Comments on: Weg die Schienen http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345 Letting the air out Thu, 17 May 2012 22:51:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: duffymoon http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345&cpage=1#comment-5707 duffymoon Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:37:29 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345#comment-5707 I, for one, cannot believe what I'm reading here. I'm shocked, SHOCKED to hear this negativity. Shoot, November is the month where I have a ready-made excuse to spend tons of time playing with my typewriters, and my wife and kids don't say a thing! It's the time where I can sop the enormously frustrating rewrite of my last story and just do the *fun* part - the sloppy, crazy first draft! And Mike's right - it don't look good when senior officers in the Brigade start deserting. Don't make us fire off a salvo of harshly-worded memos in your direction. I, for one, cannot believe what I’m reading here. I’m shocked, SHOCKED to hear this negativity.

Shoot, November is the month where I have a ready-made excuse to spend tons of time playing with my typewriters, and my wife and kids don’t say a thing! It’s the time where I can sop the enormously frustrating rewrite of my last story and just do the *fun* part – the sloppy, crazy first draft!

And Mike’s right – it don’t look good when senior officers in the Brigade start deserting. Don’t make us fire off a salvo of harshly-worded memos in your direction.

]]> By: monda http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345&cpage=1#comment-5706 monda Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:42:04 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345#comment-5706 Oh, the NaNo. I might be pressed this year to make it a rewrite-Nano instead of a fresh new one. I've got a story, but last year's keeps whispering in my ear. We may both wimp out. Or we may say To Hell With It and dive in again anyway. We need to revisit this rationally around October 15th. Oh, the NaNo. I might be pressed this year to make it a rewrite-Nano instead of a fresh new one. I’ve got a story, but last year’s keeps whispering in my ear.

We may both wimp out. Or we may say To Hell With It and dive in again anyway. We need to revisit this rationally around October 15th.

]]> By: mpclemens http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345&cpage=1#comment-5704 mpclemens Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:03:09 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345#comment-5704 NaNoWriMo is just a Convenient Excuse for me to spend a limited amount of time doing something different and creative: I don't go gangbusters for all the hype (also too grumpy/old, I guess) but I do enjoy figuring out the stories, and writing them all down. It makes up for the other eleven months of my insipid blog entries and snarky Facebook comments. Besides, my typewriters don't get a chance to play that often. NaNoWriMo is just a Convenient Excuse for me to spend a limited amount of time doing something different and creative: I don’t go gangbusters for all the hype (also too grumpy/old, I guess) but I do enjoy figuring out the stories, and writing them all down. It makes up for the other eleven months of my insipid blog entries and snarky Facebook comments.

Besides, my typewriters don’t get a chance to play that often.

]]> By: littleflowerpetals http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345&cpage=1#comment-5703 littleflowerpetals Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:34:57 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345#comment-5703 Apropos of nothing, I really like that typeface. Seems like I've said that before about the Scout...maybe not. The first few years I did NaNo, I was psyched up at this time of year. The last few years have been another story. (Get it? Another story...har-har.) Right about now I'm thinking of all the stories I've left in a tangled mess and how much I've been struggling to just write daily without some crazy goal in mind; and I admit, I'm just old enough and cranky enough to resent a little the cult phenomenon NaNoWriMo has become since I first started participating. But you know...by the end of October, with the Brigade conversations going full tilt and the excitement of the newbies in the air, I imagine we may all be singing a different tune. Apropos of nothing, I really like that typeface. Seems like I’ve said that before about the Scout…maybe not.

The first few years I did NaNo, I was psyched up at this time of year. The last few years have been another story. (Get it? Another story…har-har.) Right about now I’m thinking of all the stories I’ve left in a tangled mess and how much I’ve been struggling to just write daily without some crazy goal in mind; and I admit, I’m just old enough and cranky enough to resent a little the cult phenomenon NaNoWriMo has become since I first started participating.

