| 11:53 pm | LiaKeyes: | Tonight’s #ScribeChat topic: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? |
| 11:54 pm | LiaKeyes: | Fascinating insights into people’s workspaces & habits on the brand new official SCBWI Fan Page athttp://facebook.com/scbwi! #ScribeChat |
| 11:57 pm | LiaKeyes: | Why not take a photo of your writing space and share it on Twitter using Twitpic.com? #scribechat |
| July 9, 2010 | ||
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| 12:06 am | LiaKeyes: | Where I write. I walk a mile down the road to the sea when my head feels like it’s going to explode. #scribechat http://twitpic.com/23lfa0 |
| 12:07 am | SheviStories: | Tonight’s #ScribeChat topic–How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write?–starts in 1 hour! #scribechat |
| 12:09 am | mercedesmy: | Oh my goodness, tonight’s #scribechat is just what I need! |
| 12:09 am | LiaKeyes: | The last rays of sunshine in my study. #ScribeChat http://twitpic.com/23lg0k |
| 12:24 am | 4KidLit: | RT @LiaKeyes: Tonight’s #ScribeChat topic: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? |
| 12:35 am | LiaKeyes: | @mercedesmy I’m glad to hear it! Look forward to seeing you there. Get your chocolate/wine/snacks ready for the party  #scribechat |
| 12:38 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @LiaKeyes Did I hear chocolate and wine? Count me in! #scribechat |
| 12:42 am | LiaKeyes: | @HeatherMcCorkle Hell, yeah. Can’t get by without them after six pm! LOL #scribechat |
| 12:48 am | teetate: | I am early. Hullo, ladies #scribechat |
| 12:51 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate Hellooooo! Do you have a photo to share? No worries if not, just a fun addition that might keep you occupied #scribechat |
| 12:53 am | teetate: | Ha, my writing space? Oh, no, we’re renovating now for about a year. It’s a mess! I just write where I can, when I can.  #scribechat |
| 12:54 am | teetate: | @RCMurphy join us on #scribechat, honey. I think you’d like it. |
| 12:55 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes but I’m very jealous of your space. So neat! #scribechat |
| 12:56 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate It’s only neat for a while. The mess accumulates without me noticing, then I have to dig my way out! #scribechat |
| 12:56 am | SheviStories: | RT @LiaKeyes: Tonight’s #ScribeChat topic: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? Starts in 5 minutes! #scribechat |
| 12:57 am | LiaKeyes: | #ScribeChat‘s topic in 5 mins: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? #amwriting #writers#amediting #scribechat |
| 12:58 am | teetate: | RT @LiaKeyes: Tonights #ScribeChat topic: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? Starts in 5 minutes! #scribechat |
| 12:59 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes lol I’ll trade you a messy desk for sheetrock dust and gallons of paint? #scribechat |
| 12:59 am | mercedesmy: | RT @LiaKeyes: #ScribeChat‘s topic in 5 mins: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? #amwriting #writers #amediting #scribechat |
| 1:02 am | cindypon: | RT @LiaKeyes: #ScribeChat‘s topic in 5 mins: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? #amwriting #writers #amediting #scribechat |
| 1:02 am | LiaKeyes: | First question: Do you struggle to find time to write? #scribechat |
| 1:03 am | maryfranholm: | RT @LiaKeyes #ScribeChat‘s topic in 5 mins: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? #amwriting #writers #amediting #scribechat |
| 1:03 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes I struggle more w/ making myself write. I don’t have a problem kicking out the kids & hubby, but I fight w/ myself. #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | elishadew: | Joining #scribechat for the 1st time – hoping to keep up! And to learn to find time to write with a toddler underfoot #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | CreativeK: | RT @LiaKeyes: First question: Do you struggle to find time to write? #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate Do you find you’d rather match socks than write? #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | editorialdept: | I used to struggle finding time to write, but now I just sit down and do it, like a job. No excuses. #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | GeneDoucette: | OMG yes. I never have enough time to write. Yet, I’m such a binge writer when I have more time it doesn’t seem to matter. #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | SheviStories: | ;#ScribeChat starts now. Easiest way to follow: http://tweetchat.com/room/scribechat #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | editorialdept: | Welcome, @elishadew! #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | LiaKeyes: | @elishadew Welcome! It feels a little sleepy here tonight, so I doubt you’ll have too much trouble. Happy to have you here! #scribechat |
| 1:04 am | GeneDoucette: | in fact I’m splitting time with writing right now. #scribechat |
| 1:05 am | AudryT: | RT @LiaKeyes: #ScribeChat‘s topic in 5 mins: How Do You Organize the Time and Space to Write? #amwriting #writers #amediting #scribechat |
| 1:05 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes lol no, I get into spurts. I’ll write loads for a week straight then, procrastinate. Does that make sense? #scribechat |
| 1:05 am | mercedesmy: | #scribechat I definitely struggle. Two small children and one is special needs. Today I wrote in 30 spurts, no joke. It’s frustrating |
| 1:05 am | CreativeK: | @LiaKeyes When I wasn’t working full-time I had plenty of time to write but now I’m working abt 60 hrs a week and looking 4 time #scribechat |
| 1:06 am | SheviStories: | Struggled to get any writing done this week because of the heat. My brain melted, and I kind of need it, at least for editing. #scribechat |
| 1:06 am | rj_anderson: | When my kids were smaller I tried to write during naptimes and after they went to bed. Now I write when they’re at school. #scribechat |
| 1:07 am | LiaKeyes: | @rj_anderson Oh, I’m so impressed by your ability to snatch small bits of time where you can! #scribechat |
| 1:07 am | JennRHubbard: | Of all the things I HAVE to do in a day, writing is the thing I most WANT to do. #scribechat |
| 1:07 am | teetate: | I think it comes down to discipline. @editorialdept is right. You have to treat it as ‘must do.’ #scribechat |
| 1:07 am | GeneDoucette: | oops, and now I’m getting pulled away. Be back in a bit #scribechat |
| 1:07 am | overdunne: | Hi all! Yes, I struggle finding time to write! I took 6 mos off after our last move– managed to finish manuscript then. #scribechat |
| 1:07 am | LiaKeyes: | @rj_anderson I find it hard to ‘switch on’ for short bursts with the clock ticking #scribechat |
| 1:07 am | CreativeK: | Any free time I have now does go to writing and editing my book. Haven’t written on my blog in forever. #scribechat |
| 1:07 am | wholewidewords: | If I don’t have a defined project and a deadline, I’m sunk. #scribechat |
| 1:08 am | SheviStories: | When I was a consumer columnist, I had to deliver 3,000 words a week. Anyone can do it. Just imagine you’re getting paid. #scribechat |
| 1:08 am | overdunne: | @JennRHubbard I soooo agree! #scribechat |
| 1:08 am | rj_anderson: | @LiaKeyes These days there’s no hope of total immersion in the writing. I take what I can get and do the best I can. #scribechat |
| 1:08 am | so_you_know: | @GeneDoucette too late to hop in? #scribechat?  forgot it was on. like always. |
| 1:08 am | teetate: | I think that’s what I miss most about university & the writer’s group. I don’t have a firm deadline, unless I make it 4 myself. #scribechat |
| 1:08 am | LiaKeyes: | I try to do writing first, then internet stuff after, but with all the responsibilities I’ve taken on online, it can be hard #scribechat |
| 1:08 am | PeterMcL: | I’m utterly disciplined about it, but it really takes the fun out of it. #ScribeChat |
| 1:08 am | LiaKeyes: | @so_you_know Never too late to hop in! Welcome! We’re chatting about finding time and space to write. #scribechat |
| 1:08 am | SheviStories: | @so_you_know We just started, so you’re good. #scribechat |
| 1:08 am | Gwenda: | This also makes it way more likely I’ll write more later in the day. Lunches are good. Backyard Neo time is always good. #scribechat |
| 1:09 am | elishadew: | I used to be so good at writing on demand whenever I could. Having a kid threw me for a loop #scribechat |
| 1:09 am | rj_anderson: | Making a time map helps — setting apart blocks of time which are only for one purpose, instead of trying to multi-task. #scribechat |
| 1:09 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @rj_anderson Me too! If I know I only have a bit of time to write I push myself harder. #scribechat |
| 1:09 am | LiaKeyes: | @rj_anderson Yes, ‘free’ days can just melt away, can’t they? There needs to be some focus, or a plan, for the day. #scribechat |
| 1:09 am | rj_anderson: | @HeatherMcCorkle Yes! Whereas if you think you have all the time in the world… suddenly you don’t. #scribechat |
| 1:09 am | scribechat: | #scribechat #TOPIC: How Do You Organize the #Time and #Space to Write? http://goo.gl/fb/qHhAf#workspace |
| 1:09 am | LiaKeyes: | @elishadew Having children turned my brain to mush for years! #scribechat |
| 1:10 am | so_you_know: | @SheviStories yaaaay happy something goes right today! : )#scribechat very interested in this topic. |
| 1:10 am | editorialdept: | I do best if I have partners in crime – NaNoWriMo sprints -when others are writing, too – do wonders for my productivity. #scribechat |
| 1:10 am | teetate: | @elishadew E, it’s a process. You have to schedule you time around ‘mommy’ time, but you can do it. #scribechat |
| 1:10 am | LiaKeyes: | I really need to finish this draft and send to my agent, but I’m finding all my online commitments are fracturing my time #scribechat |
| 1:10 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @rj_anderson Exactly! #scribechat |
| 1:10 am | wholewidewords: | The creative spurts are wonderful. The dry times are not. However, the worst is guilting myself into a funk. #scribechat |
| 1:10 am | elishadew: | @LiaKeyes good to know i’ve got a ways to go before i get my brain back #scribechat |
| 1:10 am | inkgypsy: | #scribechat yay! OK writing time topic? Ask me 3 yrs ago I had a plan – now it’s try all day all the time with a toddler. No set ‘free’ time |
| 1:10 am | smolderingink: | Popping into #scribechat like many others I find my writing time has evaporated now that I have a kid. Naptime or no time, these days. |
| 1:10 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle that takes talent! LOL am impressed. #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | jennymckmoss: | Not writing makes me antsy in the same way not running did when I was a runner, so that potential craziness is a good motivator. #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | inkgypsy: | RT @rj_anderson: @LiaKeyes These days there’s no hope of total immersion in the writing. I take what I can get and do the best I can. #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | CreativeK: | I can usually edit a scene before my mind wanders to something else I know I HAVE to do. A good day I can get back to it. #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @editorialdept: I do best if I have partners – when others are writing, does wonders for my productivity. #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | I set a goal for the day and I push myself to reach it. If I haven’t by then end of the day then I don’t get to go to bed! #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | SheviStories: | How many NaNoWriMo winners here? I did it for the first time this year. Was great to free myself from my infernal editor. #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes I’ve been there. You have to learn to say no and not overextend yourself. #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate It’s not easy! Especially on gravel roads! LOL! #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | AudryT: | I write best after 10 P.M., but I also block out as much of my afternoon/evening as possible for writing. Mornings = other work. #scribechat |
| 1:11 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes me too! #scribechat |
| 1:12 am | LiaKeyes: | @elishadew To be honest, I never had much brain, anyway!  #scribechat |
| 1:12 am | inkgypsy: | @rj_anderson Bother – I forgot the #scribechat hashtag. Me too, can’t totally immerse – me due to kid. You? |
| 1:12 am | editorialdept: | 8-time winner here. Was ML for 6, so HAD to win those years RT @SheviStories: How many NaNoWriMo winners here? #scribechat |
| 1:12 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle wow, now I am really impressed. #scribechat |
| 1:12 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @AudryT After 10pm?! Geesh girl! Whatever works though. #scribechat |
| 1:12 am | WendySparrow: | @SheviStories I did NaNoWriMo last year. It was fun. Can’t wait for this year. #scribechat |
| 1:12 am | LiaKeyes: | @SheviStories I adore NaNoWriMo! I’m writing a gothic romance for this year’s stint. Anyone else got a plan? #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | rj_anderson: | @inkgypsy Three kids under the age of 10. Immersion = not going to happen. #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | elishadew: | @SheviStories i won in 2006, first try. only time i won, too #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | teetate: | @AudryT Gosh, I’m the same. I’ve always worked better at night…night owl and all. #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | LiaKeyes: | @inkgypsy It’s easiest to follow the chat here: http://tweetchat.com/room/scribechat We’ll still be here when you log back in! #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | AudryT: | @LiaKeyes Advantage of writing @ night PST time is most of Twitter/internet is in bed or on their morning runs. #nodistractions #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | CreativeK: | When I do have a whole day my mind won’t let me write or edit until it gets later in the day or dark outside. It’s crazy. #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | jemifraser: | I teach & have kids, so time is limited too (better in the summer!) I usually write in the later evenings #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | WendySparrow: | I skip sleeping like… ever to write. #scribechat It works well for me, but I also don’t operate heavy machinery. |
| 1:13 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate I work with frightening focus after 10 pm, but most creatively in the morning. #scribechat |
| 1:13 am | overdunne: | does anyone else find they can’t read (ie a novel) while they’ve got a WIP? I feel too guilty! #scribechat |
| 1:14 am | PeterMcL: | I work from 7:30 AM to 2 PM; after that, nothing much left. #ScribeChat |
| 1:14 am | inkgypsy: | I now look back at when I had a crazy job & cringe at wasted time. Oh to have a lunch hour again! LOL #scribechat |
| 1:14 am | lioncaller: | Hi all… I’ve been having a tough time finding any time at all, lately. Maybe I shouldn’t say that publicly. #scribechat |
| 1:14 am | mercedesmy: | I love #Nanowrimo! It’s kind of the only time my family really respects my writing time. #scribechat |
| 1:14 am | LiaKeyes: | @overdunne Oh, yes, I feel guilty reading when I should be writing, but sometimes it provides a solution to a problem…. #scribechat |
| 1:14 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes this is going to sound horrible, but I never done it. Not sure I know what it’s all about tbh. #scribechat |
| 1:14 am | AudryT: | @teetate There are a handful of authors who also write late night/early morn like me. We say hi on Twitter, then go back to work #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | PeterMcL: | @overdunne YES! I need to create! #ScribeChat |
| 1:15 am | rj_anderson: | I wrote & revised 85K in 3.5 months this year, setting my goal as 25K per month and trying to write 1000 words a day. #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | SheviStories: | I never used to write very late, but I have DSPS now, so writing is a good use of my inability to sleep at night. #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | jemifraser: | I’ve done NaNo the last 2 years, but it’s also report card time so it means sleep is extremely limited #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | wholewidewords: | I can’t even spell my own name before 2 p.m., much less write creatively. Nite owl, definitely! #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | WendySparrow: | @overdunne I struggle with my voice getting messed up in my head if I read during a WIP. I read more before starting writing. #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | teetate: | @overdunne on the contrary…reading makes me focus on my WIP. Little bursts of inspiration. #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | LiaKeyes: | @AudryT I like that idea! Say hi on Twitter early in the morning then get to work! #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @rj_anderson Bravo! That’s amazing! #scribechat |
