tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post7140515774968211660..comments2015-04-27T06:53:28.397-04:00Comments on The Scribbling Novelist: Why Can't I Write?Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11551390006758943315noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-57889284671293523422008-11-05T19:32:00.000-05:002008-11-05T19:32:00.000-05:00LOL... yeah the whole Jedi Level 6 thing doesn't e...LOL... yeah the whole Jedi Level 6 thing doesn't exist but in my prof's head. He's quirky like that. <BR/><BR/>If you guys (eileen and margosita) go to AWP we need to get together sometime! :)Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11551390006758943315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-52680030747584918782008-11-04T17:20:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:20:00.000-05:00also I can't spell. The shame, the shame. See you...also I can't spell. The shame, the shame. <BR/><BR/>See you tonight for chili and election coverage.<BR/><BR/>OMG WE WILL HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT. EEEEE!!!Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922920634414016830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-61165589971174322632008-11-04T17:16:00.000-05:002008-11-04T17:16:00.000-05:00Ok, Tom told you that you write at Jedi level six?...Ok, Tom told you that you write at Jedi level six? I love that. I love it that he says strange things like that. I can't write today either. My nerves are all on edge. I think it's the election. I went up to barnes and noble but couldn't settle down and focus so I left after a half hour...I usually stay there for EIGHT hours so that shows how much my concentration was affected today. <BR/><BR/>Do you know what I think? I think you should work on that vampire novel and I will work on my fairy tale. Work on your fun vampire novel and turn it in for your last story for the hell of it. You'll have more fun and I guarentee some of the people will have a great time reading it. I know I would. <BR/><BR/>This MFA program did that to a few of my favorite books but at the same time it helped me recognize what a few of my favorite crunchy authors are doing exactly write. Don't sweat it. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and we are all empaths here. That's the trouble with MFA programs. We're all the sort of people who can read other people and know what they are thinking on their insides. Nobody has any secrets but everybodies pretty awesome about treating other people well, so it seems to work out.<BR/><BR/>My comment is almost as long as your blog.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922920634414016830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-79284865927698613132008-11-04T03:52:00.001-05:002008-11-04T03:52:00.001-05:00Oh! And I think I'm gonna go to AWP, too. Still ...Oh! And I think I'm gonna go to AWP, too. Still ironing it out, but it could be fun!margositahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432497140892679276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-20168278540541473992008-11-04T03:52:00.000-05:002008-11-04T03:52:00.000-05:00I've been having trouble with it, as well. For me...I've been having trouble with it, as well. For me, I keep being surprised at how hard it feels. Writing is hard, but no matter how many times I say that or hear it from others I continue to feel unprepared for it when I sit down at my computer. I think I secretly hoped that when I started the MFA program writing would get easier. Jokes on me, I guess. I feel sort of overloaded, much of the time. The writing universe keeps expanding and I get less and less sure of where I'm supposed to be in it.<BR/><BR/>I just saw <A HREF="http://booklady.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/conquer-writers-block/" REL="nofollow">this</A> on another blog. I've only skimmed the list so far and I'm not sure any of the suggestions are super useful, but maybe it'll jog something for you?margositahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06432497140892679276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-37369203883360614632008-11-03T23:44:00.000-05:002008-11-03T23:44:00.000-05:00I know that the more I learn about writing the les...I know that the more I learn about writing the less I enjoy certain fiction. Although it's also hilarious to me to read books by my instructors AFTER I've taken their classes and look at the work and completely see all the mechanics of what they've done because you've been as much inside that writer's brain as any reader will ever get by taking their class. :) Mostly though, what I see in fiction now that I notice is a lack of clarity. I still enjoy the plot - but it's the wording that often throws me for a loop because I know how I could have made it more precise if only I'd been there for an edit ... and yet that is occasionally the convention of the genre. I started editing a story I had been working on while simultaneously reading a lot of romance novels and all my sentences were strung together like "While smiling to herself Jane closed the door" instead of just getting down to it and saying "Jane closed the door and smiled." I think there will always be something to be said for clarity in any form of writing, but everything else is genre conventions.<BR/><BR/>No idea on the Jedi level thing (I even googled it but that was no help).<BR/><BR/>And don't worry about the themes and symbols and stuff; they're what happens when you're not looking. Actually, for me they're what happens when I'm either 3/4 of the way through or in my third edit and then I realize that if I only have another scene with a bird I had develop the whole freedom/flying away thing that the character had an offhand conversation about on page one. However that conversation on page one was really just written because I was watching a bird out the window and my character needed something to talk about.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I'll be at the AWP as well! Turns out it's 3 blocks from where I used to live in Chicago :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382258703126540760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1299583108770114866.post-8788389037936232582008-11-03T23:24:00.000-05:002008-11-03T23:24:00.000-05:00my little geisha, i love you. i don't know what t...my little geisha, i love you. i don't know what to say.... i hate it when you are in this kind of place... i don't know what this jedi level 6 business means, but i would take it as a compliment, not over analyze it, and just know that "the force is with you" hee hee. now i must say, i am very curious about this whole circus love story thing you have going on.... sounds interesting :-}angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010594068834085096noreply@blogger.com