Comments on: Detour Ahead: Obstacle or Opportunity? https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/ A Blog On Writing Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:36:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128305 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:23:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128305 In reply to dholcomb1.

And there are so many ways to achieve that, Denise. Keep putting yourself and your work out there and scanning the horizon for opportunity!

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128303 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 03:14:23 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128303 Goal is to write and to be published. Again. I may never be a household name, but I want to be recognized for the stories I write. In any small way. Hopefully, they make some money.

denise

]]> By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 07-27-2017 | The Author Chronicles https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128224 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:03:07 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128224 […] depression: why writers need to fill the well, Kathryn Craft considers whether a life detour is an obstacle or opportunity, and Bob Hostetler urges writers to write like […]

]]> By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128212 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 01:18:45 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128212 In reply to Victoria Marie Lees.

Good luck Victoria! I'd bet everyone who has done it agrees: completing a novel is a big undertaking, especially while you're still learning the craft. In proof I hold up all the repeat novelists who can't recall how they ever pulled it off the first time. Hang in there!

]]> By: Victoria Marie Lees https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128206 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 20:19:48 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128206 I am so proud of everyone here for completing novels. I'm still working on it, trying to shove obstacles aside daily. It's a great post, Kathryn. Thanks for sharing this with us.

]]> By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128201 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:44:52 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128201 In reply to Priscilla.

Hope it gives you comfort with the obstacles ahead, Priscilla!

]]> By: Priscilla https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128196 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 13:56:07 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128196 This is worth saving!

]]> By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128191 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:20:07 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128191 In reply to nancyrae4.

I felt the same way after my second, Nancy. I've heard many other authors say they use other, shorter projects as a palate cleanser between novels.

]]> By: nancyrae4 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128190 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 20:53:53 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128190 I just completed my second novel, and I feel a bit lost. When I read your blog I decided instead of whining I would give myself permission to withdraw from the white knuckle writer's life. Just for now. There are plenty of other writing opportunities: my poor old neglected blog, research projects, daily pages just for fun. I have to remind myself talent doesn't always appear in the same form. Thanks making me think!

]]> By: Kathryn Craft https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/07/detour-ahead-obstacle-or-opportunity/#comment-128189 Tue, 25 Jul 2017 18:18:39 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31963#comment-128189 In reply to Sherry Ficklin.

I know others who have had amazing results with that exercise. Thanks for mentioning it, Sherry.

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