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The value of different medium
MatthewD44:
--- Quote from: neurovore on December 11, 2007, 03:57:58 PM ---Well, yes, but Dragonlance is rubbish.
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While this might be true depending on who you ask, it didn't change the fact about how well they sold and how the books got started..
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: seradhe on December 16, 2007, 07:10:05 AM ---I actually Play some random Text-based RPG while writing on a story. I'll load up word and just start working, and I'll write as much as I can before whomever I am RPing with replies.
I don't know exactly why this works for me, but having a "second Story" being made where I am only responsible for half the action keeps my mind working fresh on my main tale. Provided I have a good partner in the RP, I can write for a good 7-8 hours (though it might be more like 5-6 if you subtract time spent on the RP and not the story)
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Gosh. That would be totally impossible for me, it would completely break my concentration. But then, I generally do not take coffee breaks or lunch breaks at work, because working a day straight is about four times as productive as breaking the day up every time I get some flow going.
Kipling hit the nail on the head:
"There are nine-and-sixty-ways of constructing tribal lays
And every single one of them is right."
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: MatthewD44 on December 16, 2007, 02:35:49 PM ---While this might be true depending on who you ask, it didn't change the fact about how well they sold and how the books got started..
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We care about sales ?
MatthewD44:
a few publishers might.. personally I like the 1st 6 books and stopped reading them after that..
did the same thing with the Wheel of Time series..
seradhe:
--- Quote from: neurovore on December 17, 2007, 01:16:40 AM ---Gosh. That would be totally impossible for me, it would completely break my concentration. But then, I generally do not take coffee breaks or lunch breaks at work, because working a day straight is about four times as productive as breaking the day up every time I get some flow going.
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I think it works for me because I cannot do any one thing for so long. I naturally multitask (probably ADD or something, never got tested as a kid, never gonna be). If I sit to work on a novel and do nothing else, eventually I'll drift off mentally and not go back, self-imposed writers laze. When given something equally engaging to focus on from time to time, I go back to my story with a fresh mentality every couple of minutes.
.... I feel I should also mention the TV runs in the background so I don't miss my favorite shows
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