tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post8913047226737448124..comments2024-03-24T14:17:48.000+02:00Comments on Judy Croome: You Can Do it: A Novel in 90 Days!Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-36308670229657415922011-05-19T15:11:39.110+02:002011-05-19T15:11:39.110+02:00LAURI: When you reach that stage on a book, then i...LAURI: When you reach that stage on a book, then it's time to put it away in the bottom draw! <br /><br />HILARY: I'm so glad I've discovered quality on-line courses - it's opened a whole new door for me!! And LOL on ellipses...I love 'em too! Thanks for your always cheerful comments! (((hugs)))<br /><br />JENNA: To arms! To action! With a battle plan victory is certain! (I'm not sure I'll manage 90 days though; I'm a s-l-o-w writer!)Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-87241821536903633672011-05-16T13:49:21.065+02:002011-05-16T13:49:21.065+02:00Sounds like just the battle plan I need. No more m...Sounds like just the battle plan I need. No more messing around - here we go. WRITE! Thank you!JennaQuentinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794730025120308897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-42598774392214944542011-05-14T21:36:44.189+02:002011-05-14T21:36:44.189+02:00Hi Judy ... those online courses sound interesting...Hi Judy ... those online courses sound interesting .. and I'll remember that aspect. I sort of plan my blog posts .. a good title, a beginning, middle and end - summary .. but I'm so 'dumb' English wise .. yet obviously something went in all those years ago .. I don't think ellipses did though! <br /><br />I hope all has gone well recently - Blogger's mangle has not helped keeping in touch .. but I hope it's recovered itself now - seems to .. just I need to catch up! <br /><br />Cheers and big hug for now .. HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-14224632024874322642011-05-05T15:12:09.318+02:002011-05-05T15:12:09.318+02:00Judy -those books have been tweaked within an inch...Judy -those books have been tweaked within an inch of their lives. They've been "women's fiction", "Young adult" "literary" - for the time being I'm tweaked out with them. :)Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-49105763819275381352011-05-05T14:47:37.842+02:002011-05-05T14:47:37.842+02:00TABOULEH: Hmmm. Interesting question. How much pl...TABOULEH: Hmmm. Interesting question. How much planning should go into a short piece like a blog or a short story? In theory, an ideal blog post is between 500-750 words and a short story is anything no longer than between 20 000 and 30 000 words (although I’d call that a novella.) For a blog post or short short story, it hardly seems worth the effort of planning, but for any story longer than 10 000 words, a brief outline would work. Setting a completion date and assessing marketability would depend on your reasons for writing. To me, the most important is writing daily, whether it’s a haiku or an epic novel, the only way we can ever reach the end of any writing project is to develop the habit and discipline of writing. Perhaps that’s the most important aspect of writing you could impart to your young students. Good luck with your children’s stories – perhaps you’ll translate them into English and other languages one day! <br /><br />DAMARIA: Me too! I’ve always hated outlining, but I’ve been toying with flow charting and that’s the route for me too!<br /><br />STEPHANIE: It’s beyond great that I can sit here in Jo’burg and can attend professional presentations waaaay over the sea in The States! Gives me such a thrill! (and I can sit in my jammies and slippers too!) The WD webinars are highly professional and informative.<br /><br />CLAIRE: Now you know! Writers need logic as well as a muse! I also prefer to free write without any planning, but the thought that an outline – even if it’s just a broad outline – actually frees one to be more creative by removing “dead ends” made sense to me. And, when I’m actually writing, that “write every day” is an absolute must to me otherwise I lose the flow.<br /><br />NAS: Pleasure – hope they help!<br /><br />HELEN: That endless tweaking and never actually writing the end can be a challenge. That’s why I finally decided to go with independently publishing Dancing in the Shadows of Love, because I kept on finding reasons to change it which had nothing to do with whether the novel was really finished or not and everything to do with my being afraid to take that step and let my novel be out there for people to read. So forcing an “end date” (and sticking to it!!) is quite important.<br /><br />COLD: 90 days is impossible for me as well, because I write like a tortoise! But a key point the presenter made was to set A date – how long is up to us as authors. I’ve thought a lot about it after the webinar and feel comfortable with 120 days. (But now I keep on putting off the START date for my new novel!!)(Anything to procrastinate!)<br /><br />ANITA: Who wouldn’t want to be the great SK????? But I’m with you on being happy to settle for the (sometimes-a-luxury) of being able to write every day! (Thanks for thoughts!)