Comments on: Recharge The Batteries

By: Sirened

Sirened — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:36:17 +0000

Yeah!! (Wrings hands)! Nice blog you have here. I’ve enjoyed much reading your last posts. Keep it that way.

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sweet77 » Blog Archive » Recharge The Batteries — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:06:41 +0000

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Getting Back On The Wagon « A Field of Paper Flowers — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:53:39 +0000

[…] advice The other day on the Sweat website, Larissa Ione wrote a post about Recharging The Batteries. The whole idea is that some of us feel guilty when we don’t write [raises hand] and will […]

By: Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:32:26 +0000

Amen. I would rather not write for a few days and (normally hand write/relax) to get my story figured out than write and delete.

By: Pamela Bolton-Holifield

Pamela Bolton-Holifield — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:04:29 +0000

It is so nice to know that I am not the only one who suffers from extreme guilt when I don’t write. I never really thought about the idea that forcing myself to write could be a problem. As I just took an entire week off (not intentionally it just happened that way) I hope my batteries are recharged enough to whip my WIP to the finish line!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:20:17 +0000

Thank you for this post! I’ve had several days off as well to get my head around certain plot issues. And because it felt like I had hit a wall and couldn’t go on anymore. In the mean time, I’ve taken to working on other stories but I’m not counting those words towards my Sven goal, since my purpose in signing up for the challenge was to complete Novel #1.

By: Silke

Silke — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:52:26 +0000

Thank you for this post.
I’m at the “forcing myself” stage where I have an idea what’s wrong… but I feel guilty for not writing. Or (gasp!) writing on another story.

By: Lori

Lori — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:42:43 +0000

Great post! Exactly what I needed to hear. I took today off to do some recharging and thinking rather than just writing blindly. It really helped to think about where the story is going and how each character fits in. Tonight, I’m just going to relax and not worry about word count. The plugging away can wait for another day.

Thank you!

By: Susan B.

Susan B. — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:51:22 +0000

Thank you.

By: Lauren Dane

Lauren Dane — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:30:17 +0000

AJ - everyone has times in their lives when it seems like everything conspires to suck away all your time and energy. Sometimes, putting work aside to deal with real-life stuff is what you have to do. Just because you’re overwhelmed right now with school and other stuff doesn’t mean you’re not “cut out” for writing. It just means you’re too overwhelmed right now. It’s not going to disappear, come back to it in a few months when things ease for you.