Comments on: Keepin On http://70daysofsweat.com/wordpress/archives/180 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Lauren Dane http://70daysofsweat.com/wordpress/archives/180#comment-11409 Lauren Dane Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:58:30 +0000 http://70daysofsweat.com/wordpress/archives/180#comment-11409 Ann - excellent news! The end is ner. Kathleen - So totally true! The dreaded middle, ugh. And yep, finishing is so much more fun than giving in to the shiny. Ann - excellent news! The end is ner.

Kathleen - So totally true! The dreaded middle, ugh. And yep, finishing is so much more fun than giving in to the shiny.

]]> By: Kathleen http://70daysofsweat.com/wordpress/archives/180#comment-11398 Kathleen Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:59:34 +0000 http://70daysofsweat.com/wordpress/archives/180#comment-11398 I think the first 20-30k of a novel is often a sort of honeymoon period for me. I usually know enough to get through that much quickly with a modicum of problems. It's the Dreaded Slump--the Middle Ground when the new starts appealing and I start thinking "ooooo shiny!" I had years of giving in to the Ooo shiny! before I finally buckled down and made myself work through and finish. But the finishing was even more gratifying than the honeymoon period, so I think it was enough to break me of the habit! I think the first 20-30k of a novel is often a sort of honeymoon period for me. I usually know enough to get through that much quickly with a modicum of problems. It’s the Dreaded Slump–the Middle Ground when the new starts appealing and I start thinking “ooooo shiny!” I had years of giving in to the Ooo shiny! before I finally buckled down and made myself work through and finish. But the finishing was even more gratifying than the honeymoon period, so I think it was enough to break me of the habit!

]]> By: Ann http://70daysofsweat.com/wordpress/archives/180#comment-11365 Ann Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:30:58 +0000 http://70daysofsweat.com/wordpress/archives/180#comment-11365 Great post, Lauren, and very encouraging. I'm starting to have that experience, my first (as yet unpublished) was a breeze to write compared to this one, but I finally think that this one will get finished. I've topped 85k and am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yay! :) Great post, Lauren, and very encouraging.
I’m starting to have that experience, my first (as yet unpublished) was a breeze to write compared to this one, but I finally think that this one will get finished. I’ve topped 85k and am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Yay! :)

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