tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post527486215278283350..comments2023-10-02T02:52:59.461-07:00Comments on Twigs and Brambles: Daniel Ausemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-36830548741461160252011-02-14T05:21:09.718-08:002011-02-14T05:21:09.718-08:00It was more rambling than anything else. ;-) Goo...It was more rambling than anything else. ;-) Good luck, anyhow.Lindsey Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544943749349803429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-30817877884794400402011-02-13T21:41:14.499-08:002011-02-13T21:41:14.499-08:00Thanks for the offer! And I'll go see what kin...Thanks for the offer! And I'll go see what kind of sentence I can whip up for your blog =)<br /><br />I've been finding with the fragments that I have that I'm often excited by certain aspects of the character or setting or situation...but whenever I try to extrapolate it out--either by just writing or loose outlining--I find that I lose interest in any of the possibilities I come up with. I think it's just a mental block, that I'm letting myself get too caught up in questioning and self doubt about whether it's good enough. Now that I recognize that that's probably what's going on, I think I should be able to work my way through it--often just stating publicly that it's my goal is a big part of the solution. I'll let you know if I need additional kicks/encouragements.<br /><br />Thanks for the advice, Lindsey!Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-71585208274222739872011-02-13T15:50:13.542-08:002011-02-13T15:50:13.542-08:00If you need someone to gripe at, prompts, friendly...If you need someone to gripe at, prompts, friendly competition, kicks in the tailbone, whatever, feel free to drop me a line.<br /><br />(I'd also love if you'd drop a line on my recent blog post - shameless but non-related blither.)<br /><br />I also find short fiction the hardest to handle: flash is basically an extended joke (even if it's not funny, it still has the shape of set-up + punchline, and/or the shape of a vignette), and novels give you room to stretch and meander, but a short story requires its own survival kit. "Shadow Play" probably would have kicked my tail if I hadn't known going into it I was engaging in novella.<br /><br />As a quasi-related aside on writing prompts, I've found that the openings I started without a clear idea of where I was going ended up being globs of set-up / drek in search of a cause. So I tend to spend some time thinking ahead ... and then jot down me-speak notes for later. I don't know how you plan / structure, but have you considered a change of methods? (Or conversely if you DO plan extensively, throwing that out ...)Lindsey Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06544943749349803429noreply@blogger.com