tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post44610750480420026..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: When To Whip The WIPDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-52653447276826321302010-08-07T17:41:52.827+01:002010-08-07T17:41:52.827+01:00I get this all the time! I decided to take turns w...I get this all the time! I decided to take turns with the books - I think it is because you will always hit a tricky patch and that's when the siren song of other projects comes calling. I'd recommend writing on option 2 for a week and see how far you get - you might find that a snag in THAT ms makes you run back to the original WIP (hope that's not confusing - I blogged about this a couple of weeks ago so you could always go there for clarification.)<br />keep going!!simmonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410070490992751751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-68971337103850773272010-08-07T16:18:27.752+01:002010-08-07T16:18:27.752+01:00I know this feeling and have ended up starting to ...I know this feeling and have ended up starting to write what was going to be book 3 instead of continuing with book 2! <br /><br />I'm really enjoying it too so I know I made the right decision, but if you can shut your shouty voices up long enough to finish your current wip that's probably the way to go. Offering them chocolate might work :o)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-38693545718473197172010-08-06T18:39:39.425+01:002010-08-06T18:39:39.425+01:00OK, take a day out. Write those voices flat out - ...OK, take a day out. Write those voices flat out - 1st chapter, last chapter, middle, random scene - until you run out of steam. Now put them away and see what happens. You may have to keep on doing this throughout your WIP and why not? There's no rule against it. Just tell those voices - firmly - that they are playing 2nd string for now. They'll get their moment in the sun as soon as you're ready.<br />PS. I'm not Anon, I'm Gina - but my Google account doesn't want me to be me today, so I'm Anonymous: Nice one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-12294787219553986352010-08-06T17:00:37.221+01:002010-08-06T17:00:37.221+01:00Thanks everyone - I'm already an avid note tak...Thanks everyone - I'm already an avid note taker so they've already been 'written' as such - so what now?!!!!Fionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-12699059352705408752010-08-06T16:27:45.443+01:002010-08-06T16:27:45.443+01:00Agree with everyone else...you MUST write some not...Agree with everyone else...you MUST write some notes Fi...this is obviously a really strong idea and you don;t want to let it slip away...might quieten them down enough for you to get back to the WIP?Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-80646816054544319732010-08-06T12:06:26.004+01:002010-08-06T12:06:26.004+01:00Great piece. Me too - I give them some space in a ...Great piece. Me too - I give them some space in a notebook, and a half-hour while I'm waiting for the the washing-machine-man, or a train, or whatever...or some such time it wouldn't work to open the WIP for.<br /><br />Then they're safe - part of the shouting is your panic that they'll melt away. And like a child who's finally got its parent to LISTEN and responsd, they'll then potter off quietly to watch Postman Pat, and leave you in peace.Emma Darwinhttp://www.typepad.com/site/blogs/6a00e54eced2e1883300e54eced2e48833/dashboardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-82831375417328507122010-08-06T11:10:03.126+01:002010-08-06T11:10:03.126+01:00I agree with Anon and Debs - WRITE THEM DOWN!!! T...I agree with Anon and Debs - WRITE THEM DOWN!!! They're only shouting because they want you to give them some attention. Like noisy kids - you don't have to give up your life (or your WIP) for them, but they do need to know you care... Keeping them in a folder is like having a secret (growing) present for yourself when you've finished your WIP.<br />Sorry it happened on your holiday, though,and hope you're feeling better now.Susie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-82275316067008589372010-08-06T10:48:53.182+01:002010-08-06T10:48:53.182+01:00I hear you sister! I have become so comfortably u...I hear you sister! I have become so comfortably unpublished that I'm asleep most of the time - now THAT's comfortable!<br />Also, I get those shouty coices too - and until I commit what they're saying (just the bones, a snippet.. what my English teacher would have called a "plan" pppft!) they won't go away. They're all safely stored away in a separate folder I like to call "ideas" and they seem fairly comfortable where they are, too. Bless you for the snotty beach thing xDebs Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837598374947020855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-9643411931315362382010-08-06T08:22:23.032+01:002010-08-06T08:22:23.032+01:00Tricky one this, and I feel for you, Fionnuala. W...Tricky one this, and I feel for you, Fionnuala. What I do is try to get those voices out of my SPACE, rather than out of my head. I do a fair amount of airtravel and carry a fat notebook with me for those loud non-WIP voices. If they are loud enough to be heard as I sit crammed in a crowded airport cafe, or stuffed into a low-budget airline 'seat', they are loud enough to be written. And when I get home, they're not there!<br />(PS. DO get a notebook, though. Writing on the sick bag makes fellow travellers nervous...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com