| 1:15 am | so_you_know: | @overdunne i read snippets here & there but never a full thing for luxury /learning / joy like i would if i am not writing #scribechat |
| 1:16 am | rj_anderson: | While writing I can’t read in the same genre as I’m writing or I get fretful, but I can happily read other genres. #scribechat |
| 1:16 am | elishadew: | @teetate me too, exacrly #scribechat |
| 1:16 am | LiaKeyes: | I’m so overscheduled at the moment that I only got two hours’ sleep in the last 48 hours. #scribechat |
| 1:16 am | jennymckmoss: | I love to write at 4am while the house sleeps. That time feels quiet & still & open to something happening creatively. #scribechat |
| 1:16 am | inkgypsy: | @rj_anderson I feel your pain tho I’ve only 1 (3 yrs old & an anti-sleeper) #scribechat School will be good predictable time – kinda! |
| 1:16 am | rj_anderson: | @HeatherMcCorkle Thank you. I hope NEVER TO HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN. #scribechat |
| 1:16 am | PeterMcL: | If I write after 9 PM, I can’t sleep until 2 AM. #ScribeChat |
| 1:16 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes Lord, you always do that! You’re superwoman. #scribechat |
| 1:16 am | rj_anderson: | @LiaKeyes Okay, now THAT is no good. Something has to give there. And not the sleep part. #scribechat |
| 1:16 am | jemifraser: | Me too! RT @rj_anderson: I can’t read in the same genre as I’m writing or I get fretful, but I can happily read other genres. #scribechat |
| 1:17 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @rj_anderson: Wrote & revised 85K in 3.5 months this year, setting my goal as 25K per month and 1000 words a day. #scribechat |
| 1:17 am | AudryT: | @LiaKeyes Maybe you should have some guest hosts for #scribechat to ease up your time for a couple of weeks. |
| 1:17 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @rj_anderson No kidding! I can’t imagine how hard that must have been! #scribechat |
| 1:17 am | so_you_know: | @rj_anderson real quick. were you able to do that because you had a fairly clear outline, like very detailed? #scribechat thanks |
| 1:17 am | inkgypsy: | @aspiringmama Oh yes – learned best to keep trying anyway. Are you following #scribechat or #mommyswriting? |
| 1:17 am | SheviStories: | I can’t function without sleep, so no writing gets done. A little sleep helps, but a full 8 hours works best. #scribechat |
| 1:17 am | rj_anderson: | @jennymckmoss If I got up at 4 am I wouldn’t be able to see straight. Wow, you must be a morning person! I’m a night person. #scribechat |
| 1:17 am | wholewidewords: | @LiaKeyes Maybe we can write you a sleepytime story, and this can be #sleepchat! Poor thing1 #scribechat |
| 1:17 am | LiaKeyes: | @rj_anderson I’d love to take a month off from the internet and blitz, but I run this chat, the blog, and Fans of SCBWI fanpage #scribechat |
| 1:17 am | teetate: | @so_you_know yes, that’s a great question. #scribechat |
| 1:18 am | teetate: | @SheviStories powernaps are a Godsend. #scribechat |
| 1:18 am | AudryT: | @rj_anderson I inundate myself in a genre before I write to know what’s been done, how, & what golden opportunities were missed. #scribechat |
| 1:18 am | LiaKeyes: | I do find that having an organized workspace helps me save time, though. What about you? How do you carve out space to write? #scribechat |
| 1:18 am | jennymckmoss: | @rj_anderson This fretfulness happens to me too, Rebecca. Makes me feel like I should put the book down & get to work. #scribechat |
| 1:18 am | rj_anderson: | @so_you_know No, I didn’t. I had a 500-word summary (on which I’d sold the book) and a few disjointed notes, that’s all. #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | WendySparrow: | @RCMurphy Yeah, but 50K isn’t so much for me, Renee…. Staying on one task lately has been more daunting than word count. #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | lioncaller: | I thought I would have plenty of time after kid graduated high school, wasn’t anticipating energy drain of perimenopause….:\ #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | inkgypsy: | @LiaKeyes Um – been using Tweetdeck & stuck on how to reply in tweetchat :s #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | overdunne: | w hubby away x 6mos I started taking days off in hopes of writing, but so much to do w him away, can’t concentrate #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | LiaKeyes: | @rj_anderson Wow, fascinating! I got signed on 20 pages and no outline, then had to come up with the goods… pressure… #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | I have carved out my own space and love writing there. However, I also like to move around as I write. I’m odd that way! #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | so_you_know: | @rj_anderson wow. okay. that’s great to hear for some1 like me. so then how did the nonstop focus happen? #scribechat thanks! |
| 1:19 am | wholewidewords: | @SheviStories What keeps you up? #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes for me it was a lot harder w/ a laptop. Now I can close my door, sit on my bed and write away. #scribechat |
| 1:19 am | JennRHubbard: | @LiaKeyes Having a desk helps immensely. I used to write on a word processor on top of a cardboard box! #scribechat |
| 1:20 am | rj_anderson: | @teetate @so_you_know But I also write slowly and edit as I go, so I’m not running ahead of myself w/o thinking things through. #scribechat |
| 1:20 am | LiaKeyes: | @inkgypsy On tweetchat, all you do is click on the arrow that points backwards. http://tweetchat.com/room/scribechat #scribechat |
| 1:20 am | AudryT: | My “space” for writing is my laptop. I take it to my little office desk, to the living room couch, dinner table, everywhere. #scribechat |
| 1:20 am | SheviStories: | I carve out space to write by shoving everyone else’s stuff to the side, whether it’s on my bed, desk, or dining-room table.  #scribechat |
| 1:20 am | editorialdept: | I write on a laptop exclusively, so it’s my mental cue to work regardless of place RT @LiaKeyes: How do you find space to write? #scribechat |
| 1:20 am | CreativeK: | I have the same issue which is the best time 4 me but work at 7 am. RT @PeterMcL:If I write after 9 PM, I cant sleep until 2 AM #scribechat |
| 1:20 am | rj_anderson: | @so_you_know Having a deadline is very motivational for me. I panic at the thought of letting my editor down! #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | LiaKeyes: | @JennRHubbard Haha! Amazing! There’s a photo on the Fans of SCBWI FB fanpage of a laptop on the floor of a balcony. #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | lioncaller: | So for me it’s one thing or another…time vs energy, the way for some it’s time vs. money in life. #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | inkgypsy: | @LiaKeyes #scribechat Also have scheduling probs -a week with only 4 hrs a night & I’m so tired. Sacrificing sleep always bites you bac tho. |
| 1:21 am | VBTremper: | @LiaKeyes Laptop = freedom. Sometimes I write in the den, or the kitchen or my bedroom. Sometimes even my windowless ofc. #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @SheviStories I love writing at the dining room table! #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | so_you_know: | @rj_anderson yes, i am a VERY slow writer. “words are not the icing but the cake” lol #scribechat@teetate |
| 1:21 am | overdunne: | What about music? Do you need music on? what type? #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | teetate: | @SheviStories same here. #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | GeneDoucette: | and back #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | AudryT: | The one place I don’t take laptop is out w/friends, b/c that would feel rude (same for answering phone while dining w/friends). #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | maryfranholm: | RT @lioncaller thought I would have plenty of time after kid graduated, wasn’t anticipating energy drain of perimenopause. #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate Exactly! Inspiration hits no matter where I’m at. #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | WendySparrow: | I work so much better when my internet is cut off. #LeAshamed #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | SheviStories: | @wholewidewords DSPS: Displaced Sleep Phase Disorder. It’s best to sleep whenever I’m sleepy, but it doesn’t always work out. #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | wholewidewords: | @lioncaller I’m right there with you re: perimenopause! #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | so_you_know: | @rj_anderson okay so it helped having an editor then #scribechat thanks. very helpful in re the process for me… |
| 1:21 am | jennymckmoss: | @rj_anderson Your process still amazes and humbles me. #scribechat |
| 1:21 am | rj_anderson: | @lioncaller Oh, my sympathies! Perimenopause has done a number on my brain as well. Not energy so much as focus/mood. #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | PeterMcL: | Important to be careful of ergonomics. Once you start getting problems due to bad habits, they’re hard to shake. #ScribeChat |
| 1:22 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @overdunne Great question. I love music on when I write. What kind depends on the book and main character. #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | lioncaller: | @LiaKeyes I think it would be nice to have a studio just out of reach of wifi in my yard… #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | JennRHubbard: | @LiaKeyes At least laptops are portable. #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | rj_anderson: | Yes! That’s why I use Freedom (and now Anti-Social). RT @WendySparrow: I work so much better when my internet is cut off. #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | teetate: | @WendySparrow yep, that makes sense, though I need google for quick ref. at times. #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | LiaKeyes: | @maryfranholm Yes, hormones are a powerful mood changer, and affects your sleep patterns, definitely. #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | AudryT: | I’d end up w/piles of boxes of mystery junk. RT@KarlenePetitt @LiaKeyes I often dump my desk into a box to make room to think #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | teetate: | @PeterMcL true facts! Says the woman who had to have an MRI of her back last week. #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | CreativeK: | @LiaKeyes I usually sit in my living room in my apt with my laptop with snack on one side and journal or and binder on the other #scribechat |
| 1:22 am | GeneDoucette: | There have been a couple of times in my life where I left the family and went to my fam Cape house for a week to write. #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | WendySparrow: | @RCMurphy I think this short story project might have to be my summer project to deal with #RestlessBrainSyndrome #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | LiaKeyes: | @PeterMcL Ergonomics in your workspace is a great topic to discuss. Health issues can be long term and expensive. #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | GeneDoucette: | Haven’t been able to do that in some time tho #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | TracyClark_TLC: | I have to write in absolute silence. (My head is noisy enough as it is!) #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | overdunne: | @GeneDoucette what luxury! #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | AudryT: | If you can write at night & stay alert so the work is good, I highly recommend it. Your subconscious *knows* = no interruptions. #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | LiaKeyes: | JK Rowling kept boxes of scraps of paper, rather than have them clutter her tiny desk. #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | lioncaller: | @rj_anderson Yes, focus, too–noticed that recently. Big impact. Don’t think Twitter helps! #scribechat |
| 1:23 am | wholewidewords: | @SheviStories Thank you. I have sleep issues as well, though nothing diagnosed. I understand this in terms of energy lack. #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | CourtneyKoschel: | @TracyClark_TLC I’m the same way. If it’s not quiet, I can’t focus. #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | rj_anderson: | @so_you_know Yes! Words are the cake. And until the cake tastes right I can’t go forward or I start to hate myself & the book. #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | editorialdept: | I use music to cue scenes/moods in my head, but tend to write best w/ silence unless noise needs drowning out (coffeeshop, etc) #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | maryfranholm: | @lioncaller I hear you! For me theproblem is staying focused. Never used to be a problem before. Now I need quiet time to think. #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | teetate: | @TracyClark_TLC me too. ppl who write to music fascinate me. I’m distracted too easily. #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | LiaKeyes: | @AudryT I like writing when my internal editor is too sleepy to squeak #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | WendySparrow: | @teetate This is true… I sometimes go to a building I have keys to for a few hours in the morning but still write at home too. #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | lioncaller: | @rj_anderson What is Freedom/Anti-Social? #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | overdunne: | @GeneDoucette (laughing…) #scribechat |
| 1:24 am | SheviStories: | Best birthday present my husband ever gave me was a few days vacation from the family. I stayed at home and wrote. #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | CreativeK: | @overdunne I love music when I write. I have a writing soundtrack that I created and I have a videotape also full of white noise #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | inkgypsy: | @LiaKeyes I don’t see any arrow except next to the “Go” at the top of tweetchat #scribechat Do I have brain melt? |
| 1:25 am | LiaKeyes: | @editorialdept Me too! I like to psych myself into mood with music, then switch it off and write. #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | maryfranholm: | I don’t have enough brainpower left to write after working all day. And I’m not a morning person so getting up early is hard. #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | HoodedMan: | I sit in the living room, with my visual audio #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | jennymckmoss: | RT @VBTremper: @LiaKeyes Laptop = freedom. Sometimes I write in the den or kitchen or bedroom. Sometimes even my windowless ofc. #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | AudryT: | @LiaKeyes I’m very “brainal” and over-think things, so writing when I’m slightly sleepy actually makes me more focused. #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | LiaKeyes: | @inkgypsy Have you signed in using your twitter a/c id? #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | I do a playlist for the book I’m writing. It’s all music that gets me in the right mood for that novel. #scribechat |
