tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post3563944662506123308..comments2023-09-27T04:43:42.272-05:00Comments on KjM - on the web: Don't do what I do (or did, anyway)KjMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691028465137798738noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-61574381895011649882010-12-08T21:57:38.966-06:002010-12-08T21:57:38.966-06:00Understood John. I use NaNo to give myself an enor...Understood John. I use NaNo to give myself an enormous kick in the rear. Not the first year, I'll admit. That was simple insanity.<br /><br />The story will edit out. It will need it. But the characters, the situation, the resolution hang together.<br /><br />At least, that's how I feel about it now.KjMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691028465137798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-1653879247062041092010-12-07T15:19:53.821-06:002010-12-07T15:19:53.821-06:00Congratulations on the productivity, sir. Hope it ...Congratulations on the productivity, sir. Hope it all edits out well. I'm also fond of tradition and ritual - humans are little without it. NaNo simply isn't one of my rituals.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-31252258089591398172010-12-06T15:06:33.742-06:002010-12-06T15:06:33.742-06:00Hi Helen, it's not that I don't believe I ...Hi Helen, it's not that I don't believe I can be creative on a computer. But I get very distracted (I have little discipline, so appealing to that doesn't help).<br /><br />With pen and paper, there are fewer distractions and they help me focus.<br /><br />It also gives me an excuse to write with my fountain pens, and to use speech recognition software when I come to enter large amounts of text (flashes and short stories I type after initially writing them on paper).<br /><br />So, writing this way is a treat for myself too.<br /><br />And, when I'm on a roll, I can get my thoughts down on paper very, very fast. As turned out to be necessary (a self-generated necessity, I do understand).KjMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691028465137798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-49490678678156325922010-12-06T14:47:29.107-06:002010-12-06T14:47:29.107-06:00I'm impressed that you write with a pen. I use...I'm impressed that you write with a pen. I used to write only with pen and thought I could never be creative on the computer. Now, as you probably guessed, I write only on the computer. I can get my thoughts down so much more quickly.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-41520062425096564612010-12-05T20:31:59.930-06:002010-12-05T20:31:59.930-06:00@Jon - my sister put it quite succinctly "Thi...@Jon - my sister put it quite succinctly "This family, we need deadlines." Too, too painfully true. Thanks for the congratulations. The story even hangs together, which was a wonderful surprise for me.<br /><br />@Susan - No, it doesn't have to be done in longhand. Only if you're as deranged as I am. But I find I like writing by hand. It helps me focus. now, if it only helped me get my rear in gear and get on with it!KjMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691028465137798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-21910768846721181862010-12-05T20:15:33.827-06:002010-12-05T20:15:33.827-06:00You're a better man than me, Kevin! I never ev...You're a better man than me, Kevin! I never even read the rules. It all has to be done in longhand???? I couldwould never even attempt that. I can type pretty fast and the words flow when I do but my days of handwriting are LONG gone. I can barely read a shopping list!Susan Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076064230626935030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-90896272701221053672010-12-04T19:24:40.417-06:002010-12-04T19:24:40.417-06:00Congratulations, Kevin. If memory serves (no guara...Congratulations, Kevin. If memory serves (no guarantee with me) long distance sprints also seem to be one of your traditions, but I think you outdid yourself this time. 11K. Ouch! But I knew you could do it.<br />~jonJ. M. Strotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01117770768990691070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-2901877373329340852010-12-03T01:35:50.895-06:002010-12-03T01:35:50.895-06:00J, I count at the end of each page - or couple of ...J, I count at the end of each page - or couple of pages. I don't wait to count the words till the end. I'd still be counting. <br /><br />It's hard enough (for me) not to lose count as I'm counting a page's worth. Fifty pages in one of those pads? I'd never finish.<br /><br />As to celebrating...I slept.KjMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691028465137798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-9988174708448603542010-12-03T00:44:19.525-06:002010-12-03T00:44:19.525-06:00You wrote 11,000 words in one day? That would be a...You wrote 11,000 words in one day? That would be amazing if you'd been typing. It's mind-boggling that you wrote them all out in long hand. And then counted them. <br /><br />Congratulations! I hope you did something to celebrate!jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581709224856007999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-33188712836067562582010-12-02T21:24:41.937-06:002010-12-02T21:24:41.937-06:00Hi Jai. Well, my had felt like it had (or that I s...Hi Jai. Well, my had felt like it had (or that I should chop it off because of the ache).<br /><br />It hadn't and I didn't - but it was touch and go there for a while.<br /><br />Thank you for the congratulations. Yes, I will be more leisurely in the revision process - first I have to get the words.<br /><br />A quill pen? What a lovely idea for personal letter!KjMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691028465137798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-83759998498092070842010-12-02T18:16:42.312-06:002010-12-02T18:16:42.312-06:00Kevin, you're amazing. 11k words in one day an...Kevin, you're amazing. 11k words in one day and your hand didn't drop off? My hand starts aching if I write more than a thousand words since I become more used to typing than handwriting.<br /><br />I have a feather quill that I like to write personal letters in and it makes my hand ache like never before.<br /><br />Congrats on reaching the 50k mark! Now that you've finished the challenge you can be more leisurely in going back over your work and revising. Good luck!<br /><br />JaiJai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-14501696715406014002010-12-02T18:00:39.477-06:002010-12-02T18:00:39.477-06:00*grins* there may be some truth in what you're...*grins* there may be some truth in what you're suggesting, Laura. Truth's a ugly thing sometimes, no? :D<br /><br />Regarding further explanation on Karen's blog...no, I know I should quit when I'm already behindKjMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691028465137798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23892967.post-75821414364221953292010-12-02T14:53:47.763-06:002010-12-02T14:53:47.763-06:00I think you LIKE the torture of cramming at the en...I think you LIKE the torture of cramming at the end. ;) Congrats on getting it all down on paper though, no matter what color ink it's in.<br /><br />On a side note - would you please go back to Karen's blog and do some more explaining? I rather enjoyed where you were going...Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.com