Comments on: What to write next http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.15 By: Mindi Scott http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/comment-page-1/#comment-15198 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:02:37 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/#comment-15198 People like to be educated about tragedies that they've never shaken their heads sadly over before.

Hilarious!

]]> By: Lisa Dez http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/comment-page-1/#comment-15196 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:15:33 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/#comment-15196 Damn! I just finished a 569,000 word masterpiece. Of course, you won't recognize any of those words, because it's written in nutty transliterations of what I think slaves talked like. The query will be in your inbox tomorrow.

]]> By: Marty Ison http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/comment-page-1/#comment-15195 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:58:59 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/#comment-15195 He does have a great sense of humor. And we need humor. As for me, I first spend time creating a character that I can love or despise. That can take as long as writing the first draft does. Then I develop a story in a genre that fits him or her. After that, it’s all down hill until the revisions. That’s when the hard work starts.

]]> By: Susan at Stony River http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/comment-page-1/#comment-15194 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:35:13 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/#comment-15194 Excellent! Thanks for the link!

]]> By: M http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/comment-page-1/#comment-15192 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:44:44 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/#comment-15192 "Social Realism You: A canny observer in a white suit and a fine cravat. The Culture: Just waiting for someone to explain it to itself."

Priceless.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/comment-page-1/#comment-15191 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:08:26 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/#comment-15191 So if I found my muse in aisle 8 of Whole Foods I *can't* write thrillers? Nuts!

]]> By: Kristin Laughtin http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/comment-page-1/#comment-15188 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:13:51 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/#comment-15188 Love it!

Luckily, so far I haven't had the problem of wondering what to write next. Usually by the time I'm nearing completion of the first draft of one novel, I'm gritting my teeth and telling myself not to rush through it so I can start on my next Big Grand Idea. But I'm saving that dartboard in case I ever need it…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.dystel.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/comment-page-1/#comment-15187 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:06:43 +0000 http://032453b.netsolhost.com/blog/2009/11/what-to-write-next/#comment-15187 Well, at least I'm not alone in the moaning and kvetching about what to write next. It's like having to cross a river by jumping on the backs of alligators.

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