| 1:25 am | gypsycalling: | RT @LiaKeyes: JK Rowling kept boxes of scraps of paper, rather than have them clutter her tiny desk. #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | jrmackenzie: | I escape to a room full of collected items over the years–hanging parrot, rocks from special places and quotes I refer to. #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | SheviStories: | @wholewidewords Mine isn’t exactly diagnosed except that my melatonin levels have flatlined. I just now my internal clock is off #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | overdunne: | I need kids in bed or away, and quiet (ie ‘spa’) music playing in backgrd. Unfortunately this also makes me sleepy. #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes oh, I def use music to get me into a certain mood, but then I have to switch it off. #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | CarrieCallaghan: | @LiaKeyes good strategy on the sleepy-depriving internal editor into submission! #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | LiaKeyes: | Do your friends/family respect your writing time? #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | editorialdept: | My WIP is a fun project based on the Highlander movie/TV show, so listening to Queen really helps set the mood! <–is a nerd #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | rj_anderson: | I use music as background noise while writing to distract my tyrannical Inner Editor. Any music, as long as it’s familiar. #scribechat |
| 1:26 am | overdunne: | @HeatherMcCorkle great idea. Will have to try the playlist. #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | SheviStories: | It frees me from my internal editor. RT @AudryT: @LiaKeyes writing when I’m slightly sleepy actually makes me more focused. #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes usually #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | elishadew: | @LiaKeyes my family hardly respects my shower time, let alone my writing time #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | AudryT: | My husband being a writer, heck yeah. RT @LiaKeyes: Do your friends/family respect your writing time? #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | PeterMcL: | I can only work to classical music (or silence). #ScribeChat |
| 1:27 am | HoodedMan: | I’ve played the same melody all night. At the fifteenth replaying or so inspiration finally flowed and hasn’t stopped since #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | inkgypsy: | @LiaKeyes Oh yay! Thank you. Now I’m there & can reply – sheesh. #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | jennymckmoss: | @LiaKeyes Depends on if they need something. Which is why 4am is a good writing time! #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | rj_anderson: | Freedom and Anti-Social = temporary network blocking software for Mac: http://macfreedom.com/#scribechat |
| 1:27 am | VBTremper: | @LiaKeyes My kids are 4 and 7, so that would be a no (re: respect for my writing time). #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @LiaKeyes My family & writer friends respect my writing time. I’m very lucky that way. My non-writer friends, not so much! #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | so_you_know: | @LiaKeyes oooo it varies. some friends get it. others don’t. some family members more supportive practically & others in theory! #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | overdunne: | @LiaKeyes kids: not really, husband: totally. Unfortunately he’s not here to spell me off. Getting creative with making time #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | teetate: | @elishadew lol, it’ll get easier when she gets older, hon. Promise. #scribechat |
| 1:27 am | LiaKeyes: | If you write when you’re sleepy, try setting a kitchen timer to create a sense of urgency. 20 minutes gets you going #scribechat |
| 1:28 am | HoodedMan: | As I knew it would. It evokes so much in me, almost too much #scribechat |
| 1:28 am | LiaKeyes: | @inkgypsy GREAT! Use tweetchat in future. MUCH easier! #scribechat |
| 1:28 am | SheviStories: | They do when I growl at them. “Grr…I’m writing now.” RT @LiaKeyes: Do your friends/family respect your writing time? #scribechat |
| 1:28 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle mine too. My oldest is excited abt my WIP so she keeps her sisters out of my hair when I’m writing. #scribechat |
| 1:28 am | rj_anderson: | My kids don’t seem to mind or notice much if I’m just online, but if I’m writing I get all kinds of complaints. Go figure. #scribechat |
| 1:28 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @rj_anderson: Freedom and Anti-Social = temporary network blocking software for Mac:http://macfreedom.com/ #scribechat |
| 1:28 am | overdunne: | @LiaKeyes another great idea. Until now the bus stop timer worked well! #scribechat |
| 1:29 am | PeterMcL: | My parents treat my working from home as synonymous with unemployment. Maybe they’re right! #ScribeChat |
| 1:29 am | jrmackenzie: | @rj_anderson Ooh, you have one of those, too? I think I’ve tamed mine with chocolate! #scribechat |
| 1:29 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate That’s awesome that she’s excited about your #WIP! Love that! #scribechat |
| 1:29 am | WendySparrow: | My husband encourages me to write… my kids… less so, but as I just never sleep at night there is that time. #scribechat #YayForInsomnia |
| 1:29 am | GeneDoucette: | I usually just growl and tell everyone to leave me alone, but the kids are older now, so it’s easier. #scribechat |
| 1:30 am | LiaKeyes: | @rj_anderson That’s interesting! (internet vs writing complaints from family) Wonder if it’s because of concentration level? #scribechat |
| 1:30 am | GeneDoucette: | Of course, when they were younger they went to bed early enough for me to have writing time… #scribechat |
| 1:30 am | overdunne: | me writing is like a magnet to kids. Mommy…what are you writing??? #scribechat |
| 1:30 am | lioncaller: | Ah, figures. RT @rj_anderson: Freedom and Anti-Social = temporary network blocking software for Mac: http://bit.ly/L3GHW #scribechat |
| 1:30 am | rj_anderson: | @jrmackenzie I WISH mine could be appeased with chocolate. Sigh. #scribechat |
| 1:30 am | HoodedMan: | There is no time when I’m writing/creating. I can look up and hours have passed #scribechat |
| 1:30 am | inkgypsy: | Often have to write when sleepy-some quick exercises really help get blood & brain going (kicks, crunches & punches) #scribechat #scribechat |
| 1:30 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle lol well, it’s my first potential YA. I read her the first two chapters and she got excited. #scribechat |
| 1:31 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | I’m so glad to hear most people have support from their families. That makes writing so much easier! #scribechat |
| 1:31 am | rj_anderson: | @LiaKeyes Yes, I think so. When browsing I can be interrupted at any time; when writing, not so much. #scribechat |
| 1:31 am | wholewidewords: | RT @LiaKeyes: @AudryT I like writing when my internal editor is too sleepy to squeak #scribechat |
| 1:31 am | LiaKeyes: | How do you organize your notes, plots, outlines, queries, ms, etc? Files? Boxes? #scribechat |
| 1:31 am | rj_anderson: | @lioncaller But Freedom is also available for Windows! Follow the link. Free trial. #scribechat |
| 1:31 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate That’s a great sign! #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | TracyClark_TLC: | Most people in my personal world DO NOT get it. The time, dedication, obsession even. It takes all of those. #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes usually, loads of folders on my desktop, now, however, I got a folder w/ tabs to organize #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | GeneDoucette: | I can usually manage only about 90 minutes of writing a day if I’m really pushing, but can get 5K in words out in that time #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @TracyClark_TLC: Most people in my personal world DO NOT get it. The time, dedication, obsession even. It takes all of those. #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | justwritecat: | I’m lucky-my boys know there are few times when mommy shouldn’t be “interrupted” When writing, when eating chocolate are two. #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | CreativeK: | RT @LiaKeyes: How do you organize your notes, plots, outlines, queries, ms, etc? Files? Boxes? #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle I have a great support system. I am very, very blessed. #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | rj_anderson: | I used to keep folders & notebooks to organize my ideas/research, now I keep everything in Scrivener. #scribechat |
| 1:32 am | so_you_know: | @LiaKeyes organized in folders and notebooks and a box. lol #scribechat need to learn that scrivener thingy |
| 1:33 am | editorialdept: | I have a spiral bound notebook + use the sidebar in RoughDraft RT @LiaKeyes: How do you organize your notes… #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | PeterMcL: | I use highly-structured MS word documents. The Document Map shows the contents. #ScribeChat |
| 1:33 am | GeneDoucette: | What are those, again? @LiaKeyes How do you organize your notes, plots, outlines, queries, ms, etc? Files? Boxes #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | SheviStories: | DH & DD want me to finish the edits on my WiP, so they can read the end. But I’m working a sub of something else for an agent. #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @TracyClark_TLC That’s a shame. But you always have us! That’s one of the best parts of the online writers community. #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | wildbloom: | I have one main folder and then sub-folders inside dedicated to each book/work/idea. #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | WendySparrow: | @GeneDoucette WOW! I thought I wrote fast. There is no way I’d get 5K out in 90 minutes…. 3K tops. #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | phoebeeating: | Four words: desk job with downtime. #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate Me too! And I count those blessings everyday because I know not everyone has such support. We’re lucky! #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | wholewidewords: | My English prof got me into organizing research into those tall brown envelopes, then into an accordion folder. Old skool! #scribechat |
| 1:33 am | zombiepal: | RT @TracyClark_TLC: Most people in my personal world DO NOT get it. The time, dedication, obsession even. It takes all of those. #scribechat |
| 1:34 am | jennymckmoss: | Organization: folders, index cards, notebooks, Word files, posters, binders #scribechat |
| 1:34 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes like I said: binge writer. #scribechat |
| 1:34 am | LiaKeyes: | @PeterMcL Do you use the Notebook view in Word? #scribechat |
| 1:34 am | HoodedMan: | Writing/creating is what i do, I’m delirious 2 report, so time is no problem, in that regard. There’s never enough of it, though #scribechat |
| 1:34 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle we really are! #scribechat |
| 1:34 am | lioncaller: | Awesome, thanks. Buying this minute. RT @rj_anderson: Freedom is also available for Windows! Free trial. #scribechat |
| 1:34 am | CreativeK: | I have a writing journal where I write all my ideas, drafts of articles, and random thoughts for writing. #scribechat |
| 1:34 am | SheviStories: | Each WIP has a folder on my computer with an outline, query, etc. I try to upload my work to Hotmail at the end of each day. #scribechat |
| 1:35 am | LiaKeyes: | @wholewidewords Wow, I kinda like the old school approach! (Brown envelopes, then file in accordion folder) #scribechat |
| 1:35 am | rj_anderson: | People who can write for 90 minutes and get 5K or even 3K: Youuuuu’re desphicable. *explodes with envy* #scribechat |
| 1:35 am | lioncaller: | @LiaKeyes Since I couldn’t get Scrivener for Windows, I realized that Word and One Note together did most of what I wanted #scribechat |
| 1:35 am | PeterMcL: | @LiaKeyes Don’t know what Notebook view is (maybe too new for me). I use normal or print layout views. Doc Map works in both. #ScribeChat |
| 1:35 am | GeneDoucette: | someday my memory is going to start to slip and I’ll have to take notes. #scribechat |
| 1:35 am | inkgypsy: | @so_you_know Scrivener is proving to be awesome, esp for a non-outliner like me. Organizes without me so not tripped up by that. #scribechat |
| 1:35 am | LiaKeyes: | I use Scrivener to organize my research files. It allows live links to online extensions #scribechat |
| 1:35 am | teetate: | @rj_anderson agrees!! #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | GeneDoucette: | @rj_anderson in my defense, this comes after a day of THINKING about what I’m going to write. #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | teetate: | RT @rj_anderson: People who can write for 90 minutes and get 5K or even 3K: Youuuuure desphicable. *explodes with envy* #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | wholewidewords: | @LiaKeyes The old skool approach got me all A’s and an A in the class. #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @lioncaller: @LiaKeyes Couldnt get Scrivener for Windows, but Word and One Note together did most of what I wanted #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | rj_anderson: | Those who describe yourselves as binge writers, do you need a lot of downtime between projects to recharge? I know I do. #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes lol going to google that one. #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | jennymckmoss: | Off-topic: Favorite “tools” for revision: different colored highlighters & post-its – Love them – such fun! #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | SheviStories: | It’s rare for me to write more than 2,000 words in a day, even if I write all day. #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | phoebeeating: | @SheviStories You should try dropbox! It’s made my writing life much easier. #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | VBTremper: | I organize with yWriter, folders, notepads, and Word files. #scribechat |
| 1:36 am | GeneDoucette: | @rj_anderson yes. Very much so. #scribechat |
| 1:37 am | teetate: | @rj_anderson I really, really do. I find binging productive, but very exhausting. #scribechat |
| 1:37 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @rj_anderson: Binge writers, do you need a lot of downtime between projects to recharge? I know I do. #scribechat |
| 1:37 am | wholewidewords: | @jennymckmoss YES! Office supply store junkie here! #scribechat |
| 1:37 am | GeneDoucette: | On binge writing –> http://wp.me/pXlXL-2N #scribechat |
| 1:37 am | so_you_know: | @inkgypsy i really need to learn it! thanks. yes, i am a zig zag outliner or so i have learned via others’ definitions! #scribechat |
| 1:37 am | rj_anderson: | @jennymckmoss I love colourful highlighters/stickies too, but I always forget what each colour means & get mixed up. #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | inkgypsy: | @phoebeeating What is dropbox? #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | teetate: | @jennymckmoss sorta related: Holly Lisle has great advice abt that. She suggest drawing maps to create urworld. She’s awesome. #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | HoodedMan: | I “organize” and “outline” in my head, and juggle quite a few stories simultaneously, no problemo #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | GeneDoucette: | I can go for weeks and months without writing a thing, then spit out 15K manuscripts in 10 days, edited and ready to go. #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | elishadew: | i stay disorganized with gdocs and ywriter #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | wildbloom: | I get anywhere from 1.5k to 3k, depending. I’ve had 5k and 8k days, but they are less frequent. #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | LiaKeyes: | @rj_anderson You could stick a color key to your monitor! #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | teetate: | @lisagailgreen hi honey, welcome. #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | SheviStories: | Took me one month to write my NaNoWriMo first draft, six months to edit it. I guess that’s like six months down time. #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | rj_anderson: | Reading. Relaxing. Thinking, but not too hard. RT @LiaKeyes: If you need downtime between binges, how do you refill the well? #scribechat |
| 1:38 am | lisagailgreen: | @teetate thanks sweetie! #scribechat |
| 1:39 am | GeneDoucette: | Beer, mostly. @LiaKeyes If you need downtime between binges, how do you ‘refill the well’? #scribechat |
| 1:39 am | teetate: | @elishadew LOL, you and me both #scribechat |
| 1:39 am | phoebeeating: | @inkgypsy awesome program; it puts a folder on all the puters you use and updates all of them automatically. backs up online too #scribechat |
| 1:39 am | LiaKeyes: | @inkgypsy Watch this video after the chat (re Dropbox) https://www.dropbox.com/ #scribechat |
| 1:39 am | teetate: | @GeneDoucette you are not human. #scribechat |
