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Marie
I totally understand that. If I thought I couldn't finish a project, I think it would seriously frustrate me. Plus you'd never get that sense of accomplishment which would be demoralizing. An author in my writing group says she has something like 48 projects (including many books) going on at all times. I couldn't remember 48 items for a grocery list, so I can't imagine how she does it. And her work involves future worlds, fantasy creatures, and the like. I can't imagine going in and out of character that way.
When I freelanced full time, I would have about 4 works in progress, but not in the writing stage. I would generally write start to finish. The others would be in the interviewing stage, research stage, or simple marketing stage. I could have a fiction piece along with that, but only one, and it would get little attention when deadlines were hitting.
posted by
terpgirl30
on October 19, 2006 at 3:07 PM
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terpgirl
Gee so much to write so little time. I will stick to poetry for now. I just don't have the confidence or inclination to write articles. Thanks for the suggestions, and the wealth of ideas. May be one day, I will get stuck in...I either give it all or nothing. so it is nothing for now.
posted by
marieclaire66
on October 14, 2006 at 10:45 PM
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Naorem
Thank you,
I think the next thing is going to on targeting query letters. I see people in the business many years stumbling over this. I always here people say they can't write them. Maybe I approach it different. Generally, the lead in the query letter, for me, becomes the lead in my article. People see it as two different animals. I see one as almost the "things I need to find out", then the final product when I did find it all out.
If you have any ideas or things you want to know specifially, please let me know. I guess I should post this invite every so often.
posted by
terpgirl30
on October 14, 2006 at 10:39 PM
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it helps me a lot dear
help me more
posted by
naorem
on October 14, 2006 at 5:41 AM
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Afzal
I glad it helps. I'm hoping just to keep jogging people. If other are like me, I think it will. I will read an article full of good ideas, and it will spur me into doing a bunch of new articles. Most often I find out, I didn't use one idea from the article. It's more of a networking thing. It just gave me that "You can do it, too" thought that I just needed to have thumped in my head.
posted by
terpgirl30
on October 13, 2006 at 8:54 PM
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Julia,
One of my first posts here was about the whole muse thing. I'm like you. If I wrote up until the second I died, I wouldn't cover all of the ideas. It makes me crazy when people talk about the whole writer's block, waiting for inspiration thing. You just need to sit still and do it. There's no magic in all of this in terms of getting it done. Think of your household chores. You can piddle around, and something that should take 2 hours, takes 10 hours. Same with writing. Deadlines teach you that, I think.
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terpgirl30
on October 13, 2006 at 8:52 PM
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Passion
I survived. It actually gave me a lot of confidence. He acted so crazy, all I had to do was to be sane, and I was ahead. Sad, isn't it?
posted by
terpgirl30
on October 13, 2006 at 8:50 PM
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Good post . Thanks for all that info and suggestion for making money .
posted by
afzal50
on October 13, 2006 at 6:02 PM
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I've not had much trouble coming up with great ideas for articles.
the thing that is still a daily struggle is the "sit-but-in-chair-and-write" already!
posted by
Julia.
on October 13, 2006 at 3:48 PM
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Great Post...thanks for the terrific info.
How did your court date go?
posted by
Passionflower
on October 13, 2006 at 2:57 PM
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