Comments on: How To Take Charge And Write Your Own Way

By: 8 Steps to Discover Your Perfect Writing Process | Sacha Black

8 Steps to Discover Your Perfect Writing Process | Sacha Black — Mon, 18 May 2015 07:30:39 +0000

[…] recently, when I had an epiphany, I’d spent a long time thinking there was a right way… a right writing process I should be […]

By: Graeme Cumming

Graeme Cumming — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:08:41 +0000

In reply to Sacha Black. No problem. Always happy to reblog something that fits in with any theme I cover here - and it reminded me a little of one I wrote myself a year or so ago. Have a great weekend!

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 22:27:20 +0000

Thanks so much for reblogging this, I really appreciate it. It’s amazing isn’t it, how many of us get so caught up with the writing process? and it stops us from actually writing. I am glad you enjoyed the post 😀

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:55:22 +0000

In reply to Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist. Will have a go and let you know ??

By: Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:44:15 +0000

In reply to Sacha Black. I'll be interested to hear how finishing midway through a sentence or word goes. It was a good post to read so it was my pleasure.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:15:29 +0000

In reply to Sacha Black. I'm sure it won't. ;)

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:51:28 +0000

In reply to Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist.

That’s great advice Irene, and a mistake I often make – finishing at the end of a section – in fact I made that mistake two days ago, and guess what, I spent last night procrastinating instead of going back to my novel to write because I wasn’t sure what was happening next. I quite like the idea of finishing mid way through a sentence too or even a word. Thanks for reading the post. 🙂

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:44:54 +0000

In reply to Kern Windwraith.

Well thanks to Stacy for sharing my post, :). You make a great point about assumptions and its very true. We are all so different how can we expect the same methods to work for everyone? we can’t. but for some reason I personally spend countless wasted hours beating myself up thinking I am meant to be doing something a particular way – but why? I should tell myself to shut up and get on with it. its so unhelpful of myself and I end up procrastinating and doing everything other than the one thing i want to do… write! Thank you so much for stopping by and reading and I am glad the post helped you 🙂

By: Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 07:43:31 +0000

I haven’t done much fiction (in fact none apart from the flashes) but I agree that you have to work out what works for you. I follow (I think Hemmingway) in that I never finish a writing day at the end of a chapter. That way it is easier to carry on with the flow when I come back to it. I’m a first write free write person and then a big edit for the first edit. I am spare on words so I normally have to add detail and description at this point.

By: Kern Windwraith

Kern Windwraith — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 02:53:32 +0000

I’m here via Facebook where Stacy Bennett posted a link to your post, and I’m joining in the chorus of “amens” from other readers. It seems to me that the fundamental flaw in all these rules and nuggets of advice is that they presuppose that each writer has a style that will work for her/him – one writer, one style, muck about until you find it. I think the truth for many writers is that they need to discover the style and process that will work for each book, story, poem, play they write. What works with one story won’t necessarily fly with the next one. Some ideas vomit themselves onto the page in a few messy sittings and others need to be teased and cajoled and into taking shape. Our job is to find the best way into each story, and no one else can map that out for us–although they might point us in some helpful (and not so helpful) directions.

Great post, Sacha. It really helped me refocus some of my own recent challenges. Thank you!