| 1:39 am | WendySparrow: | I can’t sleep if I don’t write what is in my head. I write to sleep. #scribechat |
| 1:39 am | inkgypsy: | @so_you_know Me too! When got it made pact w self would just write, learn tools as needed otherwise time lost to fiddling. LOL #scribechat |
| 1:39 am | wholewidewords: | I refill with reading something as unrelated as I can get. Celebrity magazines. Eat chocolate. Rest! #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | wildbloom: | To refill, I read something else, go outside, go for a drive, clean. #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | teetate: | @rj_anderson me too, I read loads btwn writing #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @WendySparrow: I cant sleep if I dont write what is in my head. I write to sleep. #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | GeneDoucette: | I crapped out a 1000 word outline for a script treatment about an hour ago. #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | lioncaller: | The other really helpful tool for me is SkyDrive, free online storage via Windows Live, backup and access files from anywhere #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | inkgypsy: | @LiaKeyes @phoebeeating Thanks! Will look up after chattime. #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | HoodedMan: | Midnight Fire blog: True Artistic Freedom (II) http://bit.ly/daZV4N #amwriting #writing #author #art#music #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | inkgypsy: | RT @LiaKeyes: RT @WendySparrow: I cant sleep if I dont write what is in my head. I write to sleep. #scribechat |
| 1:40 am | rj_anderson: | @GeneDoucette Your process sounds a LOT like mine, indeed. Only I generate the words much more slowly. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | teetate: | I also have a leather bound notebook with about a billion plot bunnies. This helps me when I can’t get to one immediately. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | wholewidewords: | RT @WendySparrow: I cant sleep if I dont write what is in my head. I write to sleep. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | TracyClark_TLC: | @HeatherMcCorkle You have to know how important my fellow writers here are to me!! LOVE! #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | GeneDoucette: | Oh sure TELL everybody @teetate @GeneDoucette you are not human. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | jennymckmoss: | @teetate Maps & colored highlighters: Be still my heart. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | LiaKeyes: | @GeneDoucette Where do you find the confidence to blitz? Voices stop me all the time, telling me I’m crap. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | SheviStories: | I try to write ideas when I get them so I don’t forget them. this includes ideas for stories, edits, dialogue, tag lines, etc. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | phoebeeating: | @inkgypsy I hope you like it! Wish I’d found it before I lost a third of a draft last year to the jump drive gremlins. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | inkgypsy: | Y’all read while writing? As in fiction in same genre? I worry about taking on voice so try not to but hard! I love 2 read. #scribechat |
| 1:41 am | teetate: | @editorialdept yep, I have a bunch of those too. I never delete anything from it, I figure I can always use it again. #scribechat |
| 1:42 am | GeneDoucette: | @rj_anderson in fairness, I need to really know what I’m going to be writing first to hit that pace. #scribechat |
| 1:42 am | HoodedMan: | I had a real nightmare last night, even for me. That helped #scribechat |
| 1:42 am | LiaKeyes: | @editorialdept What I love about Dropbox is that it synchronizes files between my desktop and laptop. I can access from anywhere #scribechat |
| 1:42 am | GeneDoucette: | @inkgypsy I can’t read fiction while I’m writing fiction. #scribechat |
| 1:42 am | SheviStories: | I’ll write notes and ideas on anything handy with anything handy–crayon on a torn piece of newspaper if necessary. #scribechat |
| 1:42 am | inkgypsy: | @phoebeeating I currently email self backups – has saved me couple of times but I’ll take another! Our ‘big’ HD failed. Argh! #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | inkgypsy: | RT @SheviStories: Ill write notes and ideas on anything handy with anything handy-crayon on a torn piece of newspaper if nec. #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | teetate: | @jennymckmoss wealth of information here: http://hollylisle.com/fm/ #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | editorialdept: | @LiaKeyes agreed! I’m fully mobile w/ my laptop, so NEED to have access from any place w/ an internet connection. Yay dropbox #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | overdunne: | I always find myself either critiquing my work or their work if I’m reading the same genre as I write. Usually it’s my work… #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @inkgypsy: @phoebeeating I currently email self backups – saved me couple of times! Our big HD failed. Argh! #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | SheviStories: | I can read fiction while I’m writing it, but it helps if it’s very different from what I’m writing. #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | teetate: | @inkgypsy me too! My poor gmail! #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | inkgypsy: | @GeneDoucette All fiction or just in same genre? #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | wildbloom: | @inkgypsy Sometimes I pick up a Koontz book when I’m struggling to write and the structure settles me. #scribechat |
| 1:43 am | so_you_know: | @SheviStories yes, once i wrote on my leg with a pen on a bus! #scribechat |
| 1:44 am | jrmackenzie: | @SheviStories I write ideas when I get them, too. I’m always fumbling or digging for something to write on no matter where.. #scribechat |
| 1:44 am | inkgypsy: | @SheviStories Me too – only trouble is the transcribing. *sigh* #scribechat |
| 1:44 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes confidence? I don’t have any voices telling me to stop. What you’re looking for is arrogance. #scribechat |
| 1:44 am | LiaKeyes: | HA HA!!! RT @so_you_know: @SheviStories yes, once i wrote on my leg with a pen on a bus! #scribechat |
| 1:44 am | GeneDoucette: | @inkgypsy at all. I consequently hardly read fiction. #scribechat |
| 1:44 am | teetate: | @wildbloom I do that with Gaiman and Kim Harrison. SHE has wicked outlines. #scribechat |
| 1:44 am | longislandjill: | RT @inkgypsy: Y’all read while writing? As in fiction in same genre? I worry about taking on voice so try not to but hard! I love 2 read. #scribechat |
| 1:44 am | LiaKeyes: | @GeneDoucette Does it come in a bottle? (arrogance) #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | PeterMcL: | @so_you_know Make a new friend: use somebody else’s leg. #ScribeChat |
| 1:45 am | inkgypsy: | @so_you_know LOL I’ve often been asked if I had a tattoo on my wrist for same reason. Call it my morphing tattoo. #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes this is gonna sound awful, but when u hear those voices tell urself ‘myer got published…I can do this.’ teehee #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | SheviStories: | If I come up with something while driving, I’ll repeat it over and over so I don’t forget it before writing it down. #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | HoodedMan: | Living a radical and beyond interesting life is the best inspiration there is #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | VBTremper: | I do that, too! Then I can open it on any computer, too. @phoebeeating I currently email self backups #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | lisagailgreen: | LOL I used to email myself backups then I realized my mail program downloads them to my hardrive and deletes the other DOH #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | phoebeeating: | @inkgypsy Heart attack on a plate! data loss is scary to me as I do ALL drafting on computer. wish i could write by hand. can’t. #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes It might. I think mine is secreted by a gland or something. #scribechat |
| 1:45 am | rj_anderson: | @LiaKeyes Maybe he’s born with it. Maybe it’s Maybelline. #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | so_you_know: | @LiaKeyes hehe had this panic attack that i was going to forget how to move the chapter plot along! #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate How do you know about Kim Harrison’s outlines? (curious) #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | teetate: | @longislandjill I do. But I know my voice so I don’t let what I’m reading disrupt me. #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @HoodedMan: Living a radical and beyond interesting life is the best inspiration there is #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | lisagailgreen: | I don’t mind reading while I write, but as I said, I usually am too focused on my own manuscript to do it. #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | teetate: | @SheviStories lol you need a recorder. #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | wildbloom: | @teetate It really helps sometimes when I feel like my writing is too mechanical. #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | editorialdept: | Also, to beat writer’s block I switch media. If blocked on laptop,write in notebook, etc. Amazingly effective, if hand cramping! #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | inkgypsy: | @GeneDoucette Must be maddening for you! I do best when don’t but when give in try other genre OR style radically diff to mine #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate Oh, I thought you were lovable, but now I know it. #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | jrmackenzie: | RT @PeterMcL: @so_you_know Make a new friend: use somebody else’s leg. #ScribeChat |
| 1:46 am | phoebeeating: | @inkgypsy I like to read easy stuff when I’m writing. Star Trek novels. Stephen King. Stuff I don’t have to think about to like! #scribechat |
| 1:46 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes she blogs about them sometimes. All excel docs…beautiful #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | rj_anderson: | @LiaKeyes I have many days when I feel like everything I write is crap. Sometimes I have to just give up and try another day. #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | overdunne: | @rj_anderson I’m a true newbie in the pub world (1 completed wk) so everything scares me right now. This chat scares me! #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | WendySparrow: | If I get an idea while laying in bed now, I don’t bother trying for hours to get to sleep… I just get up and write it. #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | HoodedMan: | @LiaKeyes @inkgypsy: @phoebeeating I have an entire collection of email back ups. Goes back years #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | inkgypsy: | @phoebeeating Me too now – time thing w kid so email self plus printout & put in binder for backup. Just need to label better… #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @editorialdept: To beat writers block I switch media. If blocked on laptop,write in notebook, etc. Amazingly effective! #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | phoebeeating: | RT @LiaKeyes: RT @HoodedMan: Living a radical and beyond interesting life is the best inspiration there is #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | rj_anderson: | @LiaKeyes But I don’t let myself give up until I’ve spent at least a couple of hours TRYING to get some words down. #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | GeneDoucette: | @inkgypsy well, when i do read fiction, it almost has to be something so breathtaking I could never do it myself. #scribechat |
| 1:47 am | teetate: | @rj_anderson I think we all do that. It’s the nature of the beast, I suppose. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | twilight2000: | @inkgypsy “loosely” same genre – i’m writing urban fantasy, i might read YA or hard SF ;>. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | inkgypsy: | @overdunne If it helps – we all feel the same way – at least some days. Take heart – we’re here to help. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | WendySparrow: | I envy those that can stop writing when they need to. I can’t… not since I started writing. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | LiaKeyes: | @overdunne Oh, no, this chat can’t scare you. We’re LOVELY people and we eat chocolate. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | wildbloom: | @rj_anderson I’m convinced that’s a writer’s curse. Maybe not every day, but I think we all suffer it sometimes. I know I do. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | SheviStories: | I find boredom is the mother of invention. Times when my mind is quiet–cleaning, walking, etc.–let me come up with ideas. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | When writers block hits me I email or call up a friend and brainstorm. It works every time! #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | so_you_know: | @editorialdept my writer’s block (when/if i ever have it–more word block than w block) goes away by handwriting instead typing #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | GeneDoucette: | @inkgypsy if it’s something hacky I get annoyed that the hack in question is published and making money. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | twilight2000: | @rj_anderson you are SO not alone in that! #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | inkgypsy: | @rj_anderson Yes – think trying is as important as doing sometimes. Persistence pays off in long term. #scribechat |
| 1:48 am | rj_anderson: | If your words look horrible, try changing the font/size and/or printing them out. Can jar you into seeing them with fresh eyes. #scribechat |
| 1:49 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | Seconded! RT @LiaKeyes to @overdunne Oh, no, this chat can’t scare you. We’re LOVELY people and we eat chocolate. #scribechat |
| 1:49 am | overdunne: | @LiaKeyes *smiles* chocolate lovers are my friends #scribechat |
| 1:49 am | LiaKeyes: | @overdunne I KNEW it! #scribechat |
| 1:49 am | phoebeeating: | @rj_anderson That doesn’t cause you to just spend hours playing with fonts? Not that I’ve ever done that . . . ahem. #scribechat |
| 1:50 am | rj_anderson: | Taking a long walk almost always helps when you’re stuck. At very least, it doesn’t hurt. #scribechat |
| 1:50 am | inkgypsy: | @rj_anderson That really works. Also writing in diff formats – I email myself, chat myself, write in Word, back to Scrivener etc #scribechat |
| 1:50 am | lisagailgreen: | You can’t second guess yourself, you need to just write it, that’s what revision’s for. Libba Bray said write what scares you. #scribechat |
| 1:50 am | LiaKeyes: | I think I need to take a month off from the chat to finish the ms. Would any of you like to take turns hosting? #scribechat |
| 1:50 am | overdunne: | and one never gets anywhere without facing her fears. #scribechat |
| 1:50 am | JennRHubbard: | @overdunne @LiaKeyes @HeatherMcCorkle That chocolate thing just might be part of the Writer’s Code. #scribechat |
| 1:50 am | PeterMcL: | @phoebeeating I even wrote a macro to print ‘The quick brown fox…’ in ALL the fonts I had! #ScribeChat |
| 1:50 am | SheviStories: | I love writing. Can’t wait to do it. But I hate feeling I need permission from my family to spend time alone to write. #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | twilight2000: | @GeneDoucette I still can’t work from outlines – I write organically – which I admit makes sequels harder ;> #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | inkgypsy: | @overdunne *squishes chocolate square to you thru interwebs*- sorry about the mess. #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | rj_anderson: | @phoebeeating I can indeed spend hours playing with fonts, but not with manuscripts! Only a few fonts readable enough to use. #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @JennRHubbard If it’s not it should be! #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | editorialdept: | I think I’m on duty for the 29th RT @LiaKeyes: Would any of you like to take turns hosting? #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | GeneDoucette: | @twilight2000 I can’t write from outlines either, but sequels haven’t been a problem so far. #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | rj_anderson: | Hear, hear. | RT @twilight2000: I still can’t work from outlines – I write organically – which I admit makes sequels harder ;> #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | wickedmoxie: | When I get writer’s block, it’s usually because I hate something about my character and haven’t figured it out yet. #scribechat |
