Comments on: The Lure of a New Project http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html writing - reading - genealogy Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:23:25 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Scribe http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html/comment-page-1#comment-3570 Scribe Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:48:26 +0000 http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html#comment-3570 SMD, my advice is to pick the project that is foremost in your mind, sit down and just start typing. Don't think about it. Just do it! Chris, I often write the ideas down and sometimes will even do a bit more than that, but I try not to get too involved in all that otherwise it quickly takes over. All writers are different and we need to find our own discipline. Sometimes it takes a while though. I love the idea of writing the query letter first and have been letting the wording form in my mind. Thanks for the tip. SMD, my advice is to pick the project that is foremost in your mind, sit down and just start typing. Don’t think about it. Just do it!

Chris, I often write the ideas down and sometimes will even do a bit more than that, but I try not to get too involved in all that otherwise it quickly takes over. All writers are different and we need to find our own discipline. Sometimes it takes a while though. I love the idea of writing the query letter first and have been letting the wording form in my mind. Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Deborah Woehr » How Perfectionism Can Kill Your Writing http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html/comment-page-1#comment-3561 Deborah Woehr » How Perfectionism Can Kill Your Writing Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:18:01 +0000 http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html#comment-3561 [...] wrote an excellent post called The Lure of a New Project, where she discusses how writers fall into the trap of starting new projects before they finish [...] [...] wrote an excellent post called The Lure of a New Project, where she discusses how writers fall into the trap of starting new projects before they finish [...]

]]> By: Chris Howard http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html/comment-page-1#comment-3557 Chris Howard Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:34:25 +0000 http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html#comment-3557 Great post, Karen! I agree, that dropping every story isn't going to work. On the other hand, I have the next three book plans going, and I think the trick that works for me is to get enough of the ideas down that I can let them sit in my journal and steep. I have outlines, one or two chapters, a few scenes. Another trick I use is to focus my initial excitement into one of the most difficult pieces of the writing process: the query letter. Write your query letter first, while you still have the energy--and I always get some motivation out of the fact that the query letter's done, or near done, and sending out manuscripts is just a matter of sending pages to the printer. Great post, Karen! I agree, that dropping every story isn’t going to work. On the other hand, I have the next three book plans going, and I think the trick that works for me is to get enough of the ideas down that I can let them sit in my journal and steep. I have outlines, one or two chapters, a few scenes. Another trick I use is to focus my initial excitement into one of the most difficult pieces of the writing process: the query letter. Write your query letter first, while you still have the energy–and I always get some motivation out of the fact that the query letter’s done, or near done, and sending out manuscripts is just a matter of sending pages to the printer.

]]> By: SMD http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html/comment-page-1#comment-3553 SMD Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:05:29 +0000 http://www.karenleefield.com/blog/the-lure-of-a-new-project.html#comment-3553 I'm having this very problem. Ever since finishing my book I've sort of lost focus. I have at least 15 different things of varying lengths that are unfinished and all of them are screaming at me to get done. I've hit a sort of writing snag I guess. Not writer's block, just my inability to force myself to sit down and just do it. I’m having this very problem. Ever since finishing my book I’ve sort of lost focus. I have at least 15 different things of varying lengths that are unfinished and all of them are screaming at me to get done. I’ve hit a sort of writing snag I guess. Not writer’s block, just my inability to force myself to sit down and just do it.

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