Comments on: Am I Crazy? http://writeabetternovel.net/am-i-crazy/ Practical wisdom for novelists and other storytellers Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne Willkomm http://writeabetternovel.net/am-i-crazy/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Anne Willkomm Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:32:23 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=109#comment-138 <p>Oh, and Bill, you can post a copy of your NaNoWriMo certificate on the blog!</p> Oh, and Bill, you can post a copy of your NaNoWriMo certificate on the blog!

]]> By: Anne Willkomm http://writeabetternovel.net/am-i-crazy/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Anne Willkomm Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:30:32 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=109#comment-139 <p>BILL -- I applaude you! I am also looking forward to a running commentary on your daily writing. We you deveoted bloggees (is that a word?) don't necessarily need to read the product, but would love to hear how the process is going!</p> <p>Knowing you...I can't begin to imagine what will emerge -- something great no doubt...even if it takes 5 years to complete it.</p> <p>I'm jealous, wish I could join in...don't worry, I'm not even considering it.</p> <p>RYAN...this is esactly what you need -- right hand excluded or not -- get to work!</p> BILL — I applaude you! I am also looking forward to a running commentary on your daily writing. We you deveoted bloggees (is that a word?) don’t necessarily need to read the product, but would love to hear how the process is going!

Knowing you…I can’t begin to imagine what will emerge — something great no doubt…even if it takes 5 years to complete it.

I’m jealous, wish I could join in…don’t worry, I’m not even considering it.

RYAN…this is esactly what you need — right hand excluded or not — get to work!

]]> By: Ryan Edel http://writeabetternovel.net/am-i-crazy/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Ryan Edel Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:55:40 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=109#comment-140 <p>I once took a class with a writer named Steve Lattimore who mentioned the idea that every writer must produce a certain amount of "crap" before anything good comes out. His going estimate was somewhere between a half-million and a million words - or 10 to 20 NaNoWriMo books. I think the main point he wanted us to learn is that writers write - whether they write well or poorly, they can't be writers unless they write. So what better way for any writer to stay in the game than to pound out 1,500 words a day for a month? Think of it the way Lance Armstrong trained for the Tour d'France - he didn't bike the race of his life every day, but he prepared for it every day of every week for years.</p> I once took a class with a writer named Steve Lattimore who mentioned the idea that every writer must produce a certain amount of “crap” before anything good comes out. His going estimate was somewhere between a half-million and a million words – or 10 to 20 NaNoWriMo books. I think the main point he wanted us to learn is that writers write – whether they write well or poorly, they can’t be writers unless they write. So what better way for any writer to stay in the game than to pound out 1,500 words a day for a month? Think of it the way Lance Armstrong trained for the Tour d’France – he didn’t bike the race of his life every day, but he prepared for it every day of every week for years.

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