Comments on: Instant gratification, or, Don’t blog tired. http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/ I write, therefore I drink tea Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:11:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Out of ideas » Blog Archive » There is a plan, and its name is Fret http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Out of ideas » Blog Archive » There is a plan, and its name is Fret Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:41:08 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/#comment-709 [...] Back on the post Instant gratification, or, Don’t blog tired., I was whining about having to take all 50000 words of the precious NaNoWriMo novel and turn them from a peculiar assortment of babble and plot-holes into a coherent, err, novel. Possibly doubling the word count in the process. (Ed, (as in pal rather than demon editor), panic not, I will keep the first draft virginally untouched. I promise. Happy now?). And of course, being me, I was feeling all panicky and inclined to lie down in a darkened room and drink martinis until the nasty world went ‘way-way. And then, Sol commented: ‘I was wondering if it would help to break the rewrites down into a series of mini deadlines or projects, because I have to say that the September one for me would be far too unweildy and large and far away to actually make me get on with it.’ [...] [...] Back on the post Instant gratification, or, Don’t blog tired., I was whining about having to take all 50000 words of the precious NaNoWriMo novel and turn them from a peculiar assortment of babble and plot-holes into a coherent, err, novel. Possibly doubling the word count in the process. (Ed, (as in pal rather than demon editor), panic not, I will keep the first draft virginally untouched. I promise. Happy now?). And of course, being me, I was feeling all panicky and inclined to lie down in a darkened room and drink martinis until the nasty world went ‘way-way. And then, Sol commented: ‘I was wondering if it would help to break the rewrites down into a series of mini deadlines or projects, because I have to say that the September one for me would be far too unweildy and large and far away to actually make me get on with it.’ [...]

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Reed Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:56:06 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/#comment-706 Future scholars? PhD? In the words of that great man, the Generic Evil Dark Lord of Somewhere, Bwahahahah! You can rest easy. I don't care for Word. I'm doing it all in AppleWorks. Anyway, yes, the plan is to redraft. I think I shall have to fill up a posting slot with the exposition of my plans. Especially Sol's very sensible point that if I say September's the deadline it'll be mid-August before I get my head out my arse. Future scholars? PhD?

In the words of that great man, the Generic Evil Dark Lord of Somewhere, Bwahahahah!

You can rest easy. I don’t care for Word. I’m doing it all in AppleWorks.

Anyway, yes, the plan is to redraft. I think I shall have to fill up a posting slot with the exposition of my plans. Especially Sol’s very sensible point that if I say September’s the deadline it’ll be mid-August before I get my head out my arse.

]]> By: Ed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Ed Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:30:07 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/#comment-705 You latter-day Dickens, you. You want to hear the barrow-boys weeping on the street-corners every time your next post goes up. Could you do all the drafting in March and call it NaNoDraMo? Oh, and don't do it in Word, you might end up with an approved uncontroversial Master Text. Remember your debt to future scholars and do it all in a series of notebooks so that someone can earn their PhD declaring that you actually got it right the first time. You latter-day Dickens, you. You want to hear the barrow-boys weeping on the street-corners every time your next post goes up.

Could you do all the drafting in March and call it NaNoDraMo? Oh, and don’t do it in Word, you might end up with an approved uncontroversial Master Text. Remember your debt to future scholars and do it all in a series of notebooks so that someone can earn their PhD declaring that you actually got it right the first time.

]]> By: Sol http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Sol Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:03:25 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/#comment-697 In my scruffy youth I used to read NME quite religiously. They had this long running hatred of any band whose comment about their own music went anything like 'We did this for ourselves and if anyone else likes it that's a bonus.' Which I always thoroughly approved of. I mean, it's perfomance art. Thinking about your consumers is a major part of the point. But it would be too po-faced to claim that that was the only point and that there's nothing to be gained out of the feedback. The whole instant thing is just a bonus. I was wondering if it would help to break the rewrites down into a series of mini deadlines or projects, because I have to say that the September one for me would be far too unweildy and large and far away to actually make me get on with it. In my scruffy youth I used to read NME quite religiously. They had this long running hatred of any band whose comment about their own music went anything like ‘We did this for ourselves and if anyone else likes it that’s a bonus.’ Which I always thoroughly approved of.

I mean, it’s perfomance art. Thinking about your consumers is a major part of the point. But it would be too po-faced to claim that that was the only point and that there’s nothing to be gained out of the feedback.

The whole instant thing is just a bonus.

I was wondering if it would help to break the rewrites down into a series of mini deadlines or projects, because I have to say that the September one for me would be far too unweildy and large and far away to actually make me get on with it.

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Charlotte Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:18:36 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2007/02/02/instant-gratification-or-dont-blog-tired/#comment-696 Go for it, Reed! The itch to write is very scratchy! Go for it, Reed! The itch to write is very scratchy!

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