| 1:51 am | phoebeeating: | @petermcl Ha! Did you figure out your fave? #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | inkgypsy: | @GeneDoucette Totally agree on the hacky! Drives me bananas! And when great up to last few chapters arggh! He he. #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | PeterMcL: | @LiaKeyes “I think I need to take a month off…” Very wise! I’m a bit relieved! #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | elishadew: | I’m lucky if I start with a general idea, let alone an actual outline. #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | lisagailgreen: | @LiaKeyes I wouldn’t know what to do, but I’m happy to help you out if I can #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | teetate: | @twilight2000 alot of ppl don’t outline. What wrks 4 some doesn’t necessarily wrk 4 others, but whatever gets it on the page!:P #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | LiaKeyes: | @editorialdept Yes, you ARE! Bless you! So I only need 3/4 volunteers to buy me a month to write… DM me if you’re interested! #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | GeneDoucette: | RT @wickedmoxie: When I get writers block, its usually because I hate something about my character and havent figured it out yet #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | wholewidewords: | @LiaKeyes Good for you!!!!! Altho we’ll miss you! #scribechat |
| 1:52 am | KarlenePetitt: | RT @HeatherMcCorkle: Seconded! RT @LiaKeyes to @overdunne Oh, no, this chat can’t scare you. We’re LOVELY people and we eat chocolate. #scribechat |
| 1:53 am | GeneDoucette: | allowing oneself to take a month off from anything is almost always a good idea. #scribechat |
| 1:53 am | vleemahoney: | Can’t even imagine RT @rj_anderson People who can write 90 minutes & get 5K or even 3K: Youuu’re despicable *explodes with envy* #scribechat |
| 1:53 am | rj_anderson: | @wickedmoxie When I get blocked, it’s usually because I made a plot/pacing error in earlier chapters that needs to be fixed 1st. #scribechat |
| 1:53 am | inkgypsy: | @rj_anderson Maybe there should be #organicwrite chat. Much advice for outliners. Notsomuch for organics. Muddle thru best can. #scribechat |
| 1:53 am | teetate: | @wickedmoxie you know what I started doing when that happens? Writing shorts abt said character. Helps me get n their head #scribechat |
| 1:53 am | overdunne: | @inkgypsy (cautiously wipes off fingers before typing) Yum! Thks! #scribechat |
| 1:54 am | LiaKeyes: | I dusted a framed letter from Random House requesting the full of current MS, dated five years ago… time to finish! #scribechat |
| 1:54 am | LiaKeyes: | How long does it take you to write novels? Do they differ from MS to MS? #scribechat |
| 1:54 am | phoebeeating: | RT @LiaKeyes: I dusted a framed letter from Random House requesting the full of current MS, dated five years ago… time to finish! #scribechat |
| 1:54 am | HoodedMan: | We should do our very best to live a life as interesting as the stories we create #scribechat |
| 1:54 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate I love that idea (writing shorts about a character)! I might try that. #scribechat |
| 1:54 am | maryfranholm: | @rj_anderson I keep writing even when it’s not flowing. When I read it back later, it’s usually better than I thought. #scribechat |
| 1:54 am | twilight2000: | @GeneDoucette a real tightrope walk between “enuf notes” to keep focuses & “too many notes” make it feel already written #scribechat |
| 1:54 am | inkgypsy: | @teetate Agree whatever works for you. Good to hear others approaches though. Helps feel less idiotic. LOL #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | SheviStories: | I find playing music helps carve out a writing space by blocking out distractions while setting the mood. Love Pandora for this. #ScribeChat |
| 1:55 am | wickedmoxie: | @rj_anderson I hate that too, but it usually doesnt slow my writing. It does make my edits a real pain in the rear. #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes that’s an easy question to ask and a hard one to answer. #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | suzannehpatton: | @LiaKeyes When it’s NaNoWriMo, a month… but I’m trying to take my time with this one and not rush through the words. #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle I started that, literally, this week. Had my ‘a-ha’ moment yesterday! #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | longislandjill: | New to twitter, what are some other writing conversations/author conversations #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @LiaKeyes If it’s YA it usually takes me four months. If it’s fantasy it takes closer to six to write. #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | suzannehpatton: | @HoodedMan I wish my life was that interesting! #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | wildbloom: | @LiaKeyes Did my first in 30 days thanks to NaNoWriMo, and revised in 2 months. My second one was 30 also and am revising now. #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | LiaKeyes: | @HeatherMcCorkle I have a tumblr blog for one of my characters. Really helped me get inside her, and fun for others to read #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | SheviStories: | #ScribeChat TweetChat threw me out. ?? |
| 1:55 am | inkgypsy: | @LiaKeyes How long to write? Different for each. Sometimes circumstance, sometimes how plugged in to story. #scribechat |
| 1:55 am | phoebeeating: | @HoodedMan It’s hard for me to work mermen and time travel into my real life! #scribechat |
| 1:56 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes but that’s not the whole story because I did rewrites off and on for a while after that. #scribechat |
| 1:56 am | JennBailey: | Love Hubby. He showed up at #SuperSecretWritingLocation with a dozen roses & a card that said “Keep Writing” #kidlit #scribechat #amwriting |
| 1:56 am | overdunne: | @LiaKeyes as you know, only written one…took me 18 mos (and a cross-atlantic move)..took daughter 24 hours to read it. Sigh #scribechat |
| 1:56 am | inkgypsy: | @SheviStories I see you. #scribechat |
| 1:56 am | longislandjill: | I start to think of something else. I lie down, close my eyes and let my mind dream. My mind just frees itself. #scribechat |
| 1:56 am | twilight2000: | @teetate shorts work for me too – also “scenes” that will be used “later” (could be in another book) – fleshes out characters! #scribechat |
| 1:56 am | LiaKeyes: | @twilight2000 Good point! How do you control the urge to research a little more, rather than write? #scribechat |
| 1:56 am | suzannehpatton: | @LiaKeyes You write a blog for your characters? That must be a great way to characterize! #scribechat |
| 1:56 am | longislandjill: | Does everyone here have a blog? #scribechat |
| 1:57 am | GeneDoucette: | @twilight2000 when I wrote the sequel to IMMORTAL I wrote it the same way I’d written the first, seat-of-pants #scribechat |
| 1:57 am | suzannehpatton: | @phoebeeating You’re writing about time travel too?? We should be friends, I think. #scribechat |
| 1:57 am | teetate: | @twilight2000 OMG, me too! I dn’t use half of what I find, but I have 2stop myself. RN I know way 2 much abt the Grimms brothers #scribechat |
| 1:57 am | wholewidewords: | @twilight2000 I get way too involved in research, too. I gotta write more, think less! #scribechat |
| 1:57 am | SheviStories: | #ScribeChat I use comments in Word to jot down notes while I write. Gives me a starting point when it comes time to edit. |
| 1:57 am | teetate: | @twilight2000 yep, I’ve done that as well #scribechat |
| 1:57 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes research comes from stuff I wanted to read anyway, and since I almst always read non-fic… #scribechat |
| 1:57 am | maryfranholm: | I’m a very organic writer. Outlines weigh me down. I like to stay nimble. Downside is I go down lots of blind alleys. #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes it’s sort of a continuous process. #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | wickedmoxie: | If I had a month to just write I could finally finish all three wip – then maybe try to write just one book at a time. #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | LiaKeyes: | @suzannehpatton I only use tumblr for character blogs, because I don’t have to compose a long post. More like a scrapbook. #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | jennymckmoss: | @LiaKeyes Shadow & Winnie’s War took ~3 yrs, jumping back&forth. My last one Taking Off -> had 2 have 1st draft to ed in 4 mths #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | inkgypsy: | @SheviStories Music + writing interesting to me. Used to use it a lot but can’t now – kid thing. #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | wholewidewords: | @longislandjill I’m working on setting up two blogs. Taking forever! #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | PeterMcL: | I maintain a Word doc called ‘Murdered Darlings’, which contains painful cuts, potential alternatives and additions, etc. #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | editorialdept: | 50,000 words from Nov 1-30th RT @teetate: OT, but can someone please explain NaNoWriMo to me? #scribechat |
| 1:58 am | LiaKeyes: | @suzannehpatton Character blogs shouldn’t take too much writing time away from you. Just a warm up method is okay. #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | GeneDoucette: | I’m waiting for the day I understand what in God’s name tumblr is. #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | suzannehpatton: | @LiaKeyes I’ve tried writing journals for my characters in specific scenes, but it never seems to work out right. #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | rj_anderson: | @inkgypsy For real. I spent a miserable year doubting & questioning my process because so little advice seemed to apply. #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | phoebeeating: | @suzannehpatton I’m planning a time travel for my next MS–but am so overwhelmed with how to plan wibblywobblytimeywimey stuff #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | teetate: | My writing mentor also advise using pictures to visualize your characters. I go a step further & seek out cities/scenery #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | longislandjill: | @wholewidewords What are the blogs about? I’ve created a blog called the Bryson challenge. But don’t know if it’s working yet. #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | HoodedMan: | The Storyteller (in a nutshell) http://bit.ly/a3zQoT #scribechat #amwriting |
| 1:59 am | editorialdept: | rather a minimum of 50k. Must be fiction, and must be original (cannot use pre-existing prose) #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | maryfranholm: | It’s really tough to fit the research in. I need to read this history book for one of my WIPs and I never seem to have the time. #scribechat |
| 1:59 am | LiaKeyes: | @suzannehpatton Yes, journals can be too self-conscious, but it’s a great way to test the character’s voice, passions, and hates #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | suzannehpatton: | @phoebeeating We should talk I’m writing a time travel right now and I’ve done lots of research on the topic. #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | wholewidewords: | @PeterMcL LOVE “Murdered Darlings”! Snorting laughter, and appreciating usefulness! #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | teetate: | @wildbloom & @editorialdept thanks! #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | inkgypsy: | @rj_anderson How did you get past that? I keep trying diff things.. drives me crazy. I’m organized person yet can’t outline Arg! #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | twilight2000: | @teetate & I know more about The Orkneys & Morocco than I ever thought possible ;> – it’s a sickness ;> #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | GeneDoucette: | @longislandjill a blog should be you, talking. That’s really the best way to go about it. #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | wickedmoxie: | @rj_anderson Too much advise is like kryptonite to a writer. #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | LiaKeyes: | @phoebeeating I’m a member of the International Society for the Study of Time so I can learn about subject #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | rj_anderson: | @phoebeeating We need to find out how Steven Moffat does it. I suspect there are flow charts involved. #scribechat |
| 2:00 am | NicolaMarsh: | RT @TracyClark_TLC: I have to write in absolute silence. (My head is noisy enough as it is!) #scribechat |
| 2:01 am | twilight2000: | @LiaKeyes I limit my research to a VERY specific thing – so I can get back to writing ;>. It *mostly* works ;> #scribechat |
| 2:01 am | teetate: | @NomadicQuill be my guest, hon. Whatever gets it out of your head and onto the page #scribechat |
| 2:01 am | editorialdept: | I have a bunch of favorites photos on flickr for this purpose RT @teetate: writing mentor also advises using pics to visualize #scribechat |
| 2:01 am | HoodedMan: | @phoebeeating I mostly write from personal experienced myself… #scribechat |
| 2:01 am | PeterMcL: | I write character and setting profiles, using a VERY long checklist I’ve cobbled together from many sources. #scribechat |
| 2:01 am | wickedmoxie: | @inkgypsy outlines dont have to come at the beginning of the book.I don’t outline until after the first draft is finished #scribechat |
| 2:01 am | teetate: | @editorialdept see? Great minds and all… #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | maryfranholm: | @petermcl @teetate Ideas are recyclable and what doesn’t work for one story, can sometimes become the seed for another. #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | suzannehpatton: | @LiaKeyes woah, int. society for time? V. cool! #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | teetate: | @rj_anderson ‘Hello, Sweetie’ lol so waiting for that Gaiman episode. #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | jrmackenzie: | @elishadew I have a character blog that I keep up with religiously #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | editorialdept: | @teetate *laughs* heartily agreed! #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | twilight2000: | @teetate I very much do that – some characters are based loosely on specific actors’ roles – those pix help HUGELY #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | LiaKeyes: | @editorialdept I have a large magnetic whiteboard filled with photos of the ‘cast’ of characters, their quotes, etc. #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | rj_anderson: | @inkgypsy Me too = organized person but can’t outline or it kills the book/joy of writing stone dead. #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | HoodedMan: | @phoebeeating anyway, it isn’t the details of it, but the spirit #scribechat |
| 2:02 am | SheviStories: | @teetate http://www.nanowrimo.org/ #scribechat |
| 2:03 am | inkgypsy: | @NicolaMarsh Silence helps a LOT but often don’t have choice so write anyway but if I could choose… #scribechat |
| 2:03 am | teetate: | @maryfranholm very true! #scribechat |
| 2:03 am | twilight2000: | @petermcl oooh – a formal version of what i do :> I Keep files of stuff pulled from stories – but I like your title better! #scribechat |
| 2:03 am | teetate: | @NomadicQuill yay! #scribechat |
| 2:03 am | teetate: | @editorialdept #scribechat |
| 2:03 am | LiaKeyes: | @suzannehpatton Yep, ISST is full of professorial authorities on subject of time from universities around the world. #scribechat |
