Comments on: [Writing] Do you? http://fanaticalpupil.com/2008/10/writing-do-you/ The online home of indie science fiction author Nels Wadycki Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Fanatical Pupil » [Writing] In which another person says first drafts aren’t final drafts http://fanaticalpupil.com/2008/10/writing-do-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1219 Fanatical Pupil » [Writing] In which another person says first drafts aren’t final drafts Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:10:32 +0000 http://fanaticalpupil.com/?p=151#comment-1219 [...] just finished reading an essay by Anne Lamont contained within the textbook: Writing Fiction (mentioned here), which expands upon that concept for several [...] [...] just finished reading an essay by Anne Lamont contained within the textbook: Writing Fiction (mentioned here), which expands upon that concept for several [...]

]]> By: Elaine Saunders http://fanaticalpupil.com/2008/10/writing-do-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Elaine Saunders Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:36:03 +0000 http://fanaticalpupil.com/?p=151#comment-1214 Here, here. There's no substitute for actually sitting down and getting on with it, preferably for a set period every day. The only way to write easily and prolifically is to practise, practise, practise. We tend to forget that Dickens, the Brontes and Shakespeare managed perfectly well without the Internet and created classic works of fiction with only a pen and paper. Also, don't confuse writing with typing. In any dead time during the day - doing mundane chores around the house, sitting in traffic, waiting in a queue - devote your mind to thinking about the characters or scene you're working on. This is as much "writing" as sitting down at the keyboard. When you do eventually have time at your desk, you'll hopefully just need to type up those day's thoughts and you're away. Elaine Saunders Author - Fiction Writing Exercises www.completetext.com Here, here. There’s no substitute for actually sitting down and getting on with it, preferably for a set period every day. The only way to write easily and prolifically is to practise, practise, practise.

We tend to forget that Dickens, the Brontes and Shakespeare managed perfectly well without the Internet and created classic works of fiction with only a pen and paper.

Also, don’t confuse writing with typing. In any dead time during the day – doing mundane chores around the house, sitting in traffic, waiting in a queue – devote your mind to thinking about the characters or scene you’re working on. This is as much “writing” as sitting down at the keyboard. When you do eventually have time at your desk, you’ll hopefully just need to type up those day’s thoughts and you’re away.

Elaine Saunders
Author – Fiction Writing Exercises
http://www.completetext.com

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