Comments on: How To Write A Lot http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/ Ben Kraal Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:38:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Social and Global » Blog Archive » How to Write More http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-3188 Social and Global » Blog Archive » How to Write More Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:06:43 +0000 http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-3188 [...] book deservedly has gained the most attention recently (e.g., here, here, here, and here), but some reviewers (and commenters) still chafe at the basic prescription. Is there [...] [...] book deservedly has gained the most attention recently (e.g., here, here, here, and here), but some reviewers (and commenters) still chafe at the basic prescription. Is there [...]

]]> By: Ben Kraal http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2842 Ben Kraal Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:25:33 +0000 http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2842 Silvia doesn't believe in writers block either. "Saying you can't write because you have writers block is like saying you can't write because you aren't writing" (p 46). Silvia doesn’t believe in writers block either. “Saying you can’t write because you have writers block is like saying you can’t write because you aren’t writing” (p 46).

]]> By: Christopher Fahey http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2841 Christopher Fahey Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:07:59 +0000 http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2841 An article a few years ago in the New Yorker contended that "writer's block" is a non existent syndrome. Furthermore, 9 out of 10 cases of writers block are, in actuality, simply examples of laziness or, most often, just plain old alcoholism. An article a few years ago in the New Yorker contended that “writer’s block” is a non existent syndrome. Furthermore, 9 out of 10 cases of writers block are, in actuality, simply examples of laziness or, most often, just plain old alcoholism.

]]> By: krissnp http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2839 krissnp Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:14:47 +0000 http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2839 It will create pressure to Write under. It will create pressure to Write under.

]]> By: Ben Kraal http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2833 Ben Kraal Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:00:03 +0000 http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2833 Silvia says, of writing books, that many academics write a book to find out what they think about a topic. I use my blog as more of a soap-box for shouting into the void. I like my desktop wiki for throwing stuff into and seeing how it relates. Silvia says, of writing books, that many academics write a book to find out what they think about a topic.

I use my blog as more of a soap-box for shouting into the void. I like my desktop wiki for throwing stuff into and seeing how it relates.

]]> By: mhward http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2832 mhward Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:38:43 +0000 http://benkraal.wordpress.com/2007/10/24/how-to-write-a-lot/#comment-2832 Makes sense to me. But then I believe that we often write to think, so I would say that. If you write regularly you think more, and presumably that's why you have more ideas if you write regularly. And a blog can act as a kind of container for ideas, bring them from the 'dark vast backlog' into the light as it were. Once they're on the blog they exist, and you can begin to play with them as text: expanding, teasing out their tangled threads, weaving them this way and that until the pattern pleases you. It's work I love - can you tell? :) Makes sense to me. But then I believe that we often write to think, so I would say that. If you write regularly you think more, and presumably that’s why you have more ideas if you write regularly. And a blog can act as a kind of container for ideas, bring them from the ‘dark vast backlog’ into the light as it were. Once they’re on the blog they exist, and you can begin to play with them as text: expanding, teasing out their tangled threads, weaving them this way and that until the pattern pleases you.

It’s work I love – can you tell? :)

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