Comments for The Official Heather Quarnstrom Blog http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com Writer, WAHM, and Mother, but NEVER in that order. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:16:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Blank Page, Oh How I HATE You! by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8fe337da1d1525c3c276f4541c6654e5?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> cyndic88 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2010/03/12/blank-page-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-202 avatar cyndic88 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:16:12 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=86#comment-202 I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago, I started carrying around a notebook and I write down things when I think of them and then put them all together later. Maybe it will help? You are certainly right about you having a cast of charaters! LOL Hope everyone is well. I had the same problem a couple of weeks ago, I started carrying around a notebook and I write down things when I think of them and then put them all together later. Maybe it will help? You are certainly right about you having a cast of charaters! LOL Hope everyone is well.

]]> Comment on Blank Page, Oh How I HATE You! by FBC_ANONYMOUS_DISPLAYNAME http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2010/03/12/blank-page-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-201 FBC_ANONYMOUS_DISPLAYNAME Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:00:12 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=86#comment-201 Thanks so much! It helps just to know that I'm not the only writer that feels this way. I will definitely try to stop myself from reading what I write. That's really what started this whole issue. Thanks so much! It helps just to know that I’m not the only writer that feels this way. I will definitely try to stop myself from reading what I write. That’s really what started this whole issue.

]]> Comment on Blank Page, Oh How I HATE You! by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7944e8a9550c2909a508852d85a85869?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> ginabad http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2010/03/12/blank-page-hate/comment-page-1/#comment-200 avatar ginabad Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:43:07 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=86#comment-200 Ok, you are doing what I did in the beginning: reading what you write. STOP. NOW. Just write. Use a software that allows you to NOT see the screen. OR, reduce your window to the height of the line you are writing. Keep writing til your session is over. Go back the next day and read your last sentence ONLY. DO NOT rewrite, no matter how it sucks. Go forward and write the next line. Try to leave off at cliffhangers. Makes it easier to go back. If you don't know a direction to go in, go anyway. I find if I leave off at a spot of indecision in a story, I will not want to go back. Or, throw in a cliff hanger: kill someone off. Bankrupt your protagonist. Have him get arrested or in a vicious car accident or sucked into a wormhole. You get the picture. All writers suck in rough draft. All. It's in the edit we create art, but you have to have something to edit first - and it really does have to be complete. Good luck! I hope this helps, it worked for me. (It's the editing that's doing me in, lol... .-= ginabad´s last blog ..<a href="http://mom-blog.com/?p=1849" rel="nofollow">Shoe Shopping: That time of year. Again.</a> =-. Ok, you are doing what I did in the beginning: reading what you write. STOP. NOW. Just write. Use a software that allows you to NOT see the screen. OR, reduce your window to the height of the line you are writing. Keep writing til your session is over.

Go back the next day and read your last sentence ONLY. DO NOT rewrite, no matter how it sucks. Go forward and write the next line.

Try to leave off at cliffhangers. Makes it easier to go back. If you don’t know a direction to go in, go anyway. I find if I leave off at a spot of indecision in a story, I will not want to go back. Or, throw in a cliff hanger: kill someone off. Bankrupt your protagonist. Have him get arrested or in a vicious car accident or sucked into a wormhole. You get the picture.

All writers suck in rough draft. All. It’s in the edit we create art, but you have to have something to edit first – and it really does have to be complete.

Good luck! I hope this helps, it worked for me. (It’s the editing that’s doing me in, lol…
.-= ginabad´s last blog ..Shoe Shopping: That time of year. Again. =-.

]]> Comment on A new computer addiction…. by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/769b3fd7ea119e84a30b5de2e63e739e?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> John http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2008/04/15/a-new-computer-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-199 avatar John Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:55:20 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2008/04/15/a-new-computer-addiction/#comment-199 Never hear of Second Life, but I will for sure check it out and see what it is all about. .-= John´s last blog ..<a href="http://computerfreezes.net/a-99-effective-method-to-remove-spyware-and-malware-for-free/" rel="nofollow">A 99% Effective Method To Remove Spyware And Malware For Free</a> =-. Never hear of Second Life, but I will for sure check it out and see what it is all about.
.-= John´s last blog ..A 99% Effective Method To Remove Spyware And Malware For Free =-.

]]> Comment on What is this blog about, anyway? by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c2652e964776e4d037cd53efad733183?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> Janis http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2008/07/30/blog/comment-page-1/#comment-196 avatar Janis Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:49:42 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=60#comment-196 haha, well good luck on teh mommy blog Janiss last blog post..<a href="http://caracol-cream-reviews.blogspot.com/2009/02/caracol-cream-reviews.html" rel="nofollow">Caracol Cream Reviews</a> haha, well good luck on teh mommy blog

Janiss last blog post..Caracol Cream Reviews

]]> Comment on Time for Another Give Away by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d36e40abd7c584b5fd25e82e6a63d63a?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> Curious http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2008/07/30/time-give/comment-page-1/#comment-195 avatar Curious Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:13:51 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=62#comment-195 So who won?????? :???: So who won??????
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]]> Comment on Time for Another Give Away by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/eb0acb5bb8aca9a1081cbd2b4f3cac20?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> Chacy http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2008/07/30/time-give/comment-page-1/#comment-194 avatar Chacy Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:54:23 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=62#comment-194 Sounds like it would be worth a read. I'm new to all this, so more info can't hurt. ;) Sounds like it would be worth a read. I’m new to all this, so more info can’t hurt. ;)

]]> Comment on Time for Another Give Away by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/17fd565c05aa244f5ce0c81becd79f34?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> Jamie http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2008/07/30/time-give/comment-page-1/#comment-193 avatar Jamie Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:22:03 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=62#comment-193 I totally need this. I've been trying to find a way to become a sahm. I would love this book to help me learn how to make money off of my blog. Jamies last blog post..<a href="http://coolcraftymom.blogspot.com/2008/08/eager-elephant.html" rel="nofollow">Eager Elephant</a> I totally need this. I’ve been trying to find a way to become a sahm. I would love this book to help me learn how to make money off of my blog.

Jamies last blog post..Eager Elephant

]]> Comment on Time for Another Give Away by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/2d3f749e3c1796c51522ee8d508e8a20?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> Molly Capel http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2008/07/30/time-give/comment-page-1/#comment-192 avatar Molly Capel Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:09:32 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=62#comment-192 Very cool book! Would love to read this. Very cool book! Would love to read this.

]]> Comment on Time for Another Give Away by <a href="/index.php/user-profile/" style=" border: 1px solid;border-color: #000000;"><img src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/fabd2575520024ec938704dee9c5a7f7?s=12&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D12&r=G" class="avatar avatar-12 avatar-default" height="12" width="12" style="width: 12px; height: 12px;" alt="avatar"/></a> Audra Marie http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/2008/07/30/time-give/comment-page-1/#comment-191 avatar Audra Marie Sun, 03 Aug 2008 03:50:22 +0000 http://weblog.heatherquarnstrom.com/?p=62#comment-191 Sounds like a good book! Thanks for the chance to win! :) Audra Maries last blog post..<a href="http://adashofsassitude.com" rel="nofollow">Bloggy Giveaways</a> Sounds like a good book! Thanks for the chance to win! :)

Audra Maries last blog post..Bloggy Giveaways

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