Comments on: Simple Things You Can Do Right Now To Jumpstart Your Writing Efforts

By: Jerry's Writing Life

Jerry's Writing Life — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:25:50 +0000

Several times I’ve written articles that contained just a fraction of this information, but this is WONDERFUL. I’m going to link to this from mine, so when people as me about how to break into the biz, I’ll just send them here.
Great article! Bravo!

By: Writerguy

Writerguy — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:38:17 +0000

A couple of things that you say are particularly useful for me: writing “instead of watching television,” and making some effort to write during lunch hours. I guess it all boils down to desire and commitment!

By: R Wells

R Wells — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:50:44 +0000

Thanks for being there. I am stuck here. I like your topic better.

By: Jeremy Hatch

Jeremy Hatch — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:29:22 +0000

What an extremely awesome post! You hit pretty much every point there is, and have some sensible suggestions. Thank you so much for your assiduous resource-gathering. A link to this is going up on my blog immediately.

By: ANP

ANP — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 05:48:34 +0000

Great post. For those in NYC looking for high quality writing courses (one of my concerns), The New School’s continuing education program was recommended to me by Jonathan Ames. I’m taking my first class with them now (Writing Autobiographically) and I have to say, I’m not annoyed :)

By: andrea

andrea — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:18:40 +0000

thanks so much for posting this information! what a wealth of ideas and links and material to dive into, perfect for where I’m at right now.
(and the thread of conversation here in the comments section was fascinating as well)

By: Dee Stewart

Dee Stewart — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:53:48 +0000

Your title was appropiate. Each task you highlighted was simple and common sense for a writer, but sometimes neglected.
I host a summer reading series here in Atlanta. Some months we have to turn people away and other months I wonder where are all the writers. Getting your community plugged in to what you do is a great way to jumpstart you. Great entry.

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:48:35 +0000

Thanks! Just the boost I needed to schedule my writing time and not wait for “free time” for the project. Great information. ~Pam

By: mark

mark — Wed, 31 May 2006 22:12:49 +0000

“Look to the web…”
You might want to take a look at the free (as in open source free) script writing and pre-production software called Celtx (KELL-tix).
A new version due out this week will provide supprt for writing media capable outlines as well as plain text documents. So add that to the already capable script editor and pre-production tools.
Cheers.

By: Squiggly the Confused Bookkeeper, Jr.

Squiggly the Confused Bookkeeper, Jr. — Wed, 31 May 2006 19:39:27 +0000

You have to be willing to revise. And with that comes the opportunity to write awful, disgusting and embarrassing first drafts. Once you have let go of the idea that everything that you write must be perfect the first time around, you will be able to generate more writing. Because you are not working on a deadline, you have the opportunity to return to what you have written and find what is really important.