tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post1031616297874940731..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: What Does a Writer Do All Day?Stephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-40917059805222795502014-05-10T15:53:41.134-05:002014-05-10T15:53:41.134-05:00I get up, have my devotions, I've been trying ...I get up, have my devotions, I've been trying to bike or take a walk, then I eat breakfast, clean the dining room, water my plants/brush teeth/whatever, eventually start school, end up chasing a little brother around or rescuing a frog from the pool or something at some point during the day. Have lunch. Finish school, sometime between 1-4:30 (widely varies...). Then I get the mail, read, maybe practice violin, maybe write, do emails/social media/blogs, watch the little ones, help with dinner, eat dinner, clean stuff, go to the library or some other evening activity, take a shower, write in my journal, go to bed. That's just a typical day. Could have a field trip or co-op or church or something too. :)Amanda Fischernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-78385845992530553062014-04-28T08:23:15.502-05:002014-04-28T08:23:15.502-05:00Thanks for sharing how you spend your days, guys. ...Thanks for sharing how you spend your days, guys. I loved reading about it! :-)Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-253586526629006022014-04-26T15:55:40.631-05:002014-04-26T15:55:40.631-05:00I'm always soooo busy :b besides writing lots,...I'm always soooo busy :b besides writing lots, I have school and housework. I like to read, sew, knit, and embroider. Recently I saw an add in a magazine needing writers, so I contacted them. Now I have to interview 9 ex-hutterites and write a report on them and their book "Hutterites" :)Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-62372657268261213082014-04-26T11:27:02.258-05:002014-04-26T11:27:02.258-05:00I do school all day. :/
To be honest with myself, ...I do school all day. :/<br />To be honest with myself, I haven't written much in a few weeks! I'm at a bit of a writer's block and would need a full day of solitude in my cave to get past it. Grr.Jenneth Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806251588834115742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-33673339906513392072014-04-26T08:33:47.304-05:002014-04-26T08:33:47.304-05:00lol, I spend too much time getting up to grab thin...lol, I spend too much time getting up to grab things that I forgot. Ex: Grab coffee, sit down. Realize I left my notes in other room, get up and find those. Sit down. Realize I have no water, get up and get one. Sit down. Discover that there was a book I was going to reference, go find it. Hour and a half later... I now have everything I need.Bookishqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815467506294547118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-6741089474332147302014-04-26T06:59:04.610-05:002014-04-26T06:59:04.610-05:00Mostly, I spend my time doing school and then I re...Mostly, I spend my time doing school and then I read or write. Its hard to know whether to read or write when I'm in the middle of a really good book...........thank goodness I usually read a book in one day. ;)Alea Harpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-46578239462232881532014-04-26T02:28:37.674-05:002014-04-26T02:28:37.674-05:00Oh and by the way, I like getting e-mails. :) Oh and by the way, I like getting e-mails. :) Sofia Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703884443937255154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-77510521054366573772014-04-25T16:43:33.329-05:002014-04-25T16:43:33.329-05:00When I saw the title of this post, I instantly tho...When I saw the title of this post, I instantly thought of my favorite Orson Scott Card quote:<br /><br />"A writer's life is boring indeed. I write stories about people who take risks, who reach out and change the world. But when it comes to my life, it mostly consists of hanging around at home, writing when I have to, playing computer games or watching TV whenever I can get away with it."Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156219526438230605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-30123478410643153132014-04-25T15:17:06.424-05:002014-04-25T15:17:06.424-05:00I love this post! So cool to see what you do every...I love this post! So cool to see what you do every day. And, ugh, emails are the worst unless they're telling you you've won something or have a new friend request.<br /><br />I have a list sitting on my desk of what I need to get done each day. According to the checklist, I have to write one stanza of a song, six hundred words of my novel--in order, not a random scene, do a newspaper/dictionary blackout poem, write a journal entry, and answer one character question for one character. Once all of that is done, I'll sing, play piano, make up a tune on my guitar, blog, critique other people's writing, read, study, and if all else fails, clean my room. Any other time is spent reading craft posts, like here on GTW or on Writer Unboxed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162486665066635635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-73270116422989284872014-04-25T11:43:46.815-05:002014-04-25T11:43:46.815-05:00Work with Dad from 0700-1800 most days, cone in, e...Work with Dad from 0700-1800 most days, cone in, eat supper, boot up my slow old laptop, email my friends, check my blog, and then write some. If I'm not working then I stay outside in the yard and write in the evenings, or go inside and type some if I get an idea. I'm actually started a new story last night, Fingers of Earth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516820683036576021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-89142544154596115282014-04-25T11:41:43.940-05:002014-04-25T11:41:43.940-05:00Thanks for the insight into what authors do beside...Thanks for the insight into what authors do besides write. :)<br />As to how I spend my day... mostly school, chores and going to the gym. After that I've been reading more than writing... (I''ve been suffering from a case of writers block). Hopefully I can get some more written today, though. :)Naomihttp://naomiandbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-48843856253623183232014-04-25T11:37:08.529-05:002014-04-25T11:37:08.529-05:00I go to school, study a bit at home, read, play so...I go to school, study a bit at home, read, play soccer, write blog posts, study for tests, write emails, cross-stitch, read blogs and more. :)Sofia Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03703884443937255154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-7548351582553143532014-04-25T11:30:02.265-05:002014-04-25T11:30:02.265-05:00Sometimes. A line edit is mostly tweaking sentence...Sometimes. A line edit is mostly tweaking sentences, fixing misspellings and punctuation mistakes, continuity errors (for example, I was using the wrong last name for Levi and had to fix those. And I also had to go back to book one to remember if I had capitalized Thin Plague or not. Things like that). And the editor will also point out plot mistakes. One that I caught myself in this edit was how Omar went over the wall, landed and ran to the train station. But when he went back up, there was an additional chainlink fence ten feet before the wall. Strange, since the chainlink fence wasn't there the first time he came down... So I had to go back and add in the chainlink fence. <br /><br />Hopefully the editor and I caught all the problem areas in the book once and for all. Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-17451051931290009342014-04-25T11:23:47.613-05:002014-04-25T11:23:47.613-05:00Good luck with those! What's in a line edit? D...Good luck with those! What's in a line edit? Does the editor point at a sentence and say "fix it"?Julia Nashifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591067725233080648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-71492779450025538992014-04-25T10:51:14.100-05:002014-04-25T10:51:14.100-05:00Oh, yay! Thanks, Julia! Someone looks! *hugs* (But...Oh, yay! Thanks, Julia! Someone looks! *hugs* (But that means you know that they haven't changed for a few weeks...) Here's why. 1. I got my line edits on Rebels, so I had to drop everything to do those. And 2. I'm working on a new story and need to write a synopsis. But I haven't written the story, so I've been brainstorming a lot and writing... none. :-(Jill Williamsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11943570354349667196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-85578868844998426972014-04-25T10:15:25.189-05:002014-04-25T10:15:25.189-05:00I love looking at your updated WIP word counts!I love looking at your updated WIP word counts!Julia Nashifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591067725233080648noreply@blogger.com