tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post5226037798011390096..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Finishing what you startUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-16450513214816885442012-01-29T14:26:33.435-05:002012-01-29T14:26:33.435-05:00Great post, Joelle! And so true! Another point to ...Great post, Joelle! And so true! Another point to consider is that you will have difficulties in life eventually, no matter who you are, and if you have a habit of finishing your books, you will know that you can meet deadlines and finish what you're writing, no matter what befalls you.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-28786527595932267712012-01-29T12:36:40.780-05:002012-01-29T12:36:40.780-05:00I have a lot of first chapters sitting around with...I have a lot of first chapters sitting around with no second chapter...so this post was especially helpful to me. Thanks.Travenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160810997837674165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-1629825936869011692012-01-29T10:51:16.279-05:002012-01-29T10:51:16.279-05:00Ok - perhaps the coolest comment ever goes to Dana...Ok - perhaps the coolest comment ever goes to Dana. You just included me in a group with Chandler and Shakespeare....um...WOW! <br /><br />And Marie - yeah - people who tear you down are never a good support system. Finishing the book and trying to get published are hard enough with adding negativity to the mix. Great critique partners are worth their weight in gold, but they understand that they are supporting while they are pointing out issues for you to improve upon.Joelle Charbonneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608552691748018256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-66262114567873008262012-01-29T09:39:50.932-05:002012-01-29T09:39:50.932-05:00I have said for years that extensive research has ...I have said for years that extensive research has proven Shakespeare, Dickers, Dostoevsky, Chandler, Russo, Charbonneau, and other successful writers all have one critical common to all their writing: <br /><br />They finish.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-49156392067251411132012-01-29T01:26:39.748-05:002012-01-29T01:26:39.748-05:00Excellent point, Joelle! The one thing I've h...Excellent point, Joelle! The one thing I've heard most is to write something everyday - no matter what. It can always be revised afterward, but unless you get all of it on paper (or actually, on computer!) to begin with, you will never get to that stage. Thankfully I followed that advice for my first draft.<br /><br />That being said, I've taken way too long with my own revisions, because of worrying about who will want to publish it and such. Plus I let the negativity of another writer, who was supposed to be a close friend, get in my head when I should have just been concentrating on my own stuff. Thankfully I stopped listening to her when she came out and told me that I'd never reach my writing goals, or any of my fitness and life goals, for that matter...and told me to just give up since I'd never be worth anything. <br /><br />Let's just say this person is not my "friend" anymore. And since I haven't had her negativity around me, I've gotten a lot more done. (Who knew?) Our inner voices don't need any "help" from others to stress us out and make us afraid. We usually do a good job of that ourselves until we learn how to keep that inner voice positive and move forward.<br /><br />Setting daily goals really does help, and my revisions will finally be complete by this time next month - so I can get this novel out there!WriterMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17280436020496988815noreply@blogger.com