Comments on: Behold the Tempest http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569 Fiction Writer--Romance, Fantasy, Faith Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Margaret http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569&cpage=1#comment-1495 Margaret Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:01:33 +0000 http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569#comment-1495 Hugs, Val. But I think it speaks to your development not just as a writer, but as a reviser that you're able to see your way through Tempest. Whichever you decide, there will be time for the other later. Hugs, Val. But I think it speaks to your development not just as a writer, but as a reviser that you’re able to see your way through Tempest. Whichever you decide, there will be time for the other later.

]]> By: PatriciaW http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569&cpage=1#comment-1494 PatriciaW Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:44:42 +0000 http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569#comment-1494 I experienced something similar with a story I wrote in 2007. I'm planning to get back to it after I complete my current wip (which is in a similar state of floundering, I might add.) I experienced something similar with a story I wrote in 2007. I’m planning to get back to it after I complete my current wip (which is in a similar state of floundering, I might add.)

]]> By: Dawn http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569&cpage=1#comment-1490 Dawn Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:16:55 +0000 http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569#comment-1490 Tough spot to be in, isn't it? Especially with so much else going on around you. Even in writing, even when it's about writing, a plan is nothing more than the best guessed order of events: it requires revamping and changing. Tough spot to be in, isn’t it? Especially with so much else going on around you. Even in writing, even when it’s about writing, a plan is nothing more than the best guessed order of events: it requires revamping and changing.

]]> By: Maripat http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569&cpage=1#comment-1483 Maripat Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:57:47 +0000 http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569#comment-1483 Hugs? Good luck with whatever you decide to do, Val. Hugs? Good luck with whatever you decide to do, Val.

]]> By: zette http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569&cpage=1#comment-1481 zette Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:07:11 +0000 http://valeriecomer.com/?p=569#comment-1481 I usually designate one story as the 'important' one. It's based on whatever I decide is important at that moment. You might think that finishing Tempest should outweigh a new story. I decide how many words I can comfortably do for story number 1 and still have time to do a little for story number 2. Then I use story number 2 as a reward for doing the work on story number 1. It probably sounds odd, but it works for me when I have something that suddenly calls me and I really want to work on, but I don't want to abandon the older work and lose my focus on it. I usually designate one story as the ‘important’ one. It’s based on whatever I decide is important at that moment. You might think that finishing Tempest should outweigh a new story.

I decide how many words I can comfortably do for story number 1 and still have time to do a little for story number 2. Then I use story number 2 as a reward for doing the work on story number 1.

It probably sounds odd, but it works for me when I have something that suddenly calls me and I really want to work on, but I don’t want to abandon the older work and lose my focus on it.

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