shadowgod Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 I have noticed this a handfull of times in the past, most recently with the latest Chapter of Living in Surreality which I just posted on thursday, that I have gotten the most postive feedback when I finished a chapter I struggled with. Does this happen with anyone else out there in author land? Or, am I just reading more into the feedback then is there over my struggle with the chapter? I'm interested in hearing everyones thoughts on this so don't be shy... Steve
Site Administrator Graeme Posted April 1, 2007 Site Administrator Posted April 1, 2007 I don't recall that being the case with me, but I would hazard a guess that the chapters you struggle with are the ones where something important to the story is happening, and you're trying to get it just right. The feedback indicates that desire and effort.
Krista Posted April 1, 2007 Posted April 1, 2007 Well sometimes when I think I'm struggling through a chapter I look back and see that it flowed easily enough and everything fell into place. It's really just the attitude I was in when I started writing the chapter that made me think that I was struggling through the entire thing. So really, sometimes your best work will be a surprise just because you're in an attitude funk. Krista
C James Posted April 2, 2007 Posted April 2, 2007 I have noticed this a handfull of times in the past, most recently with the latest Chapter of Living in Surreality which I just posted on thursday, that I have gotten the most postive feedback when I finished a chapter I struggled with. Does this happen with anyone else out there in author land? Or, am I just reading more into the feedback then is there over my struggle with the chapter? I'm interested in hearing everyones thoughts on this so don't be shy... Steve I'll reply to that with a firm, unequivocal, yes and no! I've seen it both ways in my writing. I've had an "easy" chapter generate great feedback, and a "hard" chapter do the same, and also the other way around.
NickolasJames8 Posted April 3, 2007 Posted April 3, 2007 I have noticed this a handfull of times in the past, most recently with the latest Chapter of Living in Surreality which I just posted on thursday, that I have gotten the most postive feedback when I finished a chapter I struggled with. Does this happen with anyone else out there in author land? Or, am I just reading more into the feedback then is there over my struggle with the chapter? I'm interested in hearing everyones thoughts on this so don't be shy... Steve I'd have to say that it happens almost every time with me. It typically takes me about 30 minutes to pound out a chapter, but sometimes it can take me up to an hour or longer because I feel like I'm lost, or that I don't like where I'm going. That's when I have to decide to start over or keep going and work with what I've already written. I usually wince as I send it out to my editor and the beta readers for that particular story, but I'd say 99.44% of the time I only hear great things back from them after I've stressed out over a chapter i was working on. Other times, I think everything went smoothly and that I was right on track, only to be slammed by one or sometimes all of my beta's, so you could be onto something
C James Posted April 3, 2007 Posted April 3, 2007 I'd have to say that it happens almost every time with me. It typically takes me about 30 minutes to pound out a chapter, but sometimes it can take me up to an hour or longer because I feel like I'm lost, or that I don't like where I'm going. That's when I have to decide to start over or keep going and work with what I've already written. I usually wince as I send it out to my editor and the beta readers for that particular story, but I'd say 99.44% of the time I only hear great things back from them after I've stressed out over a chapter i was working on. Other times, I think everything went smoothly and that I was right on track, only to be slammed by one or sometimes all of my beta's, so you could be onto something 30 minutes for a chapter?!!?!?!?!? Wow. If I have an easy chapter I'm lucky if I can write in a 3 hours! If I have a hard chapter it can take a dozen hours or more, especially if I have to do a lot of research! 30 minutes. I'm very jealous! Way to go Nick!
Site Administrator Graeme Posted April 3, 2007 Site Administrator Posted April 3, 2007 30 minutes for a chapter?!!?!?!?!? Wow. If I have an easy chapter I'm lucky if I can write in a 3 hours! If I have a hard chapter it can take a dozen hours or more, especially if I have to do a lot of research! 30 minutes. I'm very jealous! Way to go Nick! We're straying off the topic, but the latest chapter I've been working on has taken around three months elapsed time to complete...
C James Posted April 3, 2007 Posted April 3, 2007 We're straying off the topic, but the latest chapter I've been working on has taken around three months elapsed time to complete... I checked my own notes, and make that four and a half hours for my fastest chapter! I've only ever managed to do a chapter a day twice. That, though, was merely for the first rough draft, and does not count tweaking, proofing, or incorporating beta and editing suggestions. But when you say three months, I'm betting that you haven't been working on it every day? If you have, it must be one lulu of a chapter!
Site Administrator Graeme Posted April 3, 2007 Site Administrator Posted April 3, 2007 Nah. I just hit a block and would periodically come back to it, try something, delete what I had tried, and then go away again. In the meantime, I've been working on one or two short stories.... including my anthology entry.
Dio Posted April 5, 2007 Posted April 5, 2007 I have noticed this a handfull of times in the past, most recently with the latest Chapter of Living in Surreality which I just posted on thursday, that I have gotten the most postive feedback when I finished a chapter I struggled with. Does this happen with anyone else out there in author land? Or, am I just reading more into the feedback then is there over my struggle with the chapter? I'm interested in hearing everyones thoughts on this so don't be shy... Steve I was too lazy to read the rest of this topic, so maybe someone already mentioned this but, its probably just due to your putting a lot of thought and effort into your