tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post1473764905798623461..comments2024-03-28T10:33:47.385+11:00Comments on Kate Constable's Blog: A latte beckonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967372772145537800noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-78221497309808836992011-01-16T11:01:38.160+11:002011-01-16T11:01:38.160+11:00I agree too. Apart from the fact that with a full-...I agree too. Apart from the fact that with a full-time day job that involves teaching, I just CAN'T do so many thousand a day, I find that I'm more likely to write something if I don't make such a commitment. I also don't fiddle with my manuscript until I've written the lot. Have you ever read Albert Camus's "The Plague"? There's a character in it who has been working on his novel for twenty years and never gotten past the frst sentence because he's such a damned perfectionist he won't continue till he's satisfied with it - which he never will be. :-) I might freeze after 50,000 words, but not after one sentence.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3773539610706998068.post-56540735912395346252010-12-06T13:53:38.833+11:002010-12-06T13:53:38.833+11:00I agree entirely, kate. This obsession with word c...I agree entirely, kate. This obsession with word count can be just another thing to beat ourselves up with. And I suspect it's worse now we have computers and one doesn't have to physically count! Some WEEKS i write about 5o clumsy words. Some days I write 3000... And then more in the evening. Who cares so long as I feel vaguely happy with what I've written? Also, we shouldn't forget that THINKING is a hugely important part of writing, too, and if you start writing too soon and focussing on word counts, well, it all gets a bit 'left brain' and perfunctory. Ideas need time to grow, Characters need a chance to stretch and flounce about. Bonni Goldberg talks about the importance of 'percolation'. it's the same thing.jx PS I like the sound of the 'yellow book'.jen storerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281209321875812034noreply@blogger.com