| 2:03 am | teetate: | @twilight2000 i have two words for you, dear: Gerard Butler. #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | inkgypsy: | @rj_anderson Trying ‘colorscripting’ – image & color/collage for each sc I see in head. No words! Hope it captures w/out killing #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | teetate: | @SheviStories thanks! #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | twilight2000: | @inkgypsy I write to music always – specific music for specific styles of writing. My teen finds my music tastes strange :> #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | SheviStories: | I outline like crazy, and it means I can start anywhere I want–any scene, dialogue, etc–at any time. Love that freedom. #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | teetate: | @jennymckmoss my pleasure #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | LiaKeyes: | LOL!!! RT @teetate: @twilight2000 i have two words for you, dear: Gerard Butler. #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | InvasiveNotes: | RT @HoodedMan: We should do our very best to live a life as interesting as the stories we create #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | overdunne: | I outlined 1/2 way thru manuscript. Had 2- kept plot lines coordinated time wise. #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | longislandjill: | @wickedmoxie I agree with you, too much advise that you take makes your writing confusing. Best to listen, then go with your gut #scribechat |
| 2:04 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate *SIGH* Don’t forget Hugh Jackman! #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes Sadly, that book will need major rewriting. One too many vampires out there. #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | GeneDoucette: | I pretty much need silence to write. I end up singing along to music. #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | maryfranholm: | @teetate I think Holly Lisle is talking about starting a new publishing company. But I haven’t had the time to check it out. #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | editorialdept: | @teetate if you haven’t done NaNoWriMo yet, I heartily reco. it. You’ll be in very good company & it’s a fascinating exercise #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | twilight2000: | @LiaKeyes as a character? or as a writer? #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | inkgypsy: | @wickedmoxie Think I may try that after I finish this new 1st draft – for rewrites, hope I don’t kill it. #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle who could we? #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | wickedmoxie: | @SheviStories I never write a book in order and I rarely outline. I just puzzle the pieces back together. #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | ladypfeiffer: | RT @InvasiveNotes: RT @HoodedMan: We should do our very best to live a life as interesting as the stories we create #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | LiaKeyes: | I’d love to read your character blogs, if you’d like to share links! Mine is http://rowenastclair.tumblr.com#scribechat |
| 2:05 am | phoebeeating: | @SheviStories You don’t just write the best scenes and not bother with the rest? That’s my fear with writing out of order. #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | teetate: | @editorialdept It’s in November, right? #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | twilight2000: | @HeatherMcCorkle he’s good – but he’s not Pierce Brosnan! :> #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | inkgypsy: | @twilight2000 Hope to return to that when toddler bigger. #scribechat |
| 2:05 am | rj_anderson: | @inkgypsy You might find this post interesting: http://rj-anderson.livejournal.com/610593.html#scribechat |
| 2:06 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle and I meant ‘how’ could we? #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | so_you_know: | @LiaKeyes thank you for this. you and everyone. very much appreciate. i have to #unplug. #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | wildbloom: | @wickedmoxie Same here. I do best when I’m writing off the cuff. #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | rj_anderson: | @phoebeeating Yeah, I can’t cherrypick scenes either. Have to write in order, eat my veggies to get to the dessert. #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @twilight2000 LOL! True. #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | LiaKeyes: | @twilight2000 Not sure I understand the question… rephrase please? #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | GeneDoucette: | mm, can’t write scenes out of order either… #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate Indeed, how could we! Such an inspiring one, that guy! #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | twilight2000: | @inkgypsy why does toddler keep music from playing? #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | inkgypsy: | @twilight2000 Gotta say though – can’t be songs – needs to be soundtracks I don’t know too well. #scribechat |
| 2:06 am | maryfranholm: | If I could split myself 3 or 4 ways, I could have time to write in several genres, blog, tweet, and spend time with husband. #scribechat |
| 2:07 am | teetate: | @editorialdept lol maybe that’s just the deadline I need. #scribechat |
| 2:07 am | phoebeeating: | @teetate Wish it wasn’t in Nov. Thanksgiving always nearly gives me a nervous breakdown. I think . . August would be better. #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | overdunne: | @maryfranholm add kids/work and that’s me #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | teetate: | When I get discouraged abt my writing, I go back & read what I wrote years ago. ::shudders:: It makes me feel better. #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | twilight2000: | @inkgypsy ah – can be soundtracks, music i know REALLY well (and can ignore), instrumental – no songs with wordI i have to sing #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes I can’t do that either. But I usually know what the last page is going to look like before I get there. #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | teetate: | @elishadew thanks, E! #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | HoodedMan: | @suzannehpatton Mine is #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | maryfranholm: | @mschase1972 You mean outlining? #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | inkgypsy: | @twilight2000 He is very talkative & we interact a lot. Can’t even hear music! LOL #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | teetate: | @phoebeeating lol, I understand completely. #scribechat |
| 2:08 am | lisagailgreen: | I tried writing scenes out of order once, it was a disaster. I can go back later and fill in what seems to be missing #scribechat |
| 2:09 am | wholewidewords: | For WIP a prof made me do an outline. I cheated and did it after project was finished. #trueconfessions#scribechat |
| 2:09 am | twilight2000: | @wickedmoxie exactly my issue – outlines feel like story is already done – so no push to write it. #scribechat |
| 2:09 am | teetate: | @maryfranholm she kept mentioning her ‘heirs’ and she sounded angry. Just wondering, poor thing. #scribechat |
| 2:09 am | GeneDoucette: | RT @wholewidewords: For WIP a prof made me do an outline. I cheated and did it after project was finished. #trueconfessions LOL #scribechat |
| 2:09 am | SekritEmuSister: | @LiaKeyes Am doing character journals right now. They all have such distinct voices, I need to shape them all. #scribechat |
| 2:09 am | editorialdept: | final nanowrimo note – if you register on the site, they will send you a reminder when it gets close to start time. #scribechat |
| 2:09 am | maryfranholm: | @HeatherMcCorkle Yes! Then I would research several time periods, learn about global warming and read every book on my shelf. #scribechat |
| 2:09 am | twilight2000: | @inkgypsy Ah – i would have to write while he was in bed – talking to me breaks my focus ;> #scribechat |
| 2:10 am | LiaKeyes: | @GeneDoucette I think it’s enough to know what emotion you want to leave your reader with by story’s end. #scribechat |
| 2:10 am | elishadew: | this! RT @twilight2000: @wickedmoxie exactly my issue – outlines feel like story is already done – so no push to write it. #scribechat |
| 2:10 am | suzannehpatton: | Anyone not writing their novels conventionally? I’m trying out mine on an electric typewriter! #scribechat |
| 2:10 am | maryfranholm: | @overdunne Oh yeah. A personal life would be nice too. #scribechat |
| 2:10 am | SheviStories: | Writing out of order works very well for me. I write the best scenes and connect them later. #scribechat |
| 2:10 am | lisagailgreen: | Who else here is a sucker for happy endings? #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | teetate: | @elishadew for me an outline helps me figure out where I want to go. #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | GeneDoucette: | @LiaKeyes emotion? I’m too plot-focused. Emotion comes along for the ride. #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | teetate: | @SheviStories exactly! #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | wildbloom: | @lisagailgreen When I read, yes. Rarely when I write. #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | wickedmoxie: | @suzannehpatton OH, I envy your typewriter. I had one, but I couldn’t get ribbon anymore. And re-inking didn’t work too well. #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | teetate: | @lisagailgreen I am, but I want lots and lots of angst before I get my happy ending. #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | suzannehpatton: | @lisagailgreen Happy endings make me uncomfortable. My current WIP ends happily… I feel like they’re too fake! I’m a cynic #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | elishadew: | @teetate i never know where i want to go – that’s the fun part! #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | LiaKeyes: | @lisagailgreen I want a satisfying ending, one that is right for the journey, but not necessarily always happy.. #scribechat |
| 2:11 am | wholewidewords: | @suzannehpatton Very interesting! Is this so you can be more of the time period, or more for writing creatively? #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | overdunne: | @lisagailgreen I can’t do sad endings right now. Home life is too chaotic. Need HAPPY endings… #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | inkgypsy: | So – given that publishing requires outlines to propose nest book how do people get around the outline thing if can’t? #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | suzannehpatton: | @wickedmoxie I’m worried for running out of ink, but if I need I can buy more. You can re-ink them too? didn’t know that! #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | twilight2000: | @lisagailgreen Depends on my story – my long works tend to end up – my shorts end up or down depending. #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | wickedmoxie: | @lisagailgreen I love happy endings. But my idea of “happy” doesn’t always coincide with others. #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | lisagailgreen: | @wildbloom I enjoy torturing my characters, but find I want them to be happy in the end. #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | editorialdept: | @lisagailgreen me! I tend to dislike unhappy or ambiguous endings. I like Happily Ever After. #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | suzannehpatton: | @wholewidewords More creatively. And to slow down the process, really think about my words, and make it a joy not a pressure. #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | teetate: | @elishadew lol yes, but I’m a control freak. Hehe #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | inkgypsy: | @suzannehpatton There’s ‘happily’ and there’s satisfactorily – not the same thing. Good luck finding what completes yours! #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | Me too! RT @LiaKeyes I want a satisfying ending, one that is right for the journey, but not necessarily always happy.. #scribechat |
| 2:12 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @inkgypsy: Given that publishing requires outlines to propose next book how do people get around the outline thing if cant? #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | GeneDoucette: | @inkgypsy um… I’ll let you know when that becomes an issue for me. #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | maryfranholm: | @mschase1972 I know what you mean. Sometimes it’s hard to find the focus or what you want to say. #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | wildbloom: | @lisagailgreen I’m not such a nice narrator. #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | wickedmoxie: | @suzannehpatton Some kinds you can. I couldn’t get one for mine, so I tried to a DIY reink. Complete failure. #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | GeneDoucette: | @inkgypsy right now my solution is “have the next book already written.” #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | twilight2000: | @inkgypsy right now? I outline AFTER I’m done – with 1 book done and 2nd book all but done, that’s easier #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | inkgypsy: | RT @LiaKeyes: @lisagailgreen I want a satisfying ending, one that is right for the journey, but not necessarily always happy.. #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | suzannehpatton: | @NomadicQuill Not sure! I got mine from a garage sale a few years ago. It’s from the early ’80s I think #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | wholewidewords: | “Happy” is so subjective. To author and characters and readers. #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | LiaKeyes: | The ending of Wuthering Heights was satisfying, and felt right, but wasn’t particularly happy. #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | jrmackenzie: | #scribechat Find an ending that makes you happy and forget the “happy ending.” |
| 2:13 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate I think that’s a prerequesite to being a writer! #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | elishadew: | @teetate my stories always turn out better if i let them go where they want rather than where i think they should #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | phoebeeating: | @editorialdept I like bittersweet endings. Something has to be lost for me to feel satisfied. #scribechat |
| 2:13 am | SheviStories: | I like a happy ending, but not unnaturally happy. It has to fit with the story. #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | teetate: | @wildbloom lord, neither am I. Love it! #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | twilight2000: | @inkgypsy I’ll have to figure out how to deal with that issue later as I write more :> #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | twilight2000: | @GeneDoucette Does the noise in my head bother you? ;> #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | teetate: | @HeatherMcCorkle lol that and a tiny bit of neurosis. #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | suzannehpatton: | @inkgypsy I agree with that! My current wip wouldn’t be right if it didn’t end happy, even if it makes me uncomfortable #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | LiaKeyes: | I’m planning three chats to focus on three topics: Beginnings, Middles, and Endings. Like? #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | teetate: | @elishadew I sent you a DM. #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | maryfranholm: | @mschase1972 Then you have to decide what’s important. Be brutal. Edit out anything that doesn’t fit. Better to have too much. #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | GeneDoucette: | I like my endings like I like my coffee. #scribechat |
| 2:14 am | overdunne: | Maybe happy ending = an ending that makes me/others comfortable. #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | inkgypsy: | @GeneDoucette It’s a toughie – I see pros struggle with it all the time on Twitter & worries me. Should just write for now tho! #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | I had a tough time deciding how to end a particular book then I realized it wasn’t up to me, it was up to my characters. #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | suzannehpatton: | @wickedmoxie DIY reink sounds messy… #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes LOVES #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | GeneDoucette: | @twilight2000 is that what that is? #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | wildbloom: | There’s always closure at the ending of mine, it’s just not usually ‘Harlequin’ type closure. #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | maryfranholm: | @jrmackenzie @LiaKeyes Sounds like a great idea! I’ll have to check them out. #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | SheviStories: | Sometimes I write a story because I want to write a satisfying ending to something that didn’t have one in real life. #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | twilight2000: | @LiaKeyes LOVE! #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | wholewidewords: | @GeneDoucette Black, no sugar? #scribechat |
