Comments on: Writing Out The Frustration http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/ Walk on the Wild Side of Romance Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:53:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Crystal Jordan http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5342 Crystal Jordan Thu, 22 May 2008 04:16:26 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5342 Hey, no worries...I'd made my word count by then, so my bad day was pretty much spent since I'd poured it all out on paper. We ALL have bad days and we have to let it out somehow, bitching, killing people off (in fiction, I swear!), etc. Hey, no worries…I’d made my word count by then, so my bad day was pretty much spent since I’d poured it all out on paper. We ALL have bad days and we have to let it out somehow, bitching, killing people off (in fiction, I swear!), etc.

]]> By: Jennifer Bianco http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5340 Jennifer Bianco Thu, 22 May 2008 03:29:36 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5340 Oh man, this was yesterday, and here I was crying and bitching on your shoulder. You should've told me to shut up and wait a day. ;) If it means anything, you didn't sound like you had an awful day. But just so you know...I'm an awesome listener. :) Hugs! Oh man, this was yesterday, and here I was crying and bitching on your shoulder. You should’ve told me to shut up and wait a day. ;) If it means anything, you didn’t sound like you had an awful day. But just so you know…I’m an awesome listener.
Hugs!

]]> By: Crystal Jordan http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5314 Crystal Jordan Wed, 21 May 2008 22:35:50 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5314 Hee! We all have our coping mechanisms. Hee! We all have our coping mechanisms.

]]> By: Tawny http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5311 Tawny Wed, 21 May 2008 22:34:49 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5311 Big HUGS!!! I'm sorry your day sucked so bad. Here's hoping tomorrow is better. And in the meantime, I hope you're inspired to do some very nasty things to some fictional bad guys who deserve it :) Or you could do what I do--watch some ridiculous, cheesy show on TV. Big HUGS!!! I’m sorry your day sucked so bad. Here’s hoping tomorrow is better. And in the meantime, I hope you’re inspired to do some very nasty things to some fictional bad guys who deserve it

Or you could do what I do–watch some ridiculous, cheesy show on TV.

]]> By: Crystal Jordan http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5294 Crystal Jordan Wed, 21 May 2008 20:00:23 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5294 Hope today is better, too, Shelley! It sucks! Hope today is better, too, Shelley! It sucks!

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5293 Shelley Munro Wed, 21 May 2008 19:59:16 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5293 There must have been something going around yesterday. :( I write full time and have pretty much trained myself to write whether I feel like it or not. On a bad day I might not have quite as high a word count but I still write. I like your idea of writing a dark scene at these times. I write linear, but I might try that in future. I'm glad today is better for you. I hope mine is too! There must have been something going around yesterday.
I write full time and have pretty much trained myself to write whether I feel like it or not. On a bad day I might not have quite as high a word count but I still write. I like your idea of writing a dark scene at these times. I write linear, but I might try that in future.

I’m glad today is better for you. I hope mine is too!

]]> By: Crystal Jordan http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5292 Crystal Jordan Wed, 21 May 2008 18:22:43 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5292 Thanks, Lanie! It's good to know I'm not the only one who tries to push through, but sometimes just ends up going GAH! Thanks, Lanie! It’s good to know I’m not the only one who tries to push through, but sometimes just ends up going GAH!

]]> By: Lanie Fuller http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5291 Lanie Fuller Wed, 21 May 2008 18:20:56 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5291 My job isn't hard, at all, and I do (generally speaking) have time to write during my now 16 hour shift (evil job). On most days, I do write at least something, even if it's not much. But yeah, on those stressful I-hate-the-world/my-job days, it's hard to find a good balance and sometimes I just can't. I think, in the last month, I've only had a few days where I haven't written, so maybe I'm finding a semi-decent balance. Sorry about your bad day yesterday (and for my long post). I'm glad today is going better! My job isn’t hard, at all, and I do (generally speaking) have time to write during my now 16 hour shift (evil job). On most days, I do write at least something, even if it’s not much.

But yeah, on those stressful I-hate-the-world/my-job days, it’s hard to find a good balance and sometimes I just can’t. I think, in the last month, I’ve only had a few days where I haven’t written, so maybe I’m finding a semi-decent balance.

Sorry about your bad day yesterday (and for my long post). I’m glad today is going better!

]]> By: lissa http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5288 lissa Wed, 21 May 2008 17:18:16 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5288 When I worked a day job, whether I worked from home or was working outside the home, I wrote whenever I could, it was an escape, a need, a drive. Now that I homeschool my kids, and take care of hearth and home, a husband, and three dumb cats, when stress gets to me, I either leave and go up to the coffeeshop and write, chit chat for a couple of hours, go for a walk and plot with my gf, or go upstairs and just read a romance or a craft book, watch some dumb romantic comedy or something, escape until I can calm my brain enough to concentrate on a scene...sometimes though, I'll just write a frustrated dialogue scene that may not go anywhere in any story, but helps me vent... ~lissa When I worked a day job, whether I worked from home or was working outside the home, I wrote whenever I could, it was an escape, a need, a drive. Now that I homeschool my kids, and take care of hearth and home, a husband, and three dumb cats, when stress gets to me, I either leave and go up to the coffeeshop and write, chit chat for a couple of hours, go for a walk and plot with my gf, or go upstairs and just read a romance or a craft book, watch some dumb romantic comedy or something, escape until I can calm my brain enough to concentrate on a scene…sometimes though, I’ll just write a frustrated dialogue scene that may not go anywhere in any story, but helps me vent…

~lissa

]]> By: Crystal Jordan http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5287 Crystal Jordan Wed, 21 May 2008 16:10:19 +0000 http://www.crystaljordan.com/blog/2008/05/21/writing-out-the-frustration/#comment-5287 Chi--yeah, getting past the distractions of things you could do to avoid the writing is always hard, and then on a bad day, it becomes irresistibly shiny and pretty. Chi–yeah, getting past the distractions of things you could do to avoid the writing is always hard, and then on a bad day, it becomes irresistibly shiny and pretty.

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