tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post2025761101963256882..comments2023-09-16T09:00:31.715-04:00Comments on Telecommuter Talk: Friday BulletsEmily Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-14877417292307904822009-06-01T13:05:53.474-04:002009-06-01T13:05:53.474-04:00ZM, busy revising as I type this...
Stef, so all ...ZM, busy revising as I type this...<br /><br />Stef, so all those hours I sit at my desk reading blogs certainly count, right? And I guarantee you won't miss TV once you lose the signal.<br /><br />Lilian, thank you SO much for the encouragement. It's nice to know how a *real* novelist works and to know I'm not as far off the mark as I think I am.<br /><br />Litlove, yes, but your sort of writing means all kinds of reading and research. I'm just drawing on life experiences. However, it's still nice to know you think I'm making "excellent" progress and that the cheese-making is impressive (it really wasn't so hard. Just sounds like it would be).<br /><br />Dorr, you're so right. Starting out with big goals seems to ultimately work in my favor.Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-70808476028047314272009-05-31T08:56:58.442-04:002009-05-31T08:56:58.442-04:00I think you're making excellent progress with your...I think you're making excellent progress with your writing too -- good job! And there's nothing wrong with getting ambitious, right? As long as you're willing to revise the schedule later and don't beat yourself up too much about mot meeting those goals, of course. But if you hadn't started with big goals, you might not have gotten as much written as you have now, right?Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-9134982704560596202009-05-30T04:27:42.277-04:002009-05-30T04:27:42.277-04:00That's excellent progress! If I write a chapter in...That's excellent progress! If I write a chapter in three months I'm happy! And very impressed by the cheese-making, too.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-22080435207977030182009-05-29T22:59:18.330-04:002009-05-29T22:59:18.330-04:00Emily, I think that I am going to give up scheduli...Emily, I think that I am going to give up scheduling for good, but first I want to make you feel better.<br /><br />It takes me on average about 6 years to write a novel, that includes a couple of years of floundering and sometimes dropping another novel and usually reconceiving the book several times. <br /><br />Life happens while writing. I've been raising kids and while I don't know what else you've been doing, I am sure that writing isn't the only thing.<br /><br />I don't believe anyone writes 8 hours a day. Someone might have 8 hours of "writing," which includes research, reading, thinking, making notes, making coffee, talking on the phone, checking email, paying a bill, throwing the laundry on, eating snacks, making snacks... It wouldn't be possible to actually type or handwrite that long. Your brain would wear out.<br /><br />I can write about 4 hours a day. Less on early drafts, more on late drafts. Any more than that and the next day I'm fried. Plus I get very bad-tempered if I write up to the time I'm getting my kids. There has to be some chill time before hand.<br /><br />I've been thinking--this time it's going to be faster, easier, 2 years max because this time I've got it covered. And every time I have had to re-write yet again, and again, and the chapters took longer. Revising my schedule got to be shocking and upsetting.<br /><br />I think I would like from now on not to be shocked or upset, because that just delays the revision. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-24436572619864848982009-05-29T16:06:14.593-04:002009-05-29T16:06:14.593-04:00Made your own cheese? Impressive! It sounds like ...Made your own cheese? Impressive! It sounds like it's only a small notch down on the scale that has grow own sheep/make own clothes as the upper limit, though. <br /><br />Zoe's Mom is right; 3 chapters in 6 wks is good progress, especially if you are only doing this a few hours a day. Keep plugging away at it. <br /><br />I have no idea how to operate a DVR, just started subscribing to NetFlix, and have to have husband or son get the movie to start playing for me. I would be much better off if I didn't have a tv. Haven't had one on while on vacation all week and it's been heavenly, although I might tonight just to catch a glimpse of French news, which I probably won't be able to understand because there is no "slow down" button on the audio. (Obviously, I couldn't unplug from the internet, but only late at night back at the hotel.)Anne Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419931136194330529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-48635646486830856632009-05-29T15:45:50.723-04:002009-05-29T15:45:50.723-04:00I think Janet's 8-hour writing day uses creative a...I think Janet's 8-hour writing day uses creative accounting. I'll bet she includes the couple hours she stares off into space or out the window. And I bet she counts responding to email and talking to her editor on the phone as well. As long as it gets done at your writing desk, it counts. ;)<br /><br />Your Direct TV story made me laugh. We have an old TV at my house and have refused to buy a digital converter. We are happily looking forward to no longer having a signal.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-35600777543684447132009-05-29T13:24:55.110-04:002009-05-29T13:24:55.110-04:00I think almost 3 chapters in 6 weeks is really goo...I think almost 3 chapters in 6 weeks is really good progress! Just revise your schedule and you'll feel a lot better. Trust me, I revise schedules all the time so I know it works. :-)<br /><br />I am really impressed by the cheese making.ZoesMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279493011192565601noreply@blogger.com