Comments on: The Good, The Bad, The Truth http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/ USA Today Best-Selling Author Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:41:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Pat L. http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34180 Pat L. Tue, 27 May 2008 13:05:51 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34180 She does him! Too good. Maybe you should construct and he write! I either do them right away, put them off or write a list of what I have to do. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: She does him! Too good. Maybe you should construct and he write!

I either do them right away, put them off or write a list of what I have to do. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

]]> By: Darlene http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34070 Darlene Wed, 21 May 2008 20:20:56 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34070 I read blogs!! I only mean to read just one..then do what needs to be done...but it never works. Suddenly hours have passed. I tell myself..do NOT turn on the computer. Work first, then computer. Once the computer is on then nothing gets done. I read blogs!!

I only mean to read just one..then do what needs to be done…but it never works. Suddenly hours have passed.

I tell myself..do NOT turn on the computer. Work first, then computer. Once the computer is on then nothing gets done.

]]> By: Suzanne http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34068 Suzanne Wed, 21 May 2008 19:36:14 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34068 Open up the manuscript file that you are working on and read the last page or so that you wrote....you will become inspired by your own writing genius and want to get back into completing the story! At least that's how it's supposed to work....I think the real key is simply to make yourself sit down in front the computer/ms and stare at it long enough....although I really like the idea that Susan mentioned above, which is to sit down and write anything (on the book...not your blog or anyhting else) and keep doing that until you start producing something you really love. -suz Open up the manuscript file that you are working on and read the last page or so that you wrote….you will become inspired by your own writing genius and want to get back into completing the story!

At least that’s how it’s supposed to work….I think the real key is simply to make yourself sit down in front the computer/ms and stare at it long enough….although I really like the idea that Susan mentioned above, which is to sit down and write anything (on the book…not your blog or anyhting else) and keep doing that until you start producing something you really love.

-suz

]]> By: limecello http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34066 limecello Wed, 21 May 2008 19:26:43 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34066 Poor Jill. I'm afraid I'm in the same boat. My old answer... fear. I'd start a 30 page paper 10 hours before it was due, and pound it out. I'd take a quick nap around 9 am, and be up by 10 for a quick edit, out the door by 10:15 to make it to my 10:30 class. This year, however, I dropped the ball, and haven't finished an article I was supposed to finish in December. Ack. My thesis deadline is Friday - so, since it's set in stone, and I've already put it off as long as I can... hopefully/probably the fear will motivate me. My problem is I can't work without stress... but stress distracts me and makes me worry and waste time. LOL. Sorry I'm not more helpful - :P. Poor Jill. I’m afraid I’m in the same boat. My old answer… fear. I’d start a 30 page paper 10 hours before it was due, and pound it out. I’d take a quick nap around 9 am, and be up by 10 for a quick edit, out the door by 10:15 to make it to my 10:30 class. This year, however, I dropped the ball, and haven’t finished an article I was supposed to finish in December. Ack. My thesis deadline is Friday - so, since it’s set in stone, and I’ve already put it off as long as I can… hopefully/probably the fear will motivate me.
My problem is I can’t work without stress… but stress distracts me and makes me worry and waste time. LOL. Sorry I’m not more helpful - :P.

]]> By: Kimberly H http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34036 Kimberly H Wed, 21 May 2008 03:58:54 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34036 Well I don't have to much in the ways of helpful info... I am in need of them as well. lol I usually get my self pumped up with music or try to get things done when it is sunny outside because lets face it-working in the dark is kinda depressing... it is nice to be able to have the sun shine down on you when you are writing- its hard to be grumpy when the sun is out!:) Good Luck! Well I don’t have to much in the ways of helpful info… I am in need of them as well. lol
I usually get my self pumped up with music or try to get things done when it is sunny outside because lets face it-working in the dark is kinda depressing… it is nice to be able to have the sun shine down on you when you are writing- its hard to be grumpy when the sun is out!:)
Good Luck!

]]> By: Melanie http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34035 Melanie Wed, 21 May 2008 02:50:10 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34035 I listen to music through my earphones. I turn on my iPod and make the world go away. It's the only way I can focus on work and on my writing. Does it always work? No. But it works over 95% of the time. Good luck, Jill! I, too, wish my husband could help me, but being alpha male doesn't translate well to writing. He was trying to explain why he likes my writing and it was kind like, "Uhh..you know the way you write. It's funny. It's...uh...good." I told him not to hurt himself. LOL I listen to music through my earphones. I turn on my iPod and make the world go away. It’s the only way I can focus on work and on my writing.

Does it always work? No. But it works over 95% of the time.

Good luck, Jill! I, too, wish my husband could help me, but being alpha male doesn’t translate well to writing.

He was trying to explain why he likes my writing and it was kind like, “Uhh..you know the way you write. It’s funny. It’s…uh…good.” I told him not to hurt himself. LOL

]]> By: JL http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34034 JL Wed, 21 May 2008 01:23:55 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34034 See, I make lists. Grocery lists, to do lists, when I should schedule the next cat's vet appointment lists, any kind of list I can think of. And I try to make sure that I put at least half a dozen things on my to do list that I've already done. This way, I can cross them off and feel like I've accomplished something! (And I can show it to Hubby when he asks what I've done all day.) And then I go cross-stitch, and hope that brilliance will strike inbetween needle sticks. (I'm still waiting for that to happen; you don't want to know how far behind I am in my writing course. On the plus side, the new crib cover project is coming along nicely.) And when all else fails, I nap. And eat cookies. See, I make lists. Grocery lists, to do lists, when I should schedule the next cat’s vet appointment lists, any kind of list I can think of. And I try to make sure that I put at least half a dozen things on my to do list that I’ve already done. This way, I can cross them off and feel like I’ve accomplished something! (And I can show it to Hubby when he asks what I’ve done all day.) And then I go cross-stitch, and hope that brilliance will strike inbetween needle sticks. (I’m still waiting for that to happen; you don’t want to know how far behind I am in my writing course. On the plus side, the new crib cover project is coming along nicely.)

And when all else fails, I nap. And eat cookies.

]]> By: Ann from Montana http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34033 Ann from Montana Wed, 21 May 2008 01:09:43 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34033 re "Gail"...am I the only one? NO...I've thought of that off and on all day and it always makes me laugh! I just got all carried away with my first comment... re “Gail”…am I the only one? NO…I’ve thought of that off and on all day and it always makes me laugh!

I just got all carried away with my first comment…

]]> By: Cryna http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34032 Cryna Tue, 20 May 2008 23:15:46 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34032 Not being a writer, I can only imagine how frustrating this is for you. I usually take myself off and read, since I don't work outside the house anymore. So I can't offer you any help in the how to get out of the funk. I can be such a procastinator. Hope that it all comes together for you. Not being a writer, I can only imagine how frustrating this is for you.

I usually take myself off and read, since I don’t work outside the house anymore. So I can’t offer you any help in the how to get out of the funk. I can be such a procastinator.

Hope that it all comes together for you.

]]> By: Lis http://jillshalvis.com/blog/2008/05/20/the-good-the-bad-the-truth/#comment-34031 Lis Tue, 20 May 2008 19:50:00 +0000 http://jillshalvis.com/?p=1094#comment-34031 Let's see, DVDs are always a good distraction. Working in the garden. Cleaning happens if I get desperate enough :mrgreen: Let’s see, DVDs are always a good distraction. Working in the garden. Cleaning happens if I get desperate enough :mrgreen:

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