tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post4387010992244655762..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: Writing in the Dark RoomKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-91684959718835886042008-03-16T06:11:00.000+00:002008-03-16T06:11:00.000+00:00Funny how hard it is to stay basic. Even harder t...Funny how hard it is to stay basic. Even harder to take your own advice. The dark room sounds like a good idea - whatever works is gooood. It is incredibly liberating to just churn it out and not worry about how it looks, NaNoWriMo worked for me in regards to that but I quickly fell out of the habit again. :/clairec23https://www.blogger.com/profile/03983546777900936096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-77685606186364626482008-03-16T04:38:00.000+00:002008-03-16T04:38:00.000+00:00hehe interesting that you mentioned 'Dark Room'. W...hehe interesting that you mentioned 'Dark Room'. When I started reading this i was going to suggest the application, but I see you already have it. Congrats on your writing success. I have written a novel and a few short stories, but being the perfectionist I am, I am not sure they will ever be published.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by my blog! Do you use movie scores when writing? Isham perhaps? What works best?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-49902299532200946502008-03-16T00:04:00.000+00:002008-03-16T00:04:00.000+00:00Ha! I love the fact you commented again to correct...Ha! I love the fact you commented again to correct that (it's something I'd do too).<BR/><BR/>It sort of proves the point we're both making in a nicely perverse (perversely nice? (damn)) way.<BR/><BR/>That link right back atcha - great work going on over there, keep it up eh??Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-89957804895246941602008-03-15T23:55:00.000+00:002008-03-15T23:55:00.000+00:00I really meant, "or else I wasn't a real writer." ...I really meant, "or else I wasn't a real writer." Sorry about the type-o. My fingers do their own thinking from time to time!R. Brady Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926505633531944151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-41693247208735780012008-03-15T23:52:00.000+00:002008-03-15T23:52:00.000+00:00I struggle with this same thing. I find that I end...I struggle with this same thing. I find that I end up fighting myself way too much during the initial draft process. I've recently taken to abandoning the computer for first drafts because editing is too easy. It sounds funny, but I don't like too many scribbles when I'm writing in a notebook, bad form or something like that, so I end up writing more and getting more down without picking it to pieces in the process. <BR/>One of my strengths is definitely rewriting but for so many years I had the disillusion that my writing had to be perfect on the first go or else I wasn't a real writing. Haha, what a joke, right?<BR/><BR/>Great post! And thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment as well. I'm going to add a link to your blog on mine because I enjoy your writing so much. :D<BR/>-BradyR. Brady Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926505633531944151noreply@blogger.com