Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 1

[lagilman]

In which I make good on my promise (threat?) to start a year-long blog-series....

The thought of doing this for an entire year has got me slightly freaked out, so go, comment, be kind.....

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Does this happen to writers who do detailed outlines, too? I've always wondered. I write into darkness, and when I get stuck, I kick the problem to the hindbrain for a bit, and go for a walk/clean the bathroom/work on another project for a while. It's not ideal, but it usually sorts things (and sometimes leads to throwing stuff out).

[lagilman]

I've seen people do incredibly detailed outlines, and still get stuck. :-)

(and I'm going to ask that comments get made at the site itself, not here, if you can.... that way I can keep track of what's working and what isn't & what to follow-up on....)

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Sorry: I wasn't thinking.

[lagilman]

No worries. I always get immediate responses here, it's just more useful to me going forward to keep 'em all in one place. I am a meerkat of limited memory, sometimes.