My Thoughts Exactly: Stories and Essays

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Me, in her eyes, abandoning the family, is a big thing. Despite having spent most of the late Noughties partying with the likes of Daisy Lowe, Noel Fielding and Nick Grimshaw , which are likely to be documented in My Thoughts Exactly, Lily has also been involved in many celebrity feuds. In the segment, after Lily complimented his eyes, James said: No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. How to watch the awards online Who is Fan Bingbing? Where are they now?

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Can you repeat it next time? There is a fine line between good planning and overplanning. You never want the planning to inhibit the natural evolution of your work. Streamline your writing process [infographic] The magic of shitty first drafts The 5-step revision process to edit rough drafts.

I liked the versatility of the options you explained and the way you explained them. Most articles that propose a writing technique are harsh and focused, it either fits you perfectly or nothing at all. I felt relieved by finding multiple approaches to the same problem.

Nice article appreciate the post. Good planning and overplanning. I start trying too hard to fit into the plan and everything dries up. And the drawing is fabulous!

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I love that quote from Twyla Tharp; it seems to summarize the tension of creative work quite well. I am so glad! I heard of others planning out the entire year of blog posts, in late December. I was so happy—I would have topics ready and waiting for my fingers to make new posts, according to my entry list. Yet when I sit down to write from this list, it seems stale. Not the natural flow. How I loved that! How much of me lives in those words! Perhaps there is a time for everything? Probably, mostly, I am a carpenter.

Like a friend of ours who makes guitars and violins, there is a right way and a wrong way, and he does it right. I hope I do, too. But then, he also paints amazing designs on his almost-finished works. I hope I am like him in that way, too, when it comes to putting on the finishing touches of my work. So if I build like a carpenter and so finish work like an artist instead of vice versa I will do well. At least is makes sense to me. I like having freedom in choosing an idea, too.

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I have a list of ideas, but I pick the one I feel most excited about on a particular day. I love your story about your friend making guitars and violins. It shows so beautifully how creativity can thrive while facing constraints. This, in my view, is the same as when following an outline: I resonated with the carpenter analogy. For me, to perfect as I go along kills my creative thought processes.

I want to get my ideas on paper before I forget them. So, for me it is best to write first, then go back and critic and change things that need to be changed. I employ elements of all of them though. Hi Henneke, Boy can I relate to this post. Or I start to write, then immediately begin to edit. That usually stalls the creative process. If I free write, I wander too much.

My writing room looks like a painters studio, only its words, notes, half finished projects wall to wall. Writing is a tough gig. Your words inspire and encourage. Thanks for hitting the nail on the head once again.

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What helps me when writing my first draft is to keep a timer going and to challenge myself to get as much of my post written as possible in two or three chunks of 25 minutes. The timer keeps me moving on, and stops me from going back and editing. A fun and useful article as always. Those sentences then become the clotheshangers. The dictation went so slow I was losing my train of thought. So I gave up.

So, as I have always known, I am a knitter. I have also found that even experienced writers may benefit by using a solid structure. I do think that, in the end, most people who write a lot will internalise the structuring — when we are talking short pieces of text. It is what I have seen journalists do all the time — they build their articles up from the first sentence. They free-knit, and the structure builds itself. Your point about short pieces is pertinent. Knitting short pieces of text is a lot easier than knitting a whole book.

Knitting a whole book is probably also possible, but a bigger challenge! Do you find journalists use different tactics for writing weekly columns vs long, in-depth articles? But a blog post is a short piece. As a journalist, I would make an outline for articles over words. Yes, that makes sense — a brief outline for longer content. I know some fiction writers let the story tell itself without deciding the plot beforehand.

But who knows … it might work for some! To me it feels like she writes very associatively — if that is a correct english word. I only know her book Bird by Bird. I guess that type of writing borrows a lot of storytelling techniques from fiction or journalism. I would say most people have borrowed from her rather than the other way around. There are only different media and purposes.

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Sometimes you use this technique, the other time that. It is one big fluid thing — thoughts put into words. Associations geven free reign or kept on a tighter leash. Associations given free reign or kept on a tighter leash.

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I do think some methods work better for different types of content. In a memoir, you can let a story tell itself. This is harder to do in a textbook which needs to be more organized rather than associative. I always enjoy your articles, Henneke. The Carpenter and the Free Spirit I was familiar with. In the novel writing world the Carpenter is known as a Plotter. The Free Spirit is known as a Pantser. As in write by the seat of the pants.

To plot or not to plot that is the question. Thanks for the Knitter. The difference in fiction between Pantsers and Knitters would be that Pantsers edit more after the story has been told, while Knitters edit as they go. Lee Child mentioned by Kitty above is Knitter. I think I may write my next blog about this same subject, because I have never really tackled it head on, yet it is a source of frustration to new writers. Prime Book Box for Kids. Xlibris Corp August 10, Language: Be the first to review this item Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video.

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