tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post1458219685625022061..comments2024-03-28T14:11:02.991-04:00Comments on Still Writing: Repeating RepetitionJ E Oneilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-41921633279331433352013-01-17T19:34:54.520-05:002013-01-17T19:34:54.520-05:00Reading and writing a lot. Beyond that... just fol...Reading and writing a lot. Beyond that... just follow instincts.<br><br>Kitty looks entirely too comfortable. Kitties are very good at that.William Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-81798620444489067352013-01-16T19:15:43.944-05:002013-01-16T19:15:43.944-05:00Great list. And, yeah, I'm trying to find that...Great list. And, yeah, I'm trying to find that elusive balance. What good it the platform and the knowledge if I never finish a book? LOL<br><br>Love the cat. :)Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08516493326566981116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-87329375211276393562013-01-15T13:01:33.452-05:002013-01-15T13:01:33.452-05:00I've heard that if you repeat something three ...I've heard that if you repeat something three times, you'll remember it.Michael Offutt, Speculative Fiction Authorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-88497584763360879332013-01-15T12:27:39.417-05:002013-01-15T12:27:39.417-05:00There was a kind of a survey done several years ag...There was a kind of a survey done several years ago among successful authors. No, I don't know what that means. At any rate, the surveyors asked the authors to list the top ten things they would tell aspirers they needed to do. The top two things on each list was the same (but not necessarily in the same order) and the other eight things were never the same. The top two things were<br>1. read<br>2. write<br>I think that sums it up. There is no how.Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281469968333860626.post-77790935483661269922013-01-15T09:13:56.949-05:002013-01-15T09:13:56.949-05:00I love your Bonus Rules, and you are so right...we...I love your Bonus Rules, and you are so right...we have to think about all this while writing and editing our own masterpieces. Sometimes getting one poorly hacked up sentence down is about all the challenge I can handle. Other days it flows like water. Go figure!Trisha Leaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10736441732672508192noreply@blogger.com