Comments on: On Writing: Scene by Scene http://msbookish.com/on-writing-scene-by-scene/ Everything I know, I learned from a book. Well, maybe not everything ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:40:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cathryn http://msbookish.com/on-writing-scene-by-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-3506 Cathryn Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:03:33 +0000 http://msbookish.com/on-writing-scene-by-scene/#comment-3506 I write scene by scene and that has a way of flowing into chapter by chapter. I stop writing when I hit my page count for the day. This leaves it nicely open so it's easier to get going the next day. I have a more difficult time getting going when I'm starting a new chapter or scene (lots of throat clearing before it gets moving). .-= Cathryn´s last blog ..<a href="http://cathryngrant.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/how-to-be-a-better-writer/" rel="nofollow">How to be a better writer</a> =-. I write scene by scene and that has a way of flowing into chapter by chapter.

I stop writing when I hit my page count for the day. This leaves it nicely open so it’s easier to get going the next day. I have a more difficult time getting going when I’m starting a new chapter or scene (lots of throat clearing before it gets moving).
.-= Cathryn´s last blog ..How to be a better writer =-.

]]> By: Susan @ Reading Upside Down http://msbookish.com/on-writing-scene-by-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-3501 Susan @ Reading Upside Down Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:23:20 +0000 http://msbookish.com/on-writing-scene-by-scene/#comment-3501 I've never really written fiction (not anything that I would show to someone else, anyway). I do remember going to a writers' festival where a novelist spoke about his writing routine. He was one of three novelists on a panel. The other two were quite relaxed - they liked to write everyday and had an approximate number of words they aimed for, but they were generally pretty relaxed. The third author, who had worked as an engineer for many years, had a very strict writing regime including a whiteboard to map out the story and a spreadsheet to monitor the number of words he had written, number of words he needed to write each day to meet his deadline, percentage of novel complete etc. VERY organised. I think putting that kind of pressure on myself would kill any creativity I had, but it seemed to work well for him. I'm glad you had a productive day of writing. I’ve never really written fiction (not anything that I would show to someone else, anyway). I do remember going to a writers’ festival where a novelist spoke about his writing routine. He was one of three novelists on a panel. The other two were quite relaxed – they liked to write everyday and had an approximate number of words they aimed for, but they were generally pretty relaxed.

The third author, who had worked as an engineer for many years, had a very strict writing regime including a whiteboard to map out the story and a spreadsheet to monitor the number of words he had written, number of words he needed to write each day to meet his deadline, percentage of novel complete etc. VERY organised. I think putting that kind of pressure on myself would kill any creativity I had, but it seemed to work well for him.

I’m glad you had a productive day of writing.

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