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]]> By: Scott http://www.byzantineroads.info/the-best-writing-advice-i-never-listened-to/writing/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Scott Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:19:47 +0000 http://www.byzantineroads.info/?p=38#comment-8 Good advice, but not so easy to follow. Aspiring writers want to daydream about what it would or will be like when they're successful writers (however you define that term). So, I don't think most aspiring writers really want to be writers, just like most people who say they want to be successful actors would probably truly despise the hard work that's involved; they just want the glamour. They prefer to "aspire" until they "expire". Which is fine; it's fun to daydream, and it does no real harm. I know. I'm an aspiring writer, trying to ditch the aspiring part. I could be wrong about all that; who knows. I can help you with your issue of having your articles run out of steam before you finish them. It's not your articles, it's you. Your interest will wane if you keep plugging away at the same article or book for any period of time. Instead, create a stable of articles. Add to them whenever you feel like it, whenever the interest hits. You can still write every day, but work on whatever article interests you at that moment. When you feel your interest waning, move on to another one, and repeat until you want to go do something else. Same goes for books, essays or any other writing. Not my method -- go buy Gerald Weinberg's book, "Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method" -- you'll be glad you did. And if you make it big, send me a couple of thousand or million bucks for helping you get there :) Good advice, but not so easy to follow. Aspiring writers want to daydream about what it would or will be like when they’re successful writers (however you define that term). So, I don’t think most aspiring writers really want to be writers, just like most people who say they want to be successful actors would probably truly despise the hard work that’s involved; they just want the glamour. They prefer to “aspire” until they “expire”. Which is fine; it’s fun to daydream, and it does no real harm. I know. I’m an aspiring writer, trying to ditch the aspiring part. I could be wrong about all that; who knows.

I can help you with your issue of having your articles run out of steam before you finish them. It’s not your articles, it’s you. Your interest will wane if you keep plugging away at the same article or book for any period of time. Instead, create a stable of articles. Add to them whenever you feel like it, whenever the interest hits. You can still write every day, but work on whatever article interests you at that moment. When you feel your interest waning, move on to another one, and repeat until you want to go do something else. Same goes for books, essays or any other writing.

Not my method — go buy Gerald Weinberg’s book, “Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method” — you’ll be glad you did. And if you make it big, send me a couple of thousand or million bucks for helping you get there :)

]]> By: zaphod2016 http://www.byzantineroads.info/the-best-writing-advice-i-never-listened-to/writing/comment-page-1/#comment-7 zaphod2016 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:27:37 +0000 http://www.byzantineroads.info/?p=38#comment-7 Great article. This really hit close to home. Great article. This really hit close to home.

]]> By: admin http://www.byzantineroads.info/the-best-writing-advice-i-never-listened-to/writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6 admin Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:44:31 +0000 http://www.byzantineroads.info/?p=38#comment-6 Thanks. I'm trying. I do feel rusty... I've found that my articles have a tendency to run out of steam before I'm finished with them. Thanks. I’m trying. I do feel rusty… I’ve found that my articles have a tendency to run out of steam before I’m finished with them.

]]> By: chaosgone http://www.byzantineroads.info/the-best-writing-advice-i-never-listened-to/writing/comment-page-1/#comment-3 chaosgone Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:16:58 +0000 http://www.byzantineroads.info/?p=38#comment-3 That's good advice. I should try it. I *type* every day, but I don't *write* every day. That’s good advice. I should try it. I *type* every day, but I don’t *write* every day.

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