tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post6976148961946386886..comments2023-11-07T21:12:19.852-06:00Comments on Wyrdsmiths: Writing in a Vacuum? Ha!tate hallawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06631759014508937940noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-6751320475625411772009-03-04T11:22:00.000-06:002009-03-04T11:22:00.000-06:00I think the "Actual" writing is easier done alone,...I think the "Actual" writing is easier done alone, but thats only half the process. You have to be out there with it and show it around and get some responses, otherwise you end up with a half-baked story. <BR/><BR/>And that is how people end up at Publish America. ;)Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581880415411016683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-35936219320237006832009-03-04T06:34:00.000-06:002009-03-04T06:34:00.000-06:00What Lyda and Nicole said. ;)What Lyda and Nicole said. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-58480704028215000672009-03-03T23:32:00.000-06:002009-03-03T23:32:00.000-06:00Oh man, I am SO looking forward to reading that!An...Oh man, I am SO looking forward to reading that!<BR/><BR/>And I agree - writing can be a social act, and all that idea-connecting business absolutely counts as part of the process.Theo Nicole Lorenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316780018221045702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-48482722286666112422009-03-03T19:58:00.000-06:002009-03-03T19:58:00.000-06:00Well, I'm disagreeable, too, so I'm going to propo...Well, I'm disagreeable, too, so I'm going to propose that IMHO all that stuff -- the networking, the idea generating, researching, "pre-writing," as you say -- all of it is part of the process of writing.lydamorehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193266008038604325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32085591.post-19802203714259637122009-03-03T16:16:00.000-06:002009-03-03T16:16:00.000-06:00But what you were doing wasn't the "writing" that ...But what you were doing wasn't the "writing" that people generally call a solitary act. You were pre-writing, networking, brainstorming, et cetera. I'd say that the actual fingers-to-the-keyboard creative part is still something only you can do. (But I always disagree with everyone.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com