http://www.ockhammedia.com/the-problem-with-the-writing-of-novels/ the business of art and personal growth Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:46:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.ockhammedia.com/the-problem-with-the-writing-of-novels/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Ruth Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:27:57 +0000 http://www.ockhammedia.com/?p=208#comment-56 TOTALLY having this problem. It's the muse. The muse is stingy when you don't use any of its ideas, but once you start listening to the muse it keeps giving you more. Sometimes if I don't have a lot of time to write I stop getting new ideas, but then once I get going again, the ideas are flowing in all directions, not only related to the novel. It's frustrating, but I think writers block is a much worse problem to deal with. Keep plugging away, good luck! TOTALLY having this problem. It’s the muse. The muse is stingy when you don’t use any of its ideas, but once you start listening to the muse it keeps giving you more. Sometimes if I don’t have a lot of time to write I stop getting new ideas, but then once I get going again, the ideas are flowing in all directions, not only related to the novel. It’s frustrating, but I think writers block is a much worse problem to deal with.
Keep plugging away, good luck!

]]> http://www.ockhammedia.com/the-problem-with-the-writing-of-novels/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Jenn Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:55:39 +0000 http://www.ockhammedia.com/?p=208#comment-55 I have a friend that wrote his first novel a few years ago and he had the same problem. It took him longer than he wanted because he kept coming up with ideas for other novels. What he did tell me was that after you have gone through the entire process once, it becomes easier and faster for the ones that follow. Hang on to those ideas! I have a friend that wrote his first novel a few years ago and he had the same problem. It took him longer than he wanted because he kept coming up with ideas for other novels. What he did tell me was that after you have gone through the entire process once, it becomes easier and faster for the ones that follow. Hang on to those ideas!

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