tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post443482254771888850..comments2023-10-25T03:45:03.077-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Watery Tart: How Writers WriteHart Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-34588121946535939912013-02-03T12:10:37.448-05:002013-02-03T12:10:37.448-05:00Way to rock the data analysis, Hart!
Very interes...Way to rock the data analysis, Hart!<br /><br />Very interesting trends - It's kind of cool to see all of the different approaches and to know that they all work. <br /><br />Thanks for doing this and for sharing. I'm an academic, so stats and p-values get me all hot and bothered, hee hee!<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />DanaDanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514936652167080816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-77029915947011183552013-01-23T18:58:24.182-05:002013-01-23T18:58:24.182-05:00I feel so guilty -- I only answered one or two que...I feel so guilty -- I only answered one or two questions so you really couldn't use my replies for your polling. Next time I'll go into detail.<br /><br />I can tell you that one way I like to write is first person, and when that character really comes alive, he/she takes over telling the story and makes it easier for me. Kinda like literary schizophrenia.<br />Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-56694426929062855382013-01-23T16:03:51.420-05:002013-01-23T16:03:51.420-05:00Wow, you had me at "p value"!Wow, you had me at "p value"!DeConstruction of the Sekuatean Empirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652207370325098073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-38397595079236409742013-01-23T14:55:21.588-05:002013-01-23T14:55:21.588-05:00Very interesting results. We seem to be all over ...Very interesting results. We seem to be all over the place as writers. :DShaharizan Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917164925694287209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-52349946334596940652013-01-23T13:00:03.871-05:002013-01-23T13:00:03.871-05:00I love Carol Kilgore's comment!I love Carol Kilgore's comment! Alison DeLucahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979026382091362305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-64564242747278180322013-01-23T10:48:08.754-05:002013-01-23T10:48:08.754-05:00What an interesting overview, Hart. I wish I had ...What an interesting overview, Hart. I wish I had stuck more to your questions to help with the poll however I tend to wax like a cheap candle. <br />Fun to hear about eveybody--though I have total envy for the fast n'cleaners.<br />~Just Jill<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264782489713599426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-21776938857747661872013-01-23T01:17:00.316-05:002013-01-23T01:17:00.316-05:00Oh, that's great. I'm terrible with statis...Oh, that's great. I'm terrible with statistics so it's neat to see someone who is willing to put the evil things to good use. :)<br /><br />There are so many different ways to write and they all work for our different personalities and quirks and whatnot. This poll reminded me of a comic I drew. Most writers would probably get a kick out of the whole webcomic, but this particular strip outlines the variety in the community pretty well:<br /><br /><a href="http://soyouwrite.swankivy.com/?p=153" rel="nofollow">Real Writers Do</a>Julie Sondra Deckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15755582329896793392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-84881145552807719242013-01-23T00:17:17.637-05:002013-01-23T00:17:17.637-05:00Interesting poll, Hart.
