tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404001022548916572.post6440922850202070345..comments2023-10-28T01:28:36.166-07:00Comments on The Cath in the Hat: Writer's Wednesday: Two Pages a DayCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16583924780335341252noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404001022548916572.post-7042841003583671402011-05-11T18:39:41.068-07:002011-05-11T18:39:41.068-07:00When I was taking writing classes, there was littl...When I was taking writing classes, there was little to schedule- When I didn't have to do other things, like parenting, working, and grocery shopping, I was always writing, or offering critiques. I produced a lot of quality work. Since then, I too often wait for the "muse" and my work has suffered. My output is slowed, and it takes time to re-immerse myself. Mostly, in the past three years, I've written poems. I like many of them, but I want to get back to novel length fiction. Two pages a day does not seem nearly enough. I like to write in "organic" units, a scene or a chapter- and I don't plan ahead. However, if it works, I really should try it.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404001022548916572.post-75716376357032000112011-05-11T16:58:22.030-07:002011-05-11T16:58:22.030-07:00Kudos to you. I think this is wonderful. I try a...Kudos to you. I think this is wonderful. I try and write every day but, like you, I resist schedules so I don't do it at the same time. Maybe I'll start a similar schedule this summer but it will have to be after I come home from the gym. That is the one schedule I've managed to keep all year.Brigindohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05499279435958916161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404001022548916572.post-38755832587531908472011-05-11T11:37:17.963-07:002011-05-11T11:37:17.963-07:00I can't speak for DiCamillo, but I would think...I can't speak for DiCamillo, but I would think about where the story was going on and off throughout the day, especially on long walks. That helped the next morning when I sat back down at my desk.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16583924780335341252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1404001022548916572.post-3412619921407985472011-05-11T10:57:15.260-07:002011-05-11T10:57:15.260-07:00The most work I ever got done was when I was worki...The most work I ever got done was when I was working in Boston and wrote for an hour first thing in the morning before I walked to work. That routine resulted in a novel of over 500 pages. It's a lesson I keep forgetting but am now inspired to start up again. One hour, 2 single-spaced pages (which can add up to 1000 words, nothing to sneeze at--an incentive to write lots of dialogue).<br /><br />I'd be curious to know how much thinking time you and she put in perday.Joan Kane Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802501163461996982noreply@blogger.com