tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042325383621744031.post6658672070209419041..comments2023-03-23T08:03:32.172-04:00Comments on The Pen-ferno: First GearJake Nantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16637039507172446111noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042325383621744031.post-48112049431844603432010-08-05T14:38:34.061-04:002010-08-05T14:38:34.061-04:00Shadow - actually, I guess you could say that'...Shadow - actually, I guess you could say that's a very green auto analogy, since you've got the recycling of the shit involved...<br /><br />And you're right, the first stages of writing aren't meant to be fun. We don't do this because it's fun and sunshine and roses. We do it because we can't not do it. Very good point.Jake Nantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637039507172446111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042325383621744031.post-28693446798514521982010-08-04T23:15:28.975-04:002010-08-04T23:15:28.975-04:00Start up nice and easy speed around a bit for the ...Start up nice and easy speed around a bit for the rush of adrenaline and then stop for a break at caribou coffee... yep... <br /><br />Actually that's bull, writing isn't suppose to be pleasant in the first stages! it's like your poster in your classroom with those steps to writing. rewrite rewrite rewrite... so yes you need your frog shit stage, but shit decomposes and is used for nutrients that can nourish big things! BIG IDEAS!! and amazing stories :)<br /><br />I am obviously terrible at car analogies btw.ShadowTenshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14572720715209664340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042325383621744031.post-65233178680022009932010-08-04T03:53:22.058-04:002010-08-04T03:53:22.058-04:00elfarmy - You certainly don't have to be stuck...elfarmy - You certainly don't have to be stuck using my metaphors! I guess whatever works for you is what you go with, I just beat myself up because I have pissed away so much time I could have been writing, you know?<br /><br />Alan - based on that analogy, I'd say my first finished manuscript started as a burned out husk of a car because I kept going even after the engine had exploded and killed me. So yeah, I know EXACTLY what you mean about your notebooks and that junkyard!Jake Nantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637039507172446111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042325383621744031.post-15739450748586419132010-08-03T16:22:11.996-04:002010-08-03T16:22:11.996-04:00More often then not I drop the clutch, spin the ti...More often then not I drop the clutch, spin the tires, throw rocks into the air, and take off with a devil may care grin spread across my face... until I realize I have forgetten to switch gears, a cloud of smoke has started to form behind me, rendering my rear-view mirror useless, my clutch is quickly burning away, the car stalls, and before I know it I have lost all momentum... My notebooks resemble a junkyard of scraped carsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971902138241305803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3042325383621744031.post-39263410806615159142010-08-03T16:08:00.442-04:002010-08-03T16:08:00.442-04:00I'll have a vague idea and let it sit for awhi...I'll have a vague idea and let it sit for awhile, and then one day I will sit down and say to myself "I will begin this today." And then I do, and I write about 2000 words, and then I head into the daydreaming phase between stints at the computer.<br />I don't know what that translates to in terms of car metaphors. :)elfarmy17https://www.blogger.com/profile/09127074008716633538noreply@blogger.com