tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post6475437226922160465..comments2023-08-04T06:26:40.308-04:00Comments on Avalon Authors: HOW DO YOU WRITE?Sandy Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02824301408180614516noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-3101908468709475342009-09-01T06:17:14.283-04:002009-09-01T06:17:14.283-04:00Kathy, LaVerne, Sierra and Elisabeth, thanks for a...Kathy, LaVerne, Sierra and Elisabeth, thanks for adding your experiences.<br /><br />Isn't it fun to learn we're all so 'alike' and yet so different in our approach to writing...just as we are in life...<br /><br />So...there's no right or wrong way. No easy path. No excuse for not getting the words down...Time to start on that story swirling in your head!!!!!Carol Hutchenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779187615935129923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-25544203724379646652009-08-31T20:26:28.909-04:002009-08-31T20:26:28.909-04:00I have an Alphasmart but about a year ago I gave ...I have an Alphasmart but about a year ago I gave it to my dear old Dad--now 87 and powering along. He wakes early and writes about his early life and the family. Like many elderly people he feels he needs to get as much family history down as he can.<br /><br />He always wrote in his lovely looping longhand and would give me the pages to type and print for distribution to the grnadchildren. He thinks Alphie is a marvel. He can delete and shift and add to his heart's content.Elisabeth Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10847216542954007974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-33341825037933714832009-08-31T18:20:14.660-04:002009-08-31T18:20:14.660-04:00Carol,
Oh, I remember the days when I thought I&#...Carol,<br /><br />Oh, I remember the days when I thought I'd never leave longhand behind! Typing (or REtyping) was strictly for revising. Then the computer came along, and made editing so much easier. But I thought I'd never be able to type first draft onto those cold, hard keys.<br /><br />Eventually, I got over it. Now it's easy for me to spill my thoughts directly onto a keyboard. But I always try to keep a steno pad within reach around the house, and one of those pocket-size notepads in my purse, for when ideas strike at unexpected moments.<br /><br />And when I sit down for the express purpose of writing, I much prefer to have it quiet!Sierra Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550535744012603427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-22317675996786451362009-08-31T07:46:13.892-04:002009-08-31T07:46:13.892-04:00When I lived in Michigan, I founf that I could rea...When I lived in Michigan, I founf that I could really productive on my laptop while commuting by train to my day job. Alas, no commuting now, but I do well on my desktop computer with some background noise--cicadas, wind blowing, music without words--but no TV, no humans communicating. I'm trying to make that happen on the page!LaVerne St. Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943062495313537655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-8270989721194033492009-08-29T11:05:17.534-04:002009-08-29T11:05:17.534-04:00Just catching up.
I can't imagine writing lon...Just catching up.<br /><br />I can't imagine writing long hand or on a typewriter. I make too may spelling errors as all my friends know.<br /><br />I need to watch TV while I write. Don't know why. I've tried quiet and nothng comes!Kathye Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689731913318677231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-76478934186767269102009-08-28T14:56:51.304-04:002009-08-28T14:56:51.304-04:00You make me shiver, Loretta! Sounds like torture, ...You make me shiver, Loretta! Sounds like torture, doesn't it. I agree on the lack of noise, but I get more pages with a laptop than the desk...<br /> Thanks for dropping by...Carol Hutchenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779187615935129923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-29619371181065896262009-08-28T14:55:04.682-04:002009-08-28T14:55:04.682-04:00You are so right, Jane. We have to admire their ha...You are so right, Jane. We have to admire their hard work. And still, they churned out the books...Carol Hutchenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779187615935129923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-72733575152076391512009-08-28T14:53:42.176-04:002009-08-28T14:53:42.176-04:00I wouldn't either, Sandy, even with the hard w...I wouldn't either, Sandy, even with the hard work. Thanks for posting.Carol Hutchenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779187615935129923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-37001747900355515722009-08-28T14:23:21.389-04:002009-08-28T14:23:21.389-04:00Imagine the long hours of sitting in front of a fi...Imagine the long hours of sitting in front of a fire place on a cold wintery night with nothing but a candle for light as you sit scribbling your thoughts with a quill pen and paper. Oh, that's not for me. I find that sitting at my desktop computer and gazing out at the creek in my backyard works best for me. I've tried the Alphasmart and found I wasn't very productive. Sitting in a coffee shop or a public library with a laptop doesn't work for me either. I'm to easily distracted. Give me my computer, my office and absolute quiet (no music) and I can churn out some pages.<br /><br />www.loretttacrogersbooks.comLoretta C. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477553413309389196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-55264380063347638882009-08-28T13:36:19.647-04:002009-08-28T13:36:19.647-04:00This brought back such memories--our first compute...This brought back such memories--our first computer was a TI which backed up using an audio tape! Then Apples and now PCs, each one of them such an imporvement on the last! Thank goodness we have them. I can't imagine writing by longhand or on a typewriter, even eelctric. Those authors of the past were really dedicated!Jane Myers Perrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06576216943496701867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6632249142954767681.post-40245947106959910672009-08-28T09:35:30.037-04:002009-08-28T09:35:30.037-04:00You knew your destiny way before I knew mine. I lo...You knew your destiny way before I knew mine. I loved books as a child, but it never occurred to me that they were written by mere mortals. I was well into my adult years before I started to write. So glad I finally did though. Wouldn't miss this trip for the world.Sandy Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824301408180614516noreply@blogger.com