Comments on: Sprints and Marathons: The Writer’s Dilemma http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/ Tools and Trade Secrets for Aspiring Writers Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:11:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Tom Colvin http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/#comment-55480 Tom Colvin Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:50:50 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/#comment-55480 Thanks for your comments. I've been travelling for two weeks, and through my blog automation facility, posts were pre-written and uploaded for publication while I had to access to a computer. Now if I can only find a blog facility that will write the posts, I'll be turly happy! Thanks for your comments. I’ve been travelling for two weeks, and through my blog automation facility, posts were pre-written and uploaded for publication while I had to access to a computer. Now if I can only find a blog facility that will write the posts, I’ll be turly happy!

]]> By: Kristi Holl http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/#comment-54288 Kristi Holl Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:18:39 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/#comment-54288 Yes, slow and steady still wins the (writing) race. Too many sprints on one day leaves me too tired to write the next day. Once you hold your first published book in your hands or find your book in the library, you'll be hooked into starting another marathon. 8-) www.Writers-First-Aid.blogspot.com Yes, slow and steady still wins the (writing) race. Too many sprints on one day leaves me too tired to write the next day. Once you hold your first published book in your hands or find your book in the library, you’ll be hooked into starting another marathon. 8-)

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]]> By: Sebastien http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/#comment-54270 Sebastien Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:50:05 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/#comment-54270 Wonderfull post Tom. Thank you! It's your way to set goals that you can reach. I can't wake up and say "I'm going to write five chapters today" while I can say "I'm going to write five pages". This changes everything, because things become possible. Once beyond this first mental step, one can win the race, as you did, and I can actually write more than five pages a day (it happens). Then comes the reward. Having friends and family proud of yourself is a good and common reward. And, as you know, their reward for magazine and blog articles is an infinitely small fraction of what it would if you show them a published book. This is what I'm saying to myself to get motivated: "my life is in this book". Wonderfull post Tom. Thank you!

It’s your way to set goals that you can reach.
I can’t wake up and say “I’m going to write five chapters today” while I can say “I’m going to write five pages”.
This changes everything, because things become possible.
Once beyond this first mental step, one can win the race, as you did, and I can actually write more than five pages a day (it happens).

Then comes the reward. Having friends and family proud of yourself is a good and common reward. And, as you know, their reward for magazine and blog articles is an infinitely small fraction of what it would if you show them a published book. This is what I’m saying to myself to get motivated: “my life is in this book”.

]]> By: Kevin Smith http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/#comment-54160 Kevin Smith Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:05:06 +0000 http://becoming-a-writer-seriously.com/2008/02/21/sprints-and-marathons-the-writers-dilemma/#comment-54160 Boy that sounded a lot like me. I had the fastest sprint time in my high school, senior year, except my ego challenged me to run for distance and well...my race didn't turn out so great. I never did have success at the marathons, not on the track anyway but after three years of writing I did finally finish my first book all on my own. An eighty pager, its a far cry from War and Peace and I wouldn't exactly call it a marathon but it's not like one of my short stories or poems either, which I can turn around about as fast as I run the 40 (pretty fast if I do say so myself) Why did I meet with success this time around? Because this time there were people with patience enough to wait at the finish line, people whose opinion mattered to me and provdide the cheering section I needed. I think discovering these sites has been great, especially for those of us who don't mind adding to their cheering squad. Boy that sounded a lot like me. I had the fastest sprint time in my high school, senior year, except my ego challenged me to run for distance and well…my race didn’t turn out so great. I never did have success at the marathons, not on the track anyway but after three years of writing I did finally finish my first book all on my own. An eighty pager, its a far cry from War and Peace and I wouldn’t exactly call it a marathon but it’s not like one of my short stories or poems either, which I can turn around about as fast as I run the 40 (pretty fast if I do say so myself) Why did I meet with success this time around? Because this time there were people with patience enough to wait at the finish line, people whose opinion mattered to me and provdide the cheering section I needed.

I think discovering these sites has been great, especially for those of us who don’t mind adding to their cheering squad.

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