Comments for Cranking Plot http://crankingplot.wordpress.com One...word. Two...words. Three... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Go! by K.M. Weiland http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/go/#comment-57 K.M. Weiland Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:36 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/?p=328#comment-57 Ra ra ra! :p Guess it's getting down to crunch time for the NaNoers, isn't it? Ra ra ra! :p Guess it’s getting down to crunch time for the NaNoers, isn’t it?

]]> Comment on On Your Mark… by gtwade http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/on-your-mark/#comment-56 gtwade Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:49 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/?p=330#comment-56 That's easy: among other valid reasons, I am falling asleep at the wheel of my car when I drive to work, and even on the weekend when I drive around. I feel impaired in the quality of my work both at my day job, in the congregation, and at home. I could stay up at night and write after everybody has gone to sleep, or get up early in the morning (which is what I did for NaNoWriMo 2007) but until The Boy is allowing me better quality of sleep, I think I should just be a wishful observer and realize my limitations right now. I have my eyes set on next year, or even the next JulNoWriMo. However, I do have November plans, and I'll have a post out about that soon! That’s easy: among other valid reasons, I am falling asleep at the wheel of my car when I drive to work, and even on the weekend when I drive around. I feel impaired in the quality of my work both at my day job, in the congregation, and at home. I could stay up at night and write after everybody has gone to sleep, or get up early in the morning (which is what I did for NaNoWriMo 2007) but until The Boy is allowing me better quality of sleep, I think I should just be a wishful observer and realize my limitations right now. I have my eyes set on next year, or even the next JulNoWriMo.

However, I do have November plans, and I’ll have a post out about that soon!

]]> Comment on On Your Mark… by Laura Fabiani http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/on-your-mark/#comment-55 Laura Fabiani Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:53:41 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/?p=330#comment-55 So why aren't you doing it? So why aren’t you doing it?

]]> Comment on Will you NoWri this November? by Laura Fabiani http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/will-you-nowri-this-november/#comment-54 Laura Fabiani Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:56:42 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-54 Nope. Never did it. But the reason I would love to do it is so that I have an excuse to let go of everything and just write! Is that realistic for me, though? Not with kids and my busy schedule. *sigh* My other option would be to lock myself up in a remore cabin up north somewhere during the winter holidays... Nope. Never did it. But the reason I would love to do it is so that I have an excuse to let go of everything and just write! Is that realistic for me, though? Not with kids and my busy schedule. *sigh* My other option would be to lock myself up in a remore cabin up north somewhere during the winter holidays…

]]> Comment on Will you NoWri this November? by gtwade http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/will-you-nowri-this-november/#comment-53 gtwade Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:49:03 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-53 Have you done NaNoWriMo before? I wonder how many published authors do. Have you done NaNoWriMo before? I wonder how many published authors do.

]]> Comment on Will you NoWri this November? by Laura Fabiani http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/will-you-nowri-this-november/#comment-52 Laura Fabiani Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:57:16 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-52 Would love to participate in this! But I don't get enough sleep as it is. I will just need to keep cranking it one day at a time. Would love to participate in this! But I don’t get enough sleep as it is. I will just need to keep cranking it one day at a time.

]]> Comment on The state of it… by gtwade http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/the-state-of-it/#comment-49 gtwade Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:22:21 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/the-state-of-it/#comment-49 Thanks, Laura! I remember that post & just reviewed it now. I like the part about using it to record an impromptu dialog between characters. I'll have to give that a shot. Also, I will attempt to use the recorder in a very purposeful way, expecting to get a certain result out of each use, such as a specific scene in a story. Hopefully I can post some good results soon! Thanks, Laura! I remember that post & just reviewed it now. I like the part about using it to record an impromptu dialog between characters. I’ll have to give that a shot. Also, I will attempt to use the recorder in a very purposeful way, expecting to get a certain result out of each use, such as a specific scene in a story. Hopefully I can post some good results soon!

]]> Comment on The state of it… by Laura Fabiani http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/the-state-of-it/#comment-48 Laura Fabiani Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:19:08 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/the-state-of-it/#comment-48 Hey Guy, You might like this article about how to use the voice recorder: http://nouveauwriter.blogspot.com/2009/05/this-tape-will-not-self-destruct-in.html I also always carry a notebook everywhere I go, and I learned to jot down ideas, phrases, quotes and the like, on the go. Hope this helps! Laura Hey Guy,
You might like this article about how to use the voice recorder:
http://nouveauwriter.blogspot.com/2009/05/this-tape-will-not-self-destruct-in.html
I also always carry a notebook everywhere I go, and I learned to jot down ideas, phrases, quotes and the like, on the go.
Hope this helps!
Laura

]]> Comment on First Clean Reads Book Review by gtwade http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/first-clean-reads-book-review/#comment-46 gtwade Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:10:20 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/?p=309#comment-46 I know, right? I cheated a little bit by using a review that I had already posted here. How does someone write a guest blog from scratch? I guess it is similar to writing an article for one's own blog, except that it has to almost match the voice of the other blog. I am still working on just writing articles, for practice and for a portfolio. Any tips on how one comes up with interesting ideas would be most appreciated. BTW, thanks for posting a comment, I appreciate it. Mostly it is just me & the crickets here so far, with few commenters. I know, right? I cheated a little bit by using a review that I had already posted here. How does someone write a guest blog from scratch? I guess it is similar to writing an article for one’s own blog, except that it has to almost match the voice of the other blog. I am still working on just writing articles, for practice and for a portfolio. Any tips on how one comes up with interesting ideas would be most appreciated.

BTW, thanks for posting a comment, I appreciate it. Mostly it is just me & the crickets here so far, with few commenters.

]]> Comment on First Clean Reads Book Review by K.M. Weiland http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/first-clean-reads-book-review/#comment-45 K.M. Weiland Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:55:25 +0000 http://crankingplot.wordpress.com/?p=309#comment-45 Guest posting *is* surprisingly intimidating. I completely froze up when I sat down to write my first guest post. Couldn't get a single thought to sound right. And the really ironic part was that I was writing about how I didn't believe in writer's block! :p Guest posting *is* surprisingly intimidating. I completely froze up when I sat down to write my first guest post. Couldn’t get a single thought to sound right. And the really ironic part was that I was writing about how I didn’t believe in writer’s block! :p

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