tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070247848555506529.post8453678583204615475..comments2012-11-14T22:50:07.096-05:00Comments on Just Jane: Writing Fiction - It's HardItsJustJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15330283364267747468noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070247848555506529.post-83278926639677093422011-02-26T18:35:57.925-05:002011-02-26T18:35:57.925-05:00keep plugging along! I love reading what you'...keep plugging along! I love reading what you're doing. Recently a couple of friends and I have started a writing group. I'm feeling completely at sea. Of course it might help if I could just sit & FOCUS!lucianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070247848555506529.post-47544166473496733882011-02-26T15:26:59.628-05:002011-02-26T15:26:59.628-05:00Keep on working. You've always been a fabulous...Keep on working. You've always been a fabulous writer. Even back when we did whatever was humanly possible to NOT read Don Quixote!! Love, mafmafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070247848555506529.post-47376940913039106802011-02-26T13:44:43.723-05:002011-02-26T13:44:43.723-05:00I agree that writing for newspapers (or the web) c...I agree that writing for newspapers (or the web) can restrict one's ability to write fiction. But I think a lot of the lessons that go into good writing carry over. Also agree that trying to get away from autobiography and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" is the best thing you can do, although literary writers probably will end up making up stories that say a lot about their own lives and experiences and issues. I am amazed how many wannabe-published-writers are into total fantasy, literally -- sci fi, survivalism, vampires, thrillers, mysteries, romance and erotica. I'm learning a few tidbits about them as I follow the discussion threads on the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award website. The judging process is currently underway. Rejection, BTW, is so much a part of this game. Learning to take criticism, to rewrite, to keep at it when you believe in the concept of what you're writing (even if others say the execution needs work) is a huge part of this little pastime of ours. Anyway, thanks for the thoughts and good luck Jane.Bartleby T. Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340067410442916563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070247848555506529.post-76067513208472090732011-02-26T08:50:02.072-05:002011-02-26T08:50:02.072-05:00Thanks for saying this. Beginning writers need to ...Thanks for saying this. Beginning writers need to understand that writing, like anything, requires lots of practice to do it well. It's the writers who don't care and think any sentence from them is perfect as it issues are the ones who drive me crazy. I've been working on this second career for 16 years and it's hard work. Kind of like staying married to the same guy, easy when you're young and new, harder when everything isn't the way you wanted it to be, and you're ten years older, pudgier, with a child or two waking you up at 5 a.m. Workshops are not the only criteria. But they do let you see where you are in the process (and in the crowd)> Sometimes you don't want to be writing like the rest of the gang. Learn from the accomplished writers who've been well-ppublished and take their jobs seriously. Read voraciously if you want to write well, the prize winners and the classics especially.Sarah Collins Honenbergerhttp://www.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070247848555506529.post-10197009391336560112011-02-24T19:11:59.821-05:002011-02-24T19:11:59.821-05:00It'll have to be soon. I'm next up to subm...It'll have to be soon. I'm next up to submit a piece to my writing group.Just Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9070247848555506529.post-17145344606269121612011-02-24T17:38:22.138-05:002011-02-24T17:38:22.138-05:00Hooray for bucking the system. Great news when it ...Hooray for bucking the system. Great news when it comes from a writer. Can't wait to see what you come up with.Jessicahttp://www.swiftinkeditor.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com