tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post1085414041875912298..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: How long should my first draft take?Stephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-63275051704723984342016-04-17T12:09:39.977-05:002016-04-17T12:09:39.977-05:00This is totally helpful!! I was wondering if I was...This is totally helpful!! I was wondering if I was spending TOO MUCH time in my first draft, but this is going to help!! Not to much fertilizer. Got it. <br /> Hehe. Well, thanks!Giannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-46762116773693089702011-03-31T11:22:07.732-05:002011-03-31T11:22:07.732-05:00Emii, I looooove times when the writing just WORKS...Emii, I looooove times when the writing just WORKS. Yay! Dance on, my friend.<br /><br />Jazmine, there are so many different reasons a writer can lose motivation... Is it an idea you're passionate about? A theme you're itching to explore? I think that makes a big difference.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-86076827393078180502011-03-30T22:28:20.802-05:002011-03-30T22:28:20.802-05:00It took me a year or more to write a considerable ...It took me a year or more to write a considerable 300-400 page book... lol <br />And it needs lots and lots of editing! <br />I just for some reason can't squeeze writing a whole novel into that time... I can't write forever unless I'm really fired up about it because then when I start getting bored, so does the book.<br />Its so frustrating! =P<br /><br />Got any advice on how to get myself fired up again and not make the book so boring?Jazmine~https://www.blogger.com/profile/06246960020080246030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-61907750222979107782011-03-30T16:41:53.880-05:002011-03-30T16:41:53.880-05:00This post was great! I took your advice before you...This post was great! I took your advice before you gave it -- a few days ago, I was getting a bit depressed with my first draft -- "It doesn't make any sense," I'd say. "She wasn't supposed to be like that!"<br /><br />But then I took your advice -- this was after I'd written three and a bit chapters -- and read through it all. And to my surprise, it was nothing like I'd imagined! <br /><br />I'm loving these two weeks off school. I write a few thousand words, and stand up -- and I can't help but dance around the room! I love to write. I love, love, love it. I was jumping in the air in my ugg boots, a smile on my face. It feels so right. <br />Or, should I say, write. <br />:Demiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042164350910286833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-78507294407998222362011-03-30T13:43:07.266-05:002011-03-30T13:43:07.266-05:00Roseanna, that's an excellent point. Writing i...Roseanna, that's an excellent point. Writing is his full time job, and he doesn't slack off :) He says he writes 2k a day, 7 days a week, 363ish days a year.<br /><br />Tonya, that comment had so much "voice" to it :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-9818824017462128922011-03-30T12:55:11.235-05:002011-03-30T12:55:11.235-05:00You're blog need a "like" button sim...You're blog need a "like" button similar to facebook!<br />Like- the new tabs<br />Like- first draft advice<br />Love- the asteroid<br />Like- this blog in general<br />4 little thumbs upTonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14500897912581589616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-20414264106031196052011-03-30T10:25:17.332-05:002011-03-30T10:25:17.332-05:00Job. He doesn't have a day JOB, not jog. Oy. A...Job. He doesn't have a day JOB, not jog. Oy. And I'm supposedly in editing mode . . .Roseanna Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245767775900250399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-14371166635245958372011-03-30T10:24:32.027-05:002011-03-30T10:24:32.027-05:00I felt a definite accomplishment when I got my fir...I felt a definite accomplishment when I got my first-draft time down to 2-3 months. But another something to keep in mind is that this is assuming 2-3 months of reasonable writing time. "Active" writing time. So that month I dedicated to an online signing, which broke up my last MS's writing time? Totally doesn't count. ;-) Similarly, when I was in high school and college, there was just no way. Not that many hours in a day--and that's okay too. Stephen King, if I'm not mistaken, doesn't have a day jog. ;-)Roseanna Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02245767775900250399noreply@blogger.com