Thanks for the info. It&#...Interesting poll, Hart.<br /><br />Thanks for the info. It's cool to see where everyone is on their journey.<br /><br />Haven't been over to threads at ABNA yet. Hopefully I will get there soon.<br /><br />After all that is where I started when I wrote my first novel back in 2009.... My first ABNA was in 2010.Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-91091570494443422362013-01-22T17:33:47.435-05:002013-01-22T17:33:47.435-05:00Very cool poll! What surprised me the most was to ...Very cool poll! What surprised me the most was to see that outliners seem to delve right into edits, whereas pantsers wait. I'm a plotter, and I never delve right into edits. I need time to let my work sit. Of course, in the end, it doesn't matter how one writes a book, just that the book is written. :)Cherie Reichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663147386014122939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-62957478384878162192013-01-22T17:29:33.751-05:002013-01-22T17:29:33.751-05:00Very interesting information. I can relate to the ...Very interesting information. I can relate to the answers. I write fast, I'm a pantser, and let's see, I've written 8 books in 6 years. OMG I can't believe it's been 6 years since I started writing...Megan Bostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811715491350987530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-58319990778279696202013-01-22T15:23:15.892-05:002013-01-22T15:23:15.892-05:00What a cool poll. Love reading all the different s...What a cool poll. Love reading all the different statistics. I feel like I've used all these methods at one time or another. Writing fast, writing slow, outlining, pansting (is that a word?) haha. In the end, as long as I end up with a good book, I'm happy. :)Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04070551912944266954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-17898606819329245752013-01-22T12:57:23.176-05:002013-01-22T12:57:23.176-05:00Great data results. As to one of your questions a...Great data results. As to one of your questions above, I don't count my time outlining, time-lining, researching and note-taking as part of writing. I probably should, huh?Shaharizan Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917164925694287209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-66955081104436151942013-01-22T11:50:30.229-05:002013-01-22T11:50:30.229-05:00aww, dangit! I hate that I missed this poll! I'...aww, dangit! I hate that I missed this poll! I'll fill in here as I read...<br /><br />I'm a writer (you know). I've completed six books since "getting serious" about books in Fall 2009.<br /><br />I write in bursts, I think. So that's fast. It all depends on the book, I find. Some go FAST! Some make me question why I'm doing this. :D<br /><br />I think I write clean. I only focus on one thing at a time, although I have three partially finished books.<br /><br />DEFINITELY set the book aside before editing. I'm a panster/synopsis writer, YA mostly. Some NA...<br /><br />FUN stuff! Yaay!!! <3LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-75676804611840924112013-01-22T11:19:34.371-05:002013-01-22T11:19:34.371-05:00ooH!! Super fun data!ooH!! Super fun data!Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-68808695546993604202013-01-22T10:16:41.800-05:002013-01-22T10:16:41.800-05:00Fast is only good for enduring work days! With wri...Fast is only good for enduring work days! With writing, taking care means taking time. What a novel idea for a poll though. <br /><br />Statistics do not reveal who we are within as authors: Mark Twain wrote at the same rate as Ernest Hemingway but both were drastically different authors.<br /><br />Oh, I get a malware alert whenever I arrive at your site. I believe it is a Twitter button you have. It may be reducing the number of visitors you are receiving. I only braved your site again to tell you of it. Good luck with ABNA.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-22659229493778312762013-01-22T09:23:51.229-05:002013-01-22T09:23:51.229-05:00Really interesting. Especially that outliners aren...Really interesting. Especially that outliners aren't as fast.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-34307213639846560652013-01-22T09:01:21.932-05:002013-01-22T09:01:21.932-05:00Cool! What a neat poll idea. Loved hearing the res...Cool! What a neat poll idea. Loved hearing the results.Jenelle Leannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123087491869123579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-9401308710983329002013-01-22T08:54:44.169-05:002013-01-22T08:54:44.169-05:00Fascinating, Hart! Love statistics. I missed all t...Fascinating, Hart! Love statistics. I missed all the numbers gathering, but I think I write a lot, slow and dirty, then clean it up, then get readers, then edit until it's out there. I can work on more than one project, but have started to focus on one at a time now. The hardest is waiting for readers... So proud of all your great work and kudos. Keep making us proud!! xo BarbaraDeb and Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04444390852070865517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-60620154608306948832013-01-22T08:41:02.124-05:002013-01-22T08:41:02.124-05:00So I dive back in because I outline? And the avera...So I dive back in because I outline? And the average is one book every two years? That's good news to this slow writer. Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-3926222408457508982013-01-22T08:25:19.122-05:002013-01-22T08:25:19.122-05:00Wish I wrote fast and clean. By the time I'm r...Wish I wrote fast and clean. By the time I'm ready for my hazmat suit to go in and clean it up, I've forgotten where I stashed it after the previous edit.Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745686632918324803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127677169344207651.post-74450604743513483882013-01-22T07:26:19.031-05:002013-01-22T07:26:19.031-05:00What fascinates me about the results is that there...What fascinates me about the results is that there are so many pantsters and so many fast and clean writers. Very interesting stuff!Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com