Comments on: The Benefits of Writing a Novel "Just for Fun" https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/ A Blog On Writing Wed, 15 Jan 2025 07:17:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Advocate available for pre-order – Sly Twin Tiger https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131843 Sat, 24 Feb 2018 16:19:52 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131843 […] The Benefits of Writing a Novel “Just for Fun” […]

]]> By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 02-22-2018 | The Author Chronicles https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131715 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 18:01:38 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131715 […] Creativity is the holy grail of writers. We seek to find inspiration anywhere we can find it. Tim Knox has 10 ways to overcome Lonely Writer Syndrome, Mary Carroll Moore examines refueling your creativity by planning recovery time after you finish a book, and Janice Hardy shares the benefits of writing a novel “just for fun.” […]

]]> By: Julie Clark (@_JulieClark_) https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131709 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:49:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131709 Thank you for this! Truly helpful and timely. (And congrats!)

]]> By: Roz Morris @Roz_Morris https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131702 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:03:19 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131702 There must be something in the air, Janice! Last year I wrote and published a book just for fun, something outside my usual oeuvre - a lighthearted travel diary called Not Quite Lost. In some ways, it was like using my craft for pleasure - and the book that came out of it grew into a proper thing that got reviews in literary mags and features on BBC Radio. Hooray for the in-between book! And now I'm back to my proper novel, mojo in full fettle.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131624 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:55:42 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131624 In reply to Janice Hardy.

I adore NaNo. It's just FUN.

]]> By: Janice Hardy https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131623 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:37:07 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131623 In reply to Lisa Ciarfella.

Awesome! That sounds like you had a ton on your plate, so it's no wonder you needed a break. Write on, have a good time, and just enjoy the experience. It'll come back.

]]> By: Janice Hardy https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131622 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:35:43 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131622 In reply to Debbie Herbert.

Thank you!

]]> By: Janice Hardy https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131621 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:35:28 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131621 In reply to Dominique Blessing.

Thanks! The tough times were about five years ago, but I do try to hold the blog together when things are crazy in my life.

Like all professions, every stage has good times and bad. Some are things almost everyone goes through, others are rare. The pressure of deadlines and contacts is one most folks experience at some point, but it's nice to know most of us make it through okay.

I can never resist a pun either, so it's all good there.

]]> By: Janice Hardy https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131620 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:32:07 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131620 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Thanks, I just noticed that myself. Deadlines really do put a lot of pressure on a writer. That's probably why the second book is so hard for pretty much everyone to write.

]]> By: Janice Hardy https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/02/writing-a-novel-just-for-fun/#comment-131619 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:31:01 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=33317#comment-131619 In reply to Hind.

Thanks!

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