Comments on: Feeling a Little Trapped Here… http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/ The Les Becker Blog: Writer (fiction, non-fiction, story-telling, memories, screenplays, radioplays, lyrics, ghost-writing, magazine articles, tourism and event promotion) and amateur photographer from Northern Ontario. Looking to escape Northern Ontario. Rescue me. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dale http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/#comment-2689 Dale Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:33:03 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/#comment-2689 I'm thinking of you and your fingers at this difficult time. Pretend you have to take out the garbage and finish your WriMo by mistake. <em>Les Says: Ha! I DID have to take out the garbage... missed it. Not because of the novel, though. I'm going to have to spend every second not at the J.O.B. this week to get caught up... well, except for about 15 minutes on garbage day. Sigh...*</em> I’m thinking of you and your fingers at this difficult time. Pretend you have to take out the garbage and finish your WriMo by mistake.

Les Says: Ha! I DID have to take out the garbage… missed it. Not because of the novel, though. I’m going to have to spend every second not at the J.O.B. this week to get caught up… well, except for about 15 minutes on garbage day. Sigh…*

]]> By: FHB http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/#comment-2567 FHB Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:32:12 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/#comment-2567 Stick with it babe. You'll make it work. I had an old idea for a story run through my head the other night. It flitted by, clear as day, and then the haze crept in and I got bogged down in details. Think it might be cool, but I don't have confidence in my ability to do characters. I haven't lived enough to be able to do that convincingly. <em>Les Says: Hairy, I have read your blog. That excuse does not fly with me. If you want to write that story (and I want to read it!), then I really wish you would. Confidence comes AS you write. You know I know this - you've been watching me grow and cheering me on. I like to tell people that if they couldn't write, they wouldn't want to. I believe that. Pssst. It's not too late to register for <a href="http://www.nanowrimo.org" target="_blank" rel="">NaNoWriMo</a>. Dare ya!</em> Stick with it babe. You’ll make it work. I had an old idea for a story run through my head the other night. It flitted by, clear as day, and then the haze crept in and I got bogged down in details. Think it might be cool, but I don’t have confidence in my ability to do characters. I haven’t lived enough to be able to do that convincingly.

Les Says: Hairy, I have read your blog. That excuse does not fly with me. If you want to write that story (and I want to read it!), then I really wish you would. Confidence comes AS you write. You know I know this - you’ve been watching me grow and cheering me on. I like to tell people that if they couldn’t write, they wouldn’t want to. I believe that.

Pssst. It’s not too late to register for NaNoWriMo. Dare ya!

]]> By: Mushy http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/#comment-2539 Mushy Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:56:44 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/#comment-2539 Stop it! I can't take the pressure of watching you procrastinate! As they say, "Shit, or get off the pot!" Personally, writing is too much fun to be done under a deadline. It should be savored in the brain and rolled around gently until you taste every word, every punctuation should be a release! <em>Les Says: Yessir! :-) I've got the music playing, now... I stopped to look up a word, and couldn't resist checking my stats - so after I hit 'send', I'm back in 1924 with Emma. Please don't say "pot" - now I want to change Emma's name to "Mary Jane"...</em> Stop it! I can’t take the pressure of watching you procrastinate!

As they say, “Shit, or get off the pot!”

Personally, writing is too much fun to be done under a deadline. It should be savored in the brain and rolled around gently until you taste every word, every punctuation should be a release!

Les Says: Yessir! :-) I’ve got the music playing, now… I stopped to look up a word, and couldn’t resist checking my stats - so after I hit ’send’, I’m back in 1924 with Emma.

Please don’t say “pot” - now I want to change Emma’s name to “Mary Jane”…

]]> By: Amey http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/#comment-2538 Amey Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:47:26 +0000 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/11/04/feeling-a-little-trapped-here/#comment-2538 Best Luck for NaNoWriMo... I was planning my first outing this time, but the worldly concerns took over :( Looking forward to reading your book now... <em>Les Says: Thank you, Amey - and welcome to Where the Walls are Soft. Are you sure you don't want to join this insane little clique? It's not too late, you know... it wouldn't take much to "catch up". Whad'ya say? :-D</em> Best Luck for NaNoWriMo… I was planning my first outing this time, but the worldly concerns took over :(

Looking forward to reading your book now…

Les Says: Thank you, Amey - and welcome to Where the Walls are Soft. Are you sure you don’t want to join this insane little clique? It’s not too late, you know… it wouldn’t take much to “catch up”. Whad’ya say? :-D

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