tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post3008946897663174167..comments2024-03-23T15:28:15.198+00:00Comments on Icy's Blunt Pencil: CommitmentIcy Sedgwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-11266135781252131302011-09-20T15:30:39.787+01:002011-09-20T15:30:39.787+01:00This post hit home for me too. I have had dozens o...This post hit home for me too. I have had dozens of wonderful ideas for years, but unless it's a short story, I rarely finish. You've nailed the why here. Many thanks.<br /><br />DonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-42897176263557679002011-04-08T15:02:36.821+01:002011-04-08T15:02:36.821+01:00This really hits home for alot of us I think. It h...This really hits home for alot of us I think. It helps me tremendously to look at others that have completed works and use them as the example or role model. Helps me, too, to mix it up. I've got the big WIP manuscript drafting, meanwhile I'm doing short stories set in the same world. I get the best of little finishes as well as staying on the big project in the long run.Reginald Goldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614046729112134242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-86977154398422937222011-04-06T15:28:55.438+01:002011-04-06T15:28:55.438+01:00I've gotten to the point in my writing life wh...I've gotten to the point in my writing life where I know when I've screwed up an opportunity. If I lollygag, cleaning the house, running errands or worse, entertaining myself with books and games, eventually the enthusiasm for an idea wears off. It would have been a perfectly good story had I jumped in sooner. The most common indicator is when another idea eclipses the old, half-finished one. I try to keep myself honest and on-task.<br /><br />Good luck on Guns of Retribution!John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-12961296813443103282011-04-05T22:32:16.111+01:002011-04-05T22:32:16.111+01:00Joely - I think we would be worried if we didn'...Joely - I think we would be worried if we <i>didn't</i> care about it. If we rushed it or just handed it out willy nilly then we wouldn't be putting our best into it.<br /><br />Alannah - I think you have to be realistic, but also let the best case scenario spur you on!<br /><br />Julie - Let me know how you get on with it!<br /><br />Monica - I sodding hope so!! I bet Joe Konrath doesn't feel like this...Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-87064922014900563952011-04-05T17:47:02.081+01:002011-04-05T17:47:02.081+01:00Great that you finished! And yes, the unchangable ...Great that you finished! And yes, the unchangable past is always cring-i-fying. Making anything permanent is enough to make one want to scream. I wonder if it gets better down the road? Wish I knewMonica Marierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03112762564137354581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-61049356005245194012011-04-05T14:42:53.031+01:002011-04-05T14:42:53.031+01:00Good for you! Congratulations - that's a great...Good for you! Congratulations - that's a great title, too.<br /><br />I can identify so much with what you have said here - absolutely spot on. I'm now going to have one last read through a short story I've been tinkering with, then I'm going to print it off and take it to the Post Office to submit it. It's time to let it go and see what happens. :)Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14581854897484618741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-52454396809823236442011-04-05T14:08:56.838+01:002011-04-05T14:08:56.838+01:00ACK, final DRAFT, not drafo...
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AlannahACK, final DRAFT, not drafo...<br /><br />grrrr<br /><br />AlannahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-53834608803139232962011-04-05T14:07:40.162+01:002011-04-05T14:07:40.162+01:00Oh yeah, I am like that as well. I have this fear ...Oh yeah, I am like that as well. I have this fear of finishing the final drafo of my novel, part of me keeps getting distracted, doing other things. However, I know I've got something very cool, but I suppose the next step involves querying for agents and I know there will be the inevitable rejections, which I fear, though I know I should persevere (did I just rhyme? think I did lol)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-53696321851262667152011-04-05T14:02:44.235+01:002011-04-05T14:02:44.235+01:00Yes, I have that very same fear. I think it strike...Yes, I have that very same fear. I think it strikes me with publishing more than with finishing books, since I've finished a lot of them.<br /><br />I remember when I was finishing my PhD thesis I went through all the same emotions, and withheld and withheld from submitting because I was terrified of what would happen when I actually finished.<br /><br />I think it's something we all go through to some extent, and might be just part of the process of creating something that really means something to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com