Comments on: Say no to life, yes to crap! … Wait, what?? http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/ Just another WordPress site Sun, 20 May 2012 17:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kristan http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2264 Kristan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:15:22 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2264 "Writing on paper forces you write write write, and you can edit later, so I like that aspect of it. Plus I like how my handwriting looks hehe." Hehe, me too! Well, my handwriting, not yours. Yours is probably nice too, but to be honest, I only vaguely remember it at this point. :P Really, you'd be paranoid? You don't strike me as such. And I've never worried about that... Only in classes, back in the day, but that's usually because it would be proof I wasn't on-task, lol. Yay, I'm glad you did! “Writing on paper forces you write write write, and you can edit later, so I like that aspect of it. Plus I like how my handwriting looks hehe.”

Hehe, me too! Well, my handwriting, not yours. Yours is probably nice too, but to be honest, I only vaguely remember it at this point. :P

Really, you’d be paranoid? You don’t strike me as such. And I’ve never worried about that… Only in classes, back in the day, but that’s usually because it would be proof I wasn’t on-task, lol.

Yay, I’m glad you did!

]]> By: Aisha http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2263 Aisha Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:59:05 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2263 Not that I write much, but when I do I like doing it completely alone, in complete quiet, usually late at night when everyone else is asleep. I prefer a laptop because of the editing, but I love writing on paper, too (it has to be mechanical pencil though, and I'm slightly picky about them.) Writing on paper forces you write write write, and you can edit later, so I like that aspect of it. Plus I like how my handwriting looks hehe. I guess I could write in a cafe or something, but I'd be paranoid that someone were reading what I was writing. It would have to be on paper; my handwriting is too small and messy for others to decipher at a glance. I really liked the article btw :) Not that I write much, but when I do I like doing it completely alone, in complete quiet, usually late at night when everyone else is asleep. I prefer a laptop because of the editing, but I love writing on paper, too (it has to be mechanical pencil though, and I’m slightly picky about them.) Writing on paper forces you write write write, and you can edit later, so I like that aspect of it. Plus I like how my handwriting looks hehe.

I guess I could write in a cafe or something, but I’d be paranoid that someone were reading what I was writing. It would have to be on paper; my handwriting is too small and messy for others to decipher at a glance.

I really liked the article btw :)

]]> By: Kimberly http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2262 Kimberly Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:55:18 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2262 LOL - great minds think alike (or close enough alike) : ) .-= • Recent post by Kimberly: <a href="http://kim-franklin.blogspot.com/2009/11/addicted.html" rel="nofollow">Addicted</a> =-. LOL – great minds think alike (or close enough alike) : )
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]]> By: Kristan http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2261 Kristan Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:48:51 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2261 Planster, haha, that's good! I think I called it a plotser once. Same idea, just as ridiculous. :P Planster, haha, that’s good! I think I called it a plotser once. Same idea, just as ridiculous. :P

]]> By: Kimberly http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2260 Kimberly Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:36:23 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2260 Music is a must for me - very, very loud music. Generally, I writing everything out on my lap top, because I can type much faster than I can write. Every once in a while I will write by hand, but only outlines - usually. After trying out the pants method, which didn't work out so well, I've now become a mixture of the two. So that would make me what? A plantser? .-= • Recent post by Kimberly : <a href="http://kim-franklin.blogspot.com/2009/11/addicted.html" rel="nofollow">Addicted</a> =-. Music is a must for me – very, very loud music. Generally, I writing everything out on my lap top, because I can type much faster than I can write. Every once in a while I will write by hand, but only outlines – usually.

After trying out the pants method, which didn’t work out so well, I’ve now become a mixture of the two. So that would make me what? A plantser?
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]]> By: Kristan http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2259 Kristan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:41:02 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2259 Well, I loved Margaret Atwood's response for the very reasons you bring up: "Put your left hand on the table. Put your right hand in the air. If you stay that way long enough, you'll get a plot," Margaret Atwood says when asked where her ideas come from. When questioned about whether she's ever used that approach, she adds, "No, I don't have to." :P I would guess a lot of writers of that stature have developed quirks and tics to their methods because they are quirky, ticcy people to begin with, but now their fame allows them to be even more so. I think the vast majority of writers ARE like you. I know I am! Minus the Happy Birthday in Spanish part, hehe. Well, I loved Margaret Atwood’s response for the very reasons you bring up:

“Put your left hand on the table. Put your right hand in the air. If you stay that way long enough, you’ll get a plot,” Margaret Atwood says when asked where her ideas come from. When questioned about whether she’s ever used that approach, she adds, “No, I don’t have to.”

:P

I would guess a lot of writers of that stature have developed quirks and tics to their methods because they are quirky, ticcy people to begin with, but now their fame allows them to be even more so. I think the vast majority of writers ARE like you. I know I am! Minus the Happy Birthday in Spanish part, hehe.

]]> By: Todd Newton http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2258 Todd Newton Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:37:07 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2258 The article, while interesting, seems to imply that one MUST have an obscure or odd way of writing to be as successful as these folks... or maybe I'm reading too much into it. But, seriously, person after person is like "I stand on my head and quack like a duck before I write" and another says "I dictate while running to keep the ideas flowing as fast as the blood" and nonsense like that. Okay, I made those up, but you know what I mean. What about the thousands of us who just go to a coffee shop, open MS Word, and sing Happy Birthday in Spanish until the words start flowing??? .-= • Recent post by Todd Newton: <a href="http://initialdraft.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-writing-fantasy-is-difficult.html" rel="nofollow">Why Writing Fantasy is Difficult: Setting</a> =-. The article, while interesting, seems to imply that one MUST have an obscure or odd way of writing to be as successful as these folks… or maybe I’m reading too much into it. But, seriously, person after person is like “I stand on my head and quack like a duck before I write” and another says “I dictate while running to keep the ideas flowing as fast as the blood” and nonsense like that. Okay, I made those up, but you know what I mean. What about the thousands of us who just go to a coffee shop, open MS Word, and sing Happy Birthday in Spanish until the words start flowing???
.-= • Recent post by Todd Newton: Why Writing Fantasy is Difficult: Setting =-.

]]> By: Kristan http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2257 Kristan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:48:17 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2257 LOL omigosh that sounds kinda freaky! LOL omigosh that sounds kinda freaky!

]]> By: Margot http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2256 Margot Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:44:24 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2256 Saying no to cute puppies?!?! Shame! When I was younger and had to write papers for school my dad would let me come to his office and sitting in the hearing booth (that booth they stick you in to test your hearing). It was so quite that it ended up being a distraction because I could hear my own heart beating. Saying no to cute puppies?!?! Shame! When I was younger and had to write papers for school my dad would let me come to his office and sitting in the hearing booth (that booth they stick you in to test your hearing). It was so quite that it ended up being a distraction because I could hear my own heart beating.

]]> By: Kristan http://kristanhoffman.com/2009/11/10/say-no-to-life-yes-to-crap-wait-what/#comment-2255 Kristan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:20:37 +0000 http://kristanhoffman.com/?p=3816#comment-2255 People who plot everything/heavily, OR people who fly by the seat of their pants. :P People who plot everything/heavily, OR people who fly by the seat of their pants. :P

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