Yet another writer projects

[ksmith]

My advice? Stop projecting. If *you* feel blogging interferes with *your* production, ease off or stop. If it has no effect, or if you feel it helps you, keep it up. Because if you stop, I won't have anything to read.

I think posting about the wip, the 70 days thing, and process in general is helping me get going. I like seeing what my friends are up to. I live in a small town with no writers within shouting distance. LJ has been a godsend in that regard.

But I draw the line at reading blogs by writers who believe Hence Me, Therefore Thee.

Comments

[touchstone.livejournal.com]

For some people (not necessarily you - you know better than I, on that score!) blogging about the wip and giving daily (or at least, periodic) wordcounts seems to be a way of creating...witnesses? I find myself sometimes wondering how many of the writers whose blogs I read have ever told themselves 'I'd really like to stop here for the day and slack off, but then tomorrow I'd have to tell everyone I only wrote 300 words'. One of the hard things about being self-employed is not having anyone else to be accountable to - maybe people who want that find a way to create it?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

For some people (not necessarily you - you know better than I, on that score!) blogging about the wip and giving daily (or at least, periodic) wordcounts seems to be a way of creating...witnesses?

That's exactly the reason why I signed up for 70 Days, then blogged repeatedly about it. This early in the game, the true deadline panic has yet to set in, so I need something else to get me going.

Sad, but true.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

That's part of why I do it. Although these days it's more positive accountability (look! I worked on the book!) than a threat of failure.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The positive side is nice, too. One reason why I'm keeping the counting post is to enjoy seeing the word counts on the good days, and to tell myself that I really am getting a jump on things this time, and as long as I keep plugging, all is good.