Comments on: No-Nonsense Writing Tips From Nora Roberts

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:12:43 +0000

Aw, Jenny, your post couldn't come at a better time.
I took off a week for R n R and found a healthy balance connecting with fam.

Back to 'owning my writing' and building a routine around my peak writing time!

By: RLHarper

RLHarper — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:43:21 +0000

Stop Whining and Write! I love it! I had to come to terms with that notion last December. I decided that if I want to get it done, I have to write. It’s my escape. The work won’t write itself. I feel like an even bigger fraud if I talk about being a writer and not write anything. So...I write. I really like the routine as well. Very helpful.

By: Lori Ann Freeland

Lori Ann Freeland — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:47:19 +0000

Love this! It doesn't seem like routine can help that much . . . but it does! Sometimes the small things, the things we hear every day, are the things we need to listen to a little better 🙂

By: Ontyre Passages

Ontyre Passages — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:39:53 +0000

I'm only answering this now because, for a change, I haven't been e-ing around. I set a self-imposed deadline of last Friday to finish the editing pass on Stealing Light. My hours/day shot up to the eight hour range (I actually went over that last Thursday). I made it. That, though, isn't the point I want to make. Well, not exactly. I report my hours to an on-line group, WritingChallenge, and always I receive praise for editing 3-5 hours/day. I appreciate the comments because they're expressed out of kindness. Internally, though, I'm seething—at myself. I haven't worked since March. Sure, there was some time spent dealing with the shock of a pandemic that'd kill me faster than a bus at high speed, but what about since? Why am I not getting in at least 8 hours of work/day. It's simple. I've been e-fing around. All that said, I think I'm back on track. Maybe it was starting yoga two months ago. I don't know. My hours started climbing after that. I do know that I finished work on Stealing Light after 11PM on Friday and at midnight I started reviewing the ReVision Map notes I made last November for Protecting the Pneuma Key. Yesterday, I caught up laundry and cleaning and performed more preliminary work before launching into Pneuma Key. I still managed almost 6 hours. I WILL maintain that at a minimum. This is probably why I'm not in a critique group. I had people telling me what they thought I wanted to hear, when instead I wanted to be pushed. Of course, I knew they were telling me that because that was what they wanted to hear. I indulged them. No one was productive. The group broke up. This advice will go up on my wall, my computer, and anywhere else I can think to put it. It ranks with the all the advice I got from Ray Bradbury that was instrumental in igniting my writing in the first place. Thank you. Thank you so much! This was what I needed when I needed it.

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 18:55:41 +0000

In reply to dholcomb1. Preach it, Denise!

By: dholcomb1

dholcomb1 — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 05:26:45 +0000

We own this...

and

Stop effing around and write.

denise

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 23:16:00 +0000

In reply to barbdelong. She DOES rock! Virtual classes are the way I've gotten back into exercising Barb. There is literally no excuse if you can do it right in the living room. The hubs and I both do it, and just ignore each other so we can get through it. The trainer calls it High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), but anyone watching us would say, "Oh, so they just throw themselves around the living room. That looks like fun..."

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 23:13:22 +0000

In reply to Rick George. You're always welcome, Rick! Hands on that keyboard is the most important step, because everything else flows from that. Write on!

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 23:12:21 +0000

In reply to Ellen. LOL. I'm happy with TWO hours of writing time a day, Ellen. That woman deserves her success with her 6-8 hours a day. She is a writing machine!

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 23:11:19 +0000

In reply to jansenschmidt. I will absolutely pray for you! You are in a business sector that is being hit hard by this pandemic and I want Baer House Inn to live on and thrive. I've still got to come visit. :-)