<br /><br />LAURI: I *love* it – The Organic Method! Sounds much better than meandering along without a clue of where the stories going! Have you ever tried to tweak those two multi-rejected stories and pull them together for an Ebook? <br /><br />KELLY: Like Cold, 90 days is a bit *too* much of a challenge for me, but the essence of the idea (to make a definite, finite time commitment) is excellent!Judy Croome | @judy_croomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455755011354905278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-63785662659199386952011-05-05T03:22:50.171+02:002011-05-05T03:22:50.171+02:00These are awesome tips Judy! Thank you. I like th...These are awesome tips Judy! Thank you. I like this kind of challenge. I need it to get me going.septembermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01570525910483384484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-91676486959655025102011-05-04T19:50:27.026+02:002011-05-04T19:50:27.026+02:00I have two novels I wrote with no market in mind a...I have two novels I wrote with no market in mind and they were written without any sort of a plan- I call it the organic method. Both have had double digit rejections. Now I always start with a plan- my plot outline, and I know the first publisher I'll be sending it to when it's complete. It has made all of the difference in my success rate. Great advice Judy!Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-52544038645041023392011-05-03T23:49:29.573+02:002011-05-03T23:49:29.573+02:00I want to be the master of horror! :) Okay, I'...I want to be the master of horror! :) Okay, I'd settle for being able to write daily. Thanks for sharing this info. I've been thinking about you!Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333494452915600562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-8036545428237964052011-05-03T22:02:04.183+02:002011-05-03T22:02:04.183+02:0090 days - that's impossible for me. It's j...90 days - that's impossible for me. It's just 3 months. Anyway, soem good hints to speed things up >:)<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Cold As Heaven</a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-80656113693595114812011-05-03T01:10:39.283+02:002011-05-03T01:10:39.283+02:00Writing "the end" is often a problem for...Writing "the end" is often a problem for writers. When is the process over? How much editing should you do? Some writers keep fiddling with it and never get it finished or never see it as ready to query or publish.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-32926966577706680832011-05-03T00:13:52.935+02:002011-05-03T00:13:52.935+02:00Hi Judy,
Thanks for these great tips!Hi Judy,<br /><br />Thanks for these great tips!Nashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984530648140460594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-33754166812881921852011-05-02T21:04:32.113+02:002011-05-02T21:04:32.113+02:00It's so interesting to see the philosphy that ...It's so interesting to see the philosphy that most writers are logical as opposed to arty. Being a software developer, I've always wondered if my logic mind somehow stilted my writing and was part of the reason I write so slow, lol.<br /><br />I'm not much for outlining plots, but I do outline characters and their arcs, which I guess is a valid form of outlining, since their arcs are linked to events and so linked to the plot.<br /><br />"Write every day" is what I hope to make my motto one day, I keep on trying it but haven't quite succeeded yet.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing this, JudyClaire Robynshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08152717159334158451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-63818801051172088162011-05-02T17:21:10.018+02:002011-05-02T17:21:10.018+02:00I've never attended any of their online worksh...I've never attended any of their online workshops but I think it's great that this sort of thing is accessible to people...without even leaving home!Stephanie Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-71786410894096737732011-05-02T16:31:23.660+02:002011-05-02T16:31:23.660+02:00thanks for the info. I think I'm a visual thin...thanks for the info. I think I'm a visual thinker and would do better with a flow chart.Damaria Sennehttp://damariasenne.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522118719275646511.post-57781183335611501332011-05-02T14:48:56.498+02:002011-05-02T14:48:56.498+02:00Thank you Judy for these great tips... i teach stu...Thank you Judy for these great tips... i teach students are school how to plan what to write, add details and all the other stuff/skills that come with it... but this definitely gives me another angle to approach it from... maybe I should apply some of these to my writing for my blog...One question.... I write short children's stories in Arabic... have not published any of them yet but Inshallah in the future... would like to ask you if what you wrote can be applied to such genres? Thank you for your interesting post.Taboulehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207053179340767332noreply@blogger.com