https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/ Writing Excuses Transcripts - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:22:00 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios wetranscripts community https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/38257.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:22:00 GMT https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/38257.html Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses 5.8: The Excuses You're Out Of<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/24/writing-excuses-5-8-the-excuses-youre-out-of/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/24/writing-excuses-5-8-the-excuses-youre-out-of/</a><br /><br />Key points: Pay attention to the excuses you make. Figure out how to resolve them, and then write. "I don't have a muse" often means you're not comfortable -- figure out what works for you. Sometimes it means "I don't any good ideas." This usually means I don't know where to start. Just start! "I'm discouraged, I'm not very good." The more you write, the better you get. "I don't have time." Cut something out, fit writing in. "I'm working, but nothing gets done." Use a timer to control email, blog, etc. time.<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/38257.html#cutid1">hanging prepositions and other outlaw grammar</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />[Brandon] All right. Writing prompt is, for some reason, you need to change your shoes or else something extremely terrible is going to happen, but there is some really, really bad... some reason why you don't change your shoes.<br />[Howard] Oh. Thank you for saving us, Brandon.<br />[Brandon] You're out of... this has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses for real...<br />[Dan] For real this time.<br />[Howard] We mean it.<br />[Brandon] Now go write.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=38257" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/38257.html excuses muse timer ideas write pants public ext_88293 0