tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6432371682398214639..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Resolving stuff - Karen BushKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-1313421203800771852015-01-12T09:07:44.658+00:002015-01-12T09:07:44.658+00:00Thanks Ann! And remember to let us know how you ge...Thanks Ann! And remember to let us know how you get on - if you aren't too busy writing of course! :-)madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-61842313250485078012015-01-11T21:36:45.015+00:002015-01-11T21:36:45.015+00:00And I meant to say I love the photos!
And I meant to say I love the photos!<br />Ann Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310566139408774783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-74337960957543458532015-01-11T21:35:14.586+00:002015-01-11T21:35:14.586+00:00Two good ideas Linwrimo and Flatcap - no idea how ...Two good ideas Linwrimo and Flatcap - no idea how you'd pronounce the first word! I'm going to give Linwrimo a go with a YA that isn't making much progress at the moment. I seem to be concentrating on articles which is writing, obviously, but I need to get the books done.<br />Thanks for the ideas Karen.Ann Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310566139408774783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-13469343478161964672015-01-11T15:56:53.362+00:002015-01-11T15:56:53.362+00:00I speak as an ex-Flatcapper, meaning often to re-j...I speak as an ex-Flatcapper, meaning often to re-join, and then don't.<br />I'm SAS too, so a seriously dangerous woman.<br />Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-58465529863354412472015-01-11T03:53:38.372+00:002015-01-11T03:53:38.372+00:00I'll try when we get home!I'll try when we get home!Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-16665965390071497162015-01-11T03:52:59.579+00:002015-01-11T03:52:59.579+00:00Hey, you're right, Susan, so I am. But I'm...Hey, you're right, Susan, so I am. But I'm a little bit scared of the flatcappers. I think I may have quoted my A-level history report of so many, many years ago before. 'Exhibits gusts of tremendous earnestness for this subject, interspersed with long periods of oblivion to its very existence.' I sometimes think it may still apply.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-22458534715623619802015-01-10T22:59:56.947+00:002015-01-10T22:59:56.947+00:00Let us know how you get on Catherine, Lynne and Ch...Let us know how you get on Catherine, Lynne and Chris!madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-54032017323308581832015-01-10T22:22:29.629+00:002015-01-10T22:22:29.629+00:00This sounds like a very good idea and one I could ...This sounds like a very good idea and one I could do with right now because I'm doing a lot of faffing about! Winter always does this to me - best of intentions and then I hate winter so much that I don't get half enough work done. I could even, probably, manage 1000 a day as a target. I'm going to have a go.Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65554364069719555882015-01-10T16:06:03.034+00:002015-01-10T16:06:03.034+00:00As Sue says, Dennis, you set your own target. It h...As Sue says, Dennis, you set your own target. It has to be something which is achievable so it encourages you to keep going rather than to throw your hands up in despair and then go and sink into a Pit of Despair: and by keeping it low, you are less likely to keep find excuses to put off the sitting down and getting on with it side of things. Rather, it becomes a case of "Oh it's only 200 words (or whatever) ... I can get that done in an hour, and then I'll be free to go do other stuff." And if after the 200 words are done you feel like carrying on: but if not, you can at least go do other stuff without feeling guilty, because You Have Achieved Something. And it's surprising just how quickly those few hundreds of words start to add up: I was quite gobsmacked to find my 500 a day turning out to be the equivalent of three books a year. And yes, go for it Lynne - both Linowrimo and a self-help secret society like Flatcap! :-)madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-12647093026208311612015-01-10T12:52:45.662+00:002015-01-10T12:52:45.662+00:00I like the sound of Linwrimo and Flatcap. I've...I like the sound of Linwrimo and Flatcap. I've sort of stopped with my writing and really need to get back into it. I have a short story collection to complete and if I did just 500 words per day I'd almost get the first draft completed by the end of the month. The editing bit I find easier to do. Lynne Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697330164705623835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-85987537229975187212015-01-10T10:46:56.492+00:002015-01-10T10:46:56.492+00:00Karen and I are both members of the secret society...Karen and I are both members of the secret society (okay, well not so secret now) called Flatcap, where we report in reguarly with an account of work we've got done - and encourage each other, congratulate, commiserate... But there's nothing to prevent AEs who are interested from forming their own group. Flatcap uses a round-robin email. You set your own target, Dennis, so if you think 300 words would suit you, that's what you aim for.<br /><br />You join when you have something you need to get on with - and you can drop out when you feel you've accomplished that.<br /><br />Seeing what other Flatcappers have achieved spurs you on, as does the knowledge that you have to report in - you want to be able to report a respectable amount of words written.<br /><br />Hey Dennis - you're a member of the SAS. You could join Flatcap if you wanted.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-83364398996944246632015-01-10T10:45:39.186+00:002015-01-10T10:45:39.186+00:00I think I'll have to try the Linwrimo approach...I think I'll have to try the Linwrimo approach, there's too much faffing about in my life just now. Any excuse not to get the head down and do some work.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34354774301079273362015-01-10T03:35:49.716+00:002015-01-10T03:35:49.716+00:00Even Linowrimo is too much for me. A more reasonab...Even Linowrimo is too much for me. A more reasonable target is 300 words, in the hope that suddenly the bolt will strike from the blue and I've 8000 written without even looking up. Sadly, the bolt gets rarer. But it's a good resolution. Perhaps we could keep up a general AE daily scoresheet, pour encourager les autres.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.com