| 2:15 am | teetate: | @wildbloom those are the best kinds of endings #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | lisagailgreen: | Love it! RT @LiaKeyes: I’m planning three chats to focus on three topics: Beginnings, Middles, and Endings. Like? #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | suzannehpatton: | @phoebeeating re bittersweet endings: I agree. But whether it ends “happy” or not, something should always be lost on the way! #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | GeneDoucette: | @inkgypsy I’m kind of hoping I’ll be so successful they’ll be falling over themselves for my grocery lists. #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | elishadew: | @teetate Yeah, I’m good. How can I help? #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | maryfranholm: | @teetate Are you on Holly’s newsletter list? #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | phoebeeating: | @SheviStories Life can be full of loose threads! Books I think should be less so . . . #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | lisagailgreen: | @GeneDoucette sugary sweet? LOL just kidding… #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | GeneDoucette: | @wholewidewords bitter, but keeping me awake. #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | teetate: | @maryfranholm I am. I am her total fangirl. #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | Sourcerer: | @inkgypsy: – as publishing requires outlines to propose nest book how to get around the outline thing” #scribechat – self pub w/ no outline |
| 2:16 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @HeatherMcCorkle: I had a tough time deciding how to end one book then I realized wasnt up to me, was up to my characters. #scribechat |
| 2:16 am | inkgypsy: | @LiaKeyes Just saw your tweet – I can write a blurb (know the premise, problem & direction) but not 2 pages worth. #scribechat |
| 2:17 am | GeneDoucette: | @lisagailgreen or very very black. #scribechat |
| 2:17 am | HoodedMan: | Good night, people. Happy chilling nightmares to you all #scribechat |
| 2:17 am | wildbloom: | @teetate Yes! #scribechat |
| 2:17 am | Azrael52: | @GeneDoucette Oh, yeah, I love me some happy coffee. #scribechat |
| 2:17 am | teetate: | @HoodedMan night! #scribechat |
| 2:17 am | LiaKeyes: | @maryfranholm Do you have a link to Holly’s list? #scribechat |
| 2:17 am | wholewidewords: | @GeneDoucette Those are the best of endings, and the worst of endings. #scribechat |
| 2:18 am | wildbloom: | @HoodedMan Later! #scribechat |
| 2:18 am | GeneDoucette: | I actually take my coffee with milk and turbinado sugar, but I couldn’t figure out how to translate that into a book ending. #scribechat |
| 2:18 am | LiaKeyes: | @HoodedMan Good night, mystery man! #scribechat |
| 2:18 am | LiaKeyes: | @wholewidewords Are you getting all Dickensian on us? #scribechat |
| 2:18 am | inkgypsy: | @phoebeeating When you say “something must be lost” do you mean nothing comes without a price? I feel that too. #scribechat |
| 2:18 am | suzannehpatton: | I’m worried about my ending because it’s an obvious open for a second book. I feel like that’s cheesy on some levels. #scribechat |
| 2:18 am | SheviStories: | To paraphrase Mark Twain: “Of course truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” #scribechat |
| 2:18 am | wildbloom: | @liakeyes Like the beginning/middle/end idea, too. #scribechat |
| 2:19 am | twilight2000: | @GeneDoucette your characters need to drink more coffee ;> #scribechat |
| 2:19 am | phoebeeating: | @HoodedMan Nighty nightmares to you too! #scribechat |
| 2:19 am | teetate: | What’s the ‘rules’ on that, those books that have an open ending for a sequel? #scribechat |
| 2:19 am | overdunne: | @GeneDoucette cloudy, and just a bit of organic sweetness? #scribechat |
| 2:19 am | GeneDoucette: | @twilight2000 my characters already have drinking problems. #scribechat |
| 2:19 am | twilight2000: | @suzannehpatton mine is as well – but it’s also editable – it’s written as an epilogue – so pub can make call. #scribechat |
| 2:19 am | inkgypsy: | @GeneDoucette Wakes you up? Draws you in for another sip? I get that. #scribechat |
| 2:19 am | LiaKeyes: | @suzannehpatton I like books that end, even if there’s a subplot question that leaves the opportunity for a sequel #scribechat |
| 2:20 am | GeneDoucette: | We have a winner RT @overdunne: @GeneDoucette cloudy, and just a bit of organic sweetness? #scribechat |
| 2:20 am | phoebeeating: | @inkgypsy Yes, exactly! I’m fine with happiness if it’s earned-either through character growth or loss or whatnot. #scribechat |
| 2:20 am | wholewidewords: | @LiaKeyes LOL, you caught me! Just HAD to write it. #scribechat |
| 2:20 am | overdunne: | @teetate I’d like to hear that too- re sequel #scribechat |
| 2:20 am | SheviStories: | When writing a series, it’s a good idea for the major issue to be resolved at the end of each book while a bigger issue remains. #scribechat |
| 2:20 am | twilight2000: | @GeneDoucette your sense of humour suggests i need to read your books – hurry up and get published! :> #scribechat |
| 2:20 am | suzannehpatton: | @twilight2000 I’m considering selfpubing… so I wouldn’t have a pub to decide! I guess I’ll let the beta readers choose. #scribechat |
| 2:20 am | suzannehpatton: | @LiaKeyes Good, glad you like them, thanks for the input. #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | So do agents/editors RT @LiaKeyes I like books that end, even if there’s a question that leaves the opportunity for a sequel #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | GeneDoucette: | @twilight2000 LOL, soon. Sample chapter is up on my site now, actually. #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | maryfranholm: | @LiaKeyes You can sign up for Holly Lisle’s newletter here: http://hollylisle.com/newsletter.php#scribechat |
| 2:21 am | inkgypsy: | @SheviStories Maybe a beta can help you with that. May be obvious to you as writer but not them. If it IS obvious should tell U. #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | lisagailgreen: | @suzannehpatton That’s interesting I purposely didn’t but had an ed ask me to change to opening for sequel w/revision request #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | GeneDoucette: | @twilight2000 and I should be seeing the ARC within a week, god willing. #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | phoebeeating: | @teetate Are there rules? I’ve seen 1st volumes leave stuff wide open, or totally self contained. Prob something in btwn is best #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | teetate: | I just mean that if you’re querying is it a bit, I dunno, presumptuous to say ‘hey i want to do three books?’ #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | phoebeeating: | RT @SheviStories: When writing a series, it’s a good idea for the major issue to be resolved at the end of each book while a bigger issue remains. #scribechat |
| 2:21 am | LiaKeyes: | Cheers! RT @maryfranholm: @LiaKeyes You can sign up for Holly Lisles newletter here:http://hollylisle.com/newsletter.php #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | elishadew: | ok, laptop is dying, so i guess i need to sign off for the night. it was fun joining that convo! #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | twilight2000: | @suzannehpatton my betas liked the “epilogue” – story ended, “back at the pub” afterward. Made both types of readers happy! #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | inkgypsy: | @phoebeeating Yep – I’m big on consequences too. Things that come easily often bite in another way in real life. #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | twilight2000: | @GeneDoucette ooooh – nice!!! #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate You don’t tell them you have three books, though you can say “potential for series” in a query. #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | SheviStories: | @inkgypsy Have no idea what that was a reply to. #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | phoebeeating: | @teetate “A standalone novel with series potential” is the phrase I’ve usually seen thrown around #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @teetate Not at all! They love knowing you have more in you. Just pitch that the novel can stand alone. #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | teetate: | @elishadew night, E and thanks so much!!! I’ll email you tomorrow. #scribechat |
| 2:22 am | LiaKeyes: | @elishadew Glad you joined us! #scribechat |
| 2:23 am | editorialdept: | Holly Lisle’s web site helped me through my last 3 NaNo novels. Fast, helpful guides to just about any writing question. #scribechat |
| 2:23 am | LiaKeyes: | Right! RT @phoebeeating: @teetate “A standalone novel with series potential” is the phrase Ive usually seen thrown around #scribechat |
| 2:23 am | inkgypsy: | @phoebeeating @SheviStories That’s one of reason I like series – good story but can return to the world already invested. #scribechat |
| 2:23 am | teetate: | @phoebeeating but then the first ms shouldn’t be open-ended, right? #scribechat |
| 2:23 am | GeneDoucette: | about IMMORTAL: http://wp.me/PXlXL-q free chapter link at the bottom of the page. #scribechat |
| 2:24 am | wildbloom: | Amen RT @inkgypsy: @phoebeeating Yep – Im big on consequences too. #scribechat |
| 2:24 am | inkgypsy: | @editorialdept Holly & her site = awesome ++! #scribechat |
| 2:24 am | teetate: | @inkgypsy I rarely read standalones for that reason. #scribechat |
| 2:24 am | SheviStories: | Glad we’ll be doing beginnings, middles and endings–particularly middles. #scribechat |
| 2:24 am | GeneDoucette: | RE: standalone with potential for series… I rewrote to take out major resolution so it can come up in a later book. #scribechat |
| 2:24 am | teetate: | @SheviStories you and me both! #scribechat |
| 2:25 am | phoebeeating: | @SheviStories Ditto! Hate muddling through middles #scribechat |
| 2:25 am | LiaKeyes: | Do any of you have a character blog link to share? I’ll add it to the ScribeChat Review article if you like. #scribechat |
| 2:25 am | overdunne: | My kids (ie reason I buy MG/YA novels) are series junkies #scribechat |
| 2:25 am | teetate: | FYI, my brother blocked me bc of this chat. hehehe Said I wore down his battery. #scribechat |
| 2:26 am | inkgypsy: | Oop! Doggiewalk time! Gotta get my furries out before sunset (they’re handicapped) so chat later all! Thx for all tips/links! #scribechat |
| 2:26 am | LiaKeyes: | LOL!!! It was a good chat! RT @teetate: FYI, my brother blocked me bc of this chat. hehehe Said I wore down his battery. #scribechat |
| 2:26 am | teetate: | @overdunne I can’t remember the last time I read a standalone #scribechat |
| 2:26 am | suzannehpatton: | It’s getting late here & it’s time for me to start #amwriting but I had a great chat! Thanks everyone #scribechat |
| 2:26 am | LiaKeyes: | @overdunne Kids LOVE series. They like not having to find another world/set of characters to love. Very loyal! #scribechat |
| 2:26 am | teetate: | @inkgypsy night! Happy writing. #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | phoebeeating: | @inkgypsy Night! #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | GeneDoucette: | @teetate your brother is battery-powered? #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | AudryT: | Re: endings. I looooooove cliffhanger endings. The teen audience absolutely *devours* them in manga. They love the suspense. #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | wholewidewords: | @overdunne I’m, uh, not YA anymore but I love YAlit! What are they reading? #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | wildbloom: | @inkgypsy See ya! #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | teetate: | @teetate lol he said ‘why do you talk about writing so much on twitter?’ #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | teetate: | @GeneDoucette lol no, but his blackberry is like another appendage. #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | lisagailgreen: | Well, I think I’m done for a bit. Thank you all for the great chat! #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | overdunne: | @LiaKeyes @teetate ,and I ALWAYS have to read what they read! #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | LiaKeyes: | Night, all! Thanks for a lively, enlightening chat, as always. No wonder I adore writers… #scribechat |
| 2:27 am | phoebeeating: | @suzannehpatton Should get going too–promised myself I’d hit 56k today; still haven’t. Night all! #scribechat #amwriting |
| 2:28 am | teetate: | @lisagailgreen night, honey! #scribechat |
| 2:28 am | wildbloom: | Editing calls. Have a great evening everyone! #scribechat |
| 2:28 am | LiaKeyes: | @AudryT Does manga publish new volumes faster than novels? Otherwise cliffhangers with a year or two to wait drive me crazy. #scribechat |
| 2:28 am | GeneDoucette: | I’m gonna go melt somewhere else for a bit, then. Nice chat all. #scribechat |
| 2:28 am | teetate: | @overdunne of course! #scribechat |
| 2:28 am | teetate: | @GeneDoucette night! #scribechat |
| 2:29 am | wholewidewords: | @LiaKeyes Thanks, Lia. And glad you will have some time to write! #scribechat |
| 2:29 am | twilight2000: | @wholewidewords my teen is reading all the vampire books she can get – Schreiber, Mead, Mancusi, Cast – all of it voraciously #scribechat |
| 2:29 am | overdunne: | @wholewidewords 11yo is desperate for Mockingjay, 10 yo reading new Rick Riordan, 8 yo is reading Sisters Grimm books #scribechat |
| 2:29 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes that’s the worse thing about a series…the waiting. #scribechat |
| 2:29 am | LiaKeyes: | @GeneDoucette Hope all of you melting on the east coast can find a cool, dark cave somewhere!! #scribechat |
| 2:29 am | EbonyMcKenna: | #scribechat – hi all, sorry I’m late, just had a writing bender and wrote heaps. (for me at any rate) |
| 2:29 am | teetate: | FYI, if anyone is still interested in guest blogging, please let me know. #scribechat |
| 2:29 am | LiaKeyes: | @phoebeeating How close are you to 56K? #scribechat |
| 2:29 am | AudryT: | @LiaKeyes Some manga take a year between volumes. I’ve watched fans snatch up volumes after close to 2 yrs of waiting. #scribechat |
| 2:30 am | twilight2000: | Anyone know why I can’t save this “search”? #scribechat |
| 2:30 am | wholewidewords: | @twilight2000 LOVE vamp stuff. Cast and Mead are my faves. #scribechat |
| 2:30 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @EbonyMcKenna Congrats on writing heaps! #scribechat |
| 2:30 am | teetate: | @wholewidewords Richelle Mead is awesome. LOVE Kincaid. #scribechat |
| 2:31 am | LiaKeyes: | @AudryT Wow. Manga writers really know a thing or two about story, then! I should read more of them. #scribechat |
| 2:31 am | EbonyMcKenna: | @teetate I’d love to guest blog. Any particular topic? #scribechat |
| 2:31 am | LiaKeyes: | @twilight2000 Don’t worry, I’ll post a transcript at http://scribechat.com shortly #scribechat |
| 2:31 am | twilight2000: | @wholewidewords Schrieber is great for youngers (10-14) – Mancusi is different, so fun :> #scribechat |
| 2:32 am | wholewidewords: | @overdunne I know the date for Mockingjay–8.24.2010–but couldn’t tell you today’s date! #scribechat |
| 2:32 am | twilight2000: | @LiaKeyes ah – thanks, but I want to save it so I can find it next week! #scribechat |
| 2:32 am | EbonyMcKenna: | @HeatherMcCorkle thanks – managed 1,200 words and it’s a v emotional scene, feels good #scribechat |
| 2:33 am | teetate: | @EbonyMcKenna but I’d LOVE to do it! #scribechat |
| 2:33 am | LiaKeyes: | @twilight2000 It stays on the site, there’s a tab for ‘Transcripts’ and we also upload to Scribd.com #scribechat |
| 2:33 am | overdunne: | @wholewidewords tick…tick…tick… #scribechat |
| 2:33 am | HeatherMcCorkle: | @EbonyMcKenna Whoo! That’s excellent! #scribechat |
| 2:33 am | LiaKeyes: | @EbonyMcKenna Congratulations! Very inspiring! #scribechat |
| 2:34 am | twilight2000: | @LiaKeyes cool – thanks! now if I could just get twitter to let me put #scribechat in my saved searches ;> |
| 2:34 am | teetate: | @EbonyMcKenna how about…inspiration? How to get it and how to use it? #scribechat |