But you know…by the end of October, with the Brigade conversations going full tilt and the excitement of the newbies in the air, I imagine we may all be singing a different tune.

]]> By: Mike.Speegle http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345&cpage=1#comment-5702 Mike.Speegle Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:51:45 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345#comment-5702 Bah. The 50,000-word mark is just there to get people who don't normally have the personal motivation to write to write. When you're ready to write something, you will. 'Course, we'll still have to bust your knees. You know, appearances. Bah. The 50,000-word mark is just there to get people who don’t normally have the personal motivation to write to write. When you’re ready to write something, you will.

‘Course, we’ll still have to bust your knees. You know, appearances.

]]> By: olivander http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345&cpage=1#comment-5701 olivander Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:41:10 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345#comment-5701 Dude, I was once hauled into a Hackensack back room for a "chat" with a guy named Nunzi and a couple of goons. Your Typewriter Brigade thugs don't scare me. :-p Dude, I was once hauled into a Hackensack back room for a “chat” with a guy named Nunzi and a couple of goons. Your Typewriter Brigade thugs don’t scare me. :-p

]]> By: mpclemens http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345&cpage=1#comment-5700 mpclemens Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:33:08 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345#comment-5700 Failure is not an option, soldier. The Brigade is sending 'round a few of our burlier thugs to help you realize the folly of your ways. You're in the Family, capiche? Ain't nobody crosses da Family and still's able ta counts ta ten... *cough* Um, I mean: "It's perfectly understandable how 88 consecutive days of writing would be way too much to manage, but that's still no excuse for wimping out on NaNo." Failure is not an option, soldier. The Brigade is sending ’round a few of our burlier thugs to help you realize the folly of your ways. You’re in the Family, capiche? Ain’t nobody crosses da Family and still’s able ta counts ta ten…

*cough*

Um, I mean: “It’s perfectly understandable how 88 consecutive days of writing would be way too much to manage, but that’s still no excuse for wimping out on NaNo.”

]]> By: deek http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345&cpage=1#comment-5699 deek Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:25:17 +0000 http://sevenels.net/blog/?p=345#comment-5699 I'm certainly there with you. I had planned to update my blog everyday and was going good for a little over a week. Then I missed one post due to being out of town (even though I did bring my typewriter along). Then I missed another day due to coming home late. It happens. Its a self-imposed rule. Reminds me of trying to lose weight and feeling bad when you cheat a little. At this point in my life, I do what I can and if I miss a little something, well, I don't let it get the best of me and just keep going! As for NaNoWriMo, it had come up enough times in the typeosphere, that I looked it up. Very cool experiment and I am sure I will give it a try one of these years. And I've got a few good ideas, but I don't want to restrict myself to only writing one month out of the year. So, I agree, let it happen and when the time is right, it will come. I'm still just thinking small and committing myself to typing daily, even if its just a few lines of a poem or as mundane as a recipe or shopping list. I figure that the more I put myself in front of my writing instruments, no matter how trivial, the better the opportunity I will write...which, afterall, is the point! I’m certainly there with you. I had planned to update my blog everyday and was going good for a little over a week. Then I missed one post due to being out of town (even though I did bring my typewriter along). Then I missed another day due to coming home late.

It happens. Its a self-imposed rule. Reminds me of trying to lose weight and feeling bad when you cheat a little. At this point in my life, I do what I can and if I miss a little something, well, I don’t let it get the best of me and just keep going!

As for NaNoWriMo, it had come up enough times in the typeosphere, that I looked it up. Very cool experiment and I am sure I will give it a try one of these years.

And I’ve got a few good ideas, but I don’t want to restrict myself to only writing one month out of the year.

So, I agree, let it happen and when the time is right, it will come. I’m still just thinking small and committing myself to typing daily, even if its just a few lines of a poem or as mundane as a recipe or shopping list.

I figure that the more I put myself in front of my writing instruments, no matter how trivial, the better the opportunity I will write…which, afterall, is the point!

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