it. I don't know how some authors write multiple books about the same characters...because I was so bored of my characters after a month it took me like 3 years to go back and read it. Then like a year ago, I found out it was a lot like Outlander (which I had never heard of until the TV show came out). Just goes to show there's nothing new under the sun. But I'm very glad whenever you find the space to write because I love your writing...especially the train pieces. :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4879615387850345622.post-30503271629260212562015-05-29T11:02:38.324+10:002015-05-29T11:02:38.324+10:00This made me a little teary-eyed, actually. It'...This made me a little teary-eyed, actually. It's bubbly and mad fierce. I love how you balance fisted faith and risk with sensible precautions. <br />Off to strut and overdo.E.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09525989951162501357noreply@blogger.com