| 2:34 am | wholewidewords: | @teetate Georgina is my hero! Vampire Academy is great, too. But the succubus series is even better. #scribechat |
| 2:34 am | LiaKeyes: | @twilight2000 You can also make your own transcripts by going to wthashtag.com/scribechat at any time. #scribechat |
| 2:35 am | EbonyMcKenna: | @teetate Inspiration – sounds good! (and sort of topical because I’m all charged up #scribechat |
| 2:35 am | AudryT: | @LiaKeyes Many manga-ka do weekly or monthly “chapters” released in magazine format. Those get bundled into vols. #scribechat |
| 2:35 am | teetate: | @wholewidewords never read the vamp series, but Georgia owns my soul! Well, she shares it w/ Shadow Moon #scribechat |
| 2:35 am | wholewidewords: | @twilight2000 I will give them both a try! Thx for the tips. Am YA series junkie. #scribechat |
| 2:35 am | LiaKeyes: | @twilight2000 You have a limited number of saved searches, thanks to Twitter, so maybe you need to delete one in order to save #scribechat |
| 2:35 am | twilight2000: | @wholewidewords as i’m reading them for my teen, it’s all about Acadamy – haven’t hit her “grown up” series yet ;> #scribechat |
| 2:35 am | NicolaMarsh: | @inkgypsy I’m the same, prefer to write in silence but often no choice. Wrote bulk of YA with kids climbing all over me #scribechat |
| 2:35 am | AudryT: | @LiaKeyes So basically their readers have to suffer through cliffhangers every single week or month of the year. They <3 it. #scribechat |
| 2:36 am | LiaKeyes: | @AudryT I can handle a monthly cliffhanger, maybe… #scribechat |
| 2:36 am | twilight2000: | @LiaKeyes oh my – i hadn’t thought of that! thanks! (grrrrr) #scribechat |
| 2:36 am | maryfranholm: | RT mschase1972 @maryfranholm Well said and a good point…organization and discipline I suppose. // Isn’t is always? #scribechat |
| 2:36 am | jflamingo2: | @LiaKeyes A character blog. This is an intriguing idea! I need to read some of these links from #scribechat & consider doing this too. Wow! |
| 2:37 am | teetate: | @EbonyMcKenna sweet! Do you want me to do one? #scribechat |
| 2:37 am | twilight2000: | @wholewidewords enjoy! #scribechat |
| 2:37 am | phoebeeating: | @LiaKeyes Only 500 words short but I’m so and being lazy!! Keep your fingers crossed for me. Night! #scribechat |
| 2:37 am | maryfranholm: | @mschase1972 Organization and discipline is tough for free-spirited, creative types. But unfortunately essential. #scribechat |
| 2:38 am | EbonyMcKenna: | #scribechat fear is also good for inspiration/motivation. Making myself open the file and stare at the words … |
| 2:38 am | wholewidewords: | @teetate Vamp books are excellent. It’s how I started w/Mead. Then found Georgina. And…instant addiction! #scribechat |
| 2:38 am | twilight2000: | @LiaKeyes grrr- how does one delete a saved search? I can’t seem to find a delete… thx! #scribechat |
| 2:38 am | LiaKeyes: | @phoebeeating Oh, PLEASE do it and tweet me when you’re done! I need to know other people just DO it. So I can. #scribechat |
| 2:38 am | teetate: | Dang, we’ve been for lil over a hour and a half & already I have 5 marketing ppl following me. ::sigh:: LOL #scribechat |
| 2:38 am | EbonyMcKenna: | @teetate Yes, let’s do posts on each other’s blogs Your topic can be . . . falling in love with your heroes (is that OK) #scribechat |
| 2:39 am | AudryT: | I am very pro-cliffhanger. Classic authors wrote weekly serial cliffhangers in newspapers back in the day. Readers ate it up. #scribechat |
| 2:39 am | teetate: | @wholewidewords used to love vamp books, still somewhat do, but the market is flooded. I miss the vamps of old. #scribechat |
| 2:39 am | editorialdept: | I got the marketers, too. First time that’s ever happened on a chat. Grr. #scribechat |
| 2:40 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate I’m sorry – I’ve given up on blocking every marketing person who follows me. It was taking all my writing time to sift #scribechat |
| 2:40 am | teetate: | @EbonyMcKenna LOL omg, that’s perfect. I always have pathetic lil crushes on fictional characters, hence, the Shadow ref. #scribechat |
| 2:40 am | maryfranholm: | I need absolute quiet to get started too. But once I’m in the zone, even earthquakes and cranky husbands don’t phase me. #scribechat |
| 2:40 am | LiaKeyes: | @teetate What do you miss about the vamps of old? True creep factor? #scribechat |
| 2:41 am | EbonyMcKenna: | @teetate an interviewer once said to me ‘omg, you’re in love with him, aren’t you?’ and she was right. Husband doesn’t mind #scribechat |
| 2:41 am | LiaKeyes: | @EbonyMcKenna Someone give me a blogging prompt too, please! #scribechat |
| 2:41 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes I hate that vamps now are SO passive. They’re recycled over and over. #scribechat |
| 2:42 am | maryfranholm: | The marketers are getting smarter. #scribechat |
| 2:42 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @teetate: @LiaKeyes I hate that vamps now are SO passive. Theyre recycled over and over. #scribechat |
| 2:42 am | wholewidewords: | @teetate Interestingly enough, from the new paranormal stuff, I’ve become interested in older takes on vamps, ghosts, etc. #scribechat |
| 2:42 am | teetate: | @EbonyMcKenna lol, that’s awesome. I was/am so in love w/ my old Butler-esque vampire but sadly, he needs a rewrite. #scribechat |
| 2:42 am | LiaKeyes: | @EbonyMcKenna So funny! I’m in love with one of my characters, too. Total literary crush. #scribechat |
| 2:43 am | DeciduousTree: | Just in case you guys in #scribechat are wondering, I am rekindling my writing, saw the end of the chat … followed you … just listening |
| 2:43 am | maryfranholm: | @teetate I enjoy a book the most if there’s at least one character I can fall in love with. #scribechat |
| 2:43 am | teetate: | @wholewidewords yeah, I can see that. It’s the ‘tortured soul’ thing that bores me silly. #scribechat |
| 2:43 am | EbonyMcKenna: | @LiaKeyes L:ia, I’d love you do guest post on my blog as well Yay! Can you post about . . . . . our deepest fears? #scribechat |
| 2:44 am | overdunne: | well chatees (chatters?) I must go walk the marauding puppy before he drives me nutty. Thks for the advice and chocolate love! #scribechat |
| 2:44 am | twilight2000: | @teetate like any interesting characters, the good ones aren’t passive ;> #scribechat |
| 2:44 am | LiaKeyes: | @DeciduousTree Fun! We’ve run the gamut from How do you Organize the Time and Space to Write to inspiration, endings, & vamps #scribechat |
| 2:44 am | teetate: | @overdunne night, honey! #scribechat |
| 2:45 am | wholewidewords: | @teetate I know. Emo vamps are a bit…non-predatory. #scribechat |
| 2:46 am | EbonyMcKenna: | LOL!!!! RT @teetate: @LiaKeyes I always crush on fictional characters. *whispers Sirius Black* #scribechat |
| 2:46 am | teetate: | @twilight2000 Icant tell from what vamp bks that are out there. I also don’t like a weak female protag & that’s all over vampfic #scribechat |
| 2:46 am | twilight2000: | @wholewidewords one of Mead’s strong suits – even the good guys are sometimes predatory ;> #scribechat |
| 2:46 am | SheviStories: | I love the main character of my latest WiP, but it’s completely plantonic. Makes it easier when I crush his hopes and dreams. #scribechat |
| 2:46 am | EbonyMcKenna: | #scribechat *confession* have huge crush on David Tennant as Dr Who |
| 2:46 am | editorialdept: | @teetate have you read Robin McKinley’s Sunshine? #scribechat |
| 2:46 am | teetate: | @NomadicQuill ::sigh:: Inappropriate crush on him. #scribechat |
| 2:47 am | scribechat: | @EbonyMcKenna Oh, I MUCH prefer the new Doctor! #scribechat |
| 2:47 am | teetate: | @editorialdept I did. She did it right. #scribechat but she wasn’t ‘in love’ with him. |
| 2:47 am | twilight2000: | @EbonyMcKenna I think lots of us do *whispers Daniel Jackson* #scribechat |
| 2:47 am | scribechat: | @EbonyMcKenna Sirius! Now he’s lovely, though I kind of adore chocolate-carrying Professor Lupin, too… #scribechat |
| 2:48 am | wholewidewords: | @twilight2000 VERY true. Dmitri! *shivers in delicious, lascivious fear* #scribechat |
| 2:48 am | twilight2000: | @EbonyMcKenna Lots and lots of us found that to be true ;> #scribechat |
| 2:48 am | SheviStories: | Christopher Moore’s female vamp is very powerful, but that’s strictly adult. #scribechat |
| 2:48 am | teetate: | @scribechat pretty much all the marauders expect wormtail. #scribechat |
| 2:48 am | twilight2000: | @wholewidewords and for the younger set – there’s Ivan and Christoph :> #scribechat |
| 2:49 am | scribechat: | @EbonyMcKenna I’d love to post re “deepest fears” (as a writer? or re characters?) Hope you’ll visit my blog, too! #scribechat |
| 2:49 am | teetate: | and, *mumbles* Jamie Fraser. Le sigh. #scribechat |
| 2:49 am | SheviStories: | I’m not crazy about the latest Doctor, but I love Amy Pond and whats-his-face. #scribechat #doctorwho |
| 2:49 am | wholewidewords: | Inspirational topic: literary crushes! #scribechat |
| 2:50 am | teetate: | @scribechat that’s awesome. I’ll RT all that I can. Please do the same for me? #scribechat |
| 2:50 am | teetate: | @SheviStories Rory. Me too! #scribechat |
| 2:50 am | teetate: | @wholewidewords lol awesome #scribechat |
| 2:50 am | scribechat: | @wholewidewords I know I’m on the right track when my critique grp all have crushes on same character, Aurelius Falco! #scribechat |
| 2:51 am | mindstirmedia: | @overdunne Do you always outline? #scribechat? |
| 2:51 am | EbonyMcKenna: | @scribechat I’ll visit and often, in a non-stalkery way. Up to you, deepest fears as a writer, passing them to our characters #scribechat |
| 2:51 am | SheviStories: | @teetate I love Rory! He waited 2000 years for her! What a guy! #scribechat #doctorwho |
| 2:51 am | scribechat: | @teetate Rory? Is that her doofus-y looking boyfriend who does whatever she says without question? So you like the passive type? #scribechat |
| 2:51 am | teetate: | @mindstirmedia I don’t ‘always’ outline, generally, when I want to get unstuck. #scribechat |
| 2:51 am | EbonyMcKenna: | @teetate Jamie Fraser – it’s the kilt !!! #scribechat |
| 2:52 am | scribechat: | @SheviStories No, wait, I must have it wrong. Who’s Rory? #scribechat |
| 2:52 am | mindstirmedia: | @lisagailgreen What’s your current WIP? #scribechat |
| 2:52 am | DeciduousTree: | @LiaKeyes I love the diversity of topics and authors. I have read a lot of new books and blogs I never would have found #scribechat |
| 2:53 am | wholewidewords: | @scribechat A lit crush keeps me coming back to a series, or re-reading a standalone. Falco, eh? A professor? #scribechat |
| 2:53 am | teetate: | @EbonyMcKenna umhmm, kilts get me every time, but sadly, I couldn’t finish the series. #scribechat |
| 2:53 am | SheviStories: | @ScribeChat Rory is Amy Pond’s boyfriend. She’s the current Doctor Who assistant. #scribechat#doctorwho |
| 2:54 am | scribechat: | @SheviStories Yes, that’s what I thought. But he’s waited 2,000 years for her? I must have missed an episode. *curses* #scribechat |
| 2:54 am | teetate: | @SheviStories the Van Gough episode KILLED ME. #scribechat |
| 2:54 am | SheviStories: | Loved Dave the Laugh in the Georgia Nicolson series. Funny and heroic. #scribechat |
| 2:54 am | teetate: | @scribechat I don’t believe it’s played yet in the US #scribechat |
| 2:55 am | twilight2000: | @teetate that was an AMAZING ep! #scribechat |
| 2:55 am | EbonyMcKenna: | #scribechat I must get to the post office and mail things off, then remember to pick up son from grandparents, This has been such fun! |
| 2:55 am | scribechat: | @teetate Oh, I loved that one!! (Van Gogh episode) #scribechat |
| 2:55 am | SheviStories: | @ScribeChat Oh, no, I spoiled it! It was the last episode of this season. Thought you saw it. #scribechat |
| 2:56 am | EbonyMcKenna: | #scribechat see you all next week, |
| 2:56 am | scribechat: | @EbonyMcKenna Thanks for joining us! I should feed the hound and get dinner on. Getting late! Fun chat tonight. Love to you all! #scribechat |
| 2:56 am | mindstirmedia: | @teetate yeah, outlining is great for getting “unstuck” #scribechat |
| 2:56 am | teetate: | @EbonyMcKenna hey, honey DM me and I’ll send you my email so we can discuss the guest blogging. #scribechat |
| 2:56 am | wholewidewords: | @EbonyMcKenna G’nite! Sweet writing! #scribechat |
| 2:58 am | wholewidewords: | Ciao all, it’s my time of night to be creative, so…here I go! Thanks for the inspiration everyone! #scribechat |
| 2:59 am | twilight2000: | @SheviStories we meet Van Gogh in the first few minutes – that’s not a spoiler! #scribechat |
| 2:59 am | LiaKeyes: | RT @NomadicQuill: @LiaKeyes I miss the creep factor and I miss the inner struggle–a REAL struggle. #scribechat |
| 2:59 am | scribechat: | @wholewidewords Go for it! Happy scribbling! Night all! #scribechat |
| 3:00 am | SheviStories: | @twilight2000 Right. The spoiler was what I wrote about Rory. #scribechat |
| 3:00 am | teetate: | @LiaKeyes absolutely! #scribechat |
| 3:01 am | teetate: | @SheviStories I don’t think it was overly spoilerish, they won’t figure it out from just that mention #scribechat |
| 3:01 am | twilight2000: | @SheviStories oh – right- oh – well – it’s only sort of a spoiler – won’t make sense till after ep is watched ;> #scribechat |
| 3:01 am | SheviStories: | @teetate Hope you’re right. I know I wouldn’t have. #scribechat |
| 3:02 am | maryfranholm: | Good night fair scribes, I must depart and go home to husband and dinner. Thanks for the cool chat! #scribechat |
| 3:03 am | teetate: | @SheviStories I think they missed a week bc of the fourth, but they’ll be getting the last eps soon. #scribechat |
| 3:03 am | teetate: | @maryfranholm so great talking to you. Night, happy writing. #scribechat |
| 3:04 am | teetate: | @SheviStories Night! #scribechat |
| 3:07 am | twilight2000: | thanks for letting me join! off to family! See you next week! #scribechat |
| 3:07 am | teetate: | Well, by the silence, I believe that means ur all off. Great chat as usual. Off 2update my blog & get back to my wicked WIP #scribechat |
| 3:08 am | teetate: | @NomadicQuill let me know how the pics work out. Great talking to you! #scribechat |
| 3:09 am | teetate: | Night! #scribechat |
| 3:25 am | inkgypsy: | @NicolaMarsh Sweet silence! LOL All my sold writing has happened since kiddie too- so weird. Determination counts for a lot! LOL #scribechat |
| 3:30 am | inkgypsy: | @twilight2000 Catching up on missed #scribechat tweets – You write UF? Me too. *fist bump for support* |
| 3:31 am | inkgypsy: | @NomadicQuill Catching up #scribechat – you’re an organic too? We really should have an #organicwrite chat! LOL |
| 3:33 am | inkgypsy: | @rj_anderson Catching up on backtweets #scribechat Do you have a consistent approach now? (re organic writer little advice makes sense) |
| 3:39 am | PeterMcL: | @phoebeeating Sorry; missed your #scribechat question about favourite font! Better late than never? I actually use Segoe UI on screen. |
| 3:46 am | inkgypsy: | @twilight2000 Catching up #scribechat Yes – write while toddler in bed but need silence for him then. Headphones = can’t hear him or dogs |
| 3:55 am | twilight2000: | @inkgypsy ah – my toddler could sleep through ANYTHING – so it wasn’t an issue ;> (lucky :>) hope you can do quiet music soon :> #scribechat |
| 3:55 am | inkgypsy: | @ReneeMJ I agree need a break from own voice! I find TV a good writing break but I generally don’t get time to watch it. #scribechat |
| 3:59 am | inkgypsy: | Good idea + xlnt for fans RT @HeatherMcCorkle @teetate I love that idea (writing shorts about a character) I might try that. #scribechat |
| 4:00 am | EbonyMcKenna: | #scribechat are you still scribechatting? I’ve been to the post office and plant shop and bought a lime tree. Admittedly, it’s 2pm here. |
| 4:08 am | smolderingink: | Several domestic explosions later, and I have quite thoroughly missed #scribechat Life is so frustrating sometimes. |
| 4:24 am | CreativeK: | Just finished #ediitng and rewriting 5 scenes. I’m excited that even though it’s after midnight I got to write. #amwriting #scribechat |
| 4:31 am | CreativeK: | Just sent a backup to my email so now I feel safe. I’m always concerned bc my laptop has crashed before. #scribechat #amwriting |
| 4:55 am | CLGongora: | RT @rj_anderson: When my kids were smaller I tried to write during naptimes and after they went to bed. Now I write when they’re at school. #scribechat |
| 5:06 am | scribechat: | #scribechat TRANSCRIPT: How Do You Organize the #Time and Space to Write?http://goo.gl/fb/uQnUE #transcripts |
| 5:31 am | LiaKeyes: | @phoebeeating Oh, wow, that’s phenomenal! You trooper, you! Hurray!!!! Showing us how it’s done! #ScribeChat |
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