tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post113937668458917691..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: Ah, Hell.Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1139460777608900422006-02-08T23:52:00.000-05:002006-02-08T23:52:00.000-05:00Ah, Nadia -- I thought you'd be the one to catch t...Ah, Nadia -- I thought you'd be the one to catch the Wimsey reference. :-)Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1139456875202047752006-02-08T22:47:00.000-05:002006-02-08T22:47:00.000-05:00oh, Cheryl...You would manage to incorporate refer...oh, Cheryl...<BR/><BR/>You <I>would</I> manage to incorporate references to Anne Lamott, Sir Philip Sidney, <I>and</I> Dorothy L. Sayers, even as you complain about your debilitating writer's block.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1139382538023965332006-02-08T02:08:00.000-05:002006-02-08T02:08:00.000-05:00Oh, I can so relate, however I've yet to be under ...Oh, I can so relate, however I've yet to be under deadline...oh the pressure. Why can't it be easier?<BR/><BR/>I've seen you speak in front of a crowd of people and be smart, poised, clever, brilliant...you can do this and it will sparkle. There is no such thing as perfection. Your instincts are good, push the inner critic aside, enjoy the process.<BR/>I hope you get some good rest,<BR/>Angela FoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1139381683082742542006-02-08T01:54:00.001-05:002006-02-08T01:54:00.001-05:00Oh poor you. "Great with child to speak" -- love i...Oh poor you. "Great with child to speak" -- love it. And pushing it out is *almost* as painful sometimes (and the process can last a lot longer...)<BR/><BR/>I feel for you particularly as I was struggling with the (nearly last, I hope) draft of what I'm working on now, stumped for solutions and wishing for an editor at my elbow (should just pick up the phone, I guess, and I will, eventually).<BR/><BR/>I'm sure it ended up being terrific anyway -- I hope you got some sleep!<BR/><BR/>-- KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-1139381643557305102006-02-08T01:54:00.000-05:002006-02-08T01:54:00.000-05:00Well first of all, little punkin, you need to get ...Well first of all, little punkin, you need to get some sleep. Excuse me while I put on my apron, climb up on a soapbox and wave my wooden mom spoon around in the air but it's what I do... I’ve been an art director for a long time and it’s compulsive, like being a sheep dog or something…<BR/><BR/>Isn't "perfect" the most squelchy word in the world? Doesn't it suck the living juice out of anything that you want to create? You see the picture clear as can be but it's like your hand can't keep up with your mind. So we creatives must be sneaky. We must creep up on the thing we are trying to capture with all the stealth using every cheap trick we can muster.<BR/><BR/>You have a good outline? Check! Awesome! Good start!<BR/><BR/>What are your important points? Write the key words down on a note pad. This is your focus. A + B + whatever = conclusion. Pad, pad, trim trim.<BR/><BR/>How can you rephrase the parts that seem boring or flat? <BR/><BR/>Okay.... get some sleep. It’s part of the process. Get up and make coffee. (Coffee = friend) In the morning your brain will have had time to ponder it all and you will have fresh ideas, all green and perky from your subconscious. A trick I use is looking at a drawing in the mirror. Sleep is your mirror. It will give you a refreshed point of view.<BR/><BR/>About the Bad Novel… how does the saying go? “Everyone has a great American novel inside them and most of the time it should stay there.” But yours just might, I suspect, have, I don’t know, like you said… “Goodness”. Why? You read, You know the sweet stuff when you smell it. Words are your friend. But you have to let your baby be a baby, even though you suspect that it might be gifted. You can’t expect it to spring out, like Athena, full grown. <BR/><BR/>As for translation… hmmm…. interesting topic. “El que habla dos idiomas, tiene dos almas.” He who speaks two languages, has two souls. <BR/><BR/>You speak two languages, one as a reader and another as a writer. Be patient with yourself.<BR/><BR/>Best thoughts,<BR/><BR/>Marilyn.Thetoymakershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405265800595978197noreply@blogger.com