Comments on: On writing http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/ IT consultant, social democrat, ALP member and sometime writer. Australian Londoner. Sun, 06 May 2012 12:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Guy http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-5862 Guy Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:21:25 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/#comment-5862 Kevin, when I blog, I generally get the idea of what I am going to blog about a few hours earlier during the day. Half the time though, I am not sure quite where it is going to end up until I have looked into things a bit more and formed a firm opinion. Saint, too true. :) Probably a bad habit a lot of the time. Kevin, when I blog, I generally get the idea of what I am going to blog about a few hours earlier during the day. Half the time though, I am not sure quite where it is going to end up until I have looked into things a bit more and formed a firm opinion.

Saint, too true. :) Probably a bad habit a lot of the time.

]]> By: saint http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-5815 saint Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:39:53 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/#comment-5815 The difference between blogging and writing is that if you get blogger's block, you can just link. The difference between blogging and writing is that if you get blogger’s block, you can just link.

]]> By: Kevin Rennie http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-5774 Kevin Rennie Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:39:17 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/#comment-5774 If blogging isn't writing what is it? I usually start longer pieces such as film reviews in my head, sometimes use pen and paper and usually do the main draft in Word. Enjoy editing a lot. Logic and creativity collaborating. It 's a bit like public speaking. The more I believe in what I'm writing about, the more joy in the task. If blogging isn’t writing what is it? I usually start longer pieces such as film reviews in my head, sometimes use pen and paper and usually do the main draft in Word. Enjoy editing a lot. Logic and creativity collaborating.

It ‘s a bit like public speaking. The more I believe in what I’m writing about, the more joy in the task.

]]> By: Guy http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-5714 Guy Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:07:51 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/#comment-5714 dk.au, yeah I have recently read with interest Doctorow's thoughts and I agree for long-form writing they can be quite useful. Dave, I'm a bit of a perfectionist at heart. If I am working on a longer piece that spans multiple days of effort, I tend to get bogged down in reviewing a lot of what I have done previously and making a slew of trivial changes every time I get started. Seems to me most of the time to be procrastination dressed up as excessive acclimatisation with where I am up to! dk.au, yeah I have recently read with interest Doctorow’s thoughts and I agree for long-form writing they can be quite useful.

Dave, I’m a bit of a perfectionist at heart. If I am working on a longer piece that spans multiple days of effort, I tend to get bogged down in reviewing a lot of what I have done previously and making a slew of trivial changes every time I get started. Seems to me most of the time to be procrastination dressed up as excessive acclimatisation with where I am up to!

]]> By: Dave Bath http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-5697 Dave Bath Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:22:09 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/#comment-5697 I vote for Julie Myerson It depends on the primary motivation for putting words down: whether it is for * oneself (with an audience a nice-to-have) as carthasis or to help pin down your own thinking (the second a bit like explaining an idea to others is useful, a bit like the "cleaning lady" method of debugging code - the cleaning lady doesn't have to understand what you say, it's putting it into words that matters) or * an audience (because you think your own ideas are spot on) If it is primarily to benefit yourself, then you don't necessarily need the discipline to force yourself to write to a deadline or hone the text to perfection. Once you've either "got it out of your system" or the idea has become concrete enough in your own head to us, why bother with the extra effort? I vote for Julie Myerson

It depends on the primary motivation for putting words down: whether it is for
* oneself (with an audience a nice-to-have) as carthasis or to help pin down your own thinking (the second a bit like explaining an idea to others is useful, a bit like the “cleaning lady” method of debugging code – the cleaning lady doesn’t have to understand what you say, it’s putting it into words that matters)

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* an audience (because you think your own ideas are spot on)

If it is primarily to benefit yourself, then you don’t necessarily need the discipline to force yourself to write to a deadline or hone the text to perfection. Once you’ve either “got it out of your system” or the idea has become concrete enough in your own head to us, why bother with the extra effort?

]]> By: dk.au http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-5692 dk.au Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:49:59 +0000 http://guyberes.com/2009/03/04/on-writing/#comment-5692 Yep. With you all the way. My productivity has improved enormously since I adopted the Dr.ow method http://lifehacker.com/5129153/how-cory-doctorow-gets-writing-done Yep. With you all the way.

My productivity has improved enormously since I adopted the Dr.ow method
http://lifehacker.com/5129153/how-cory-doctorow-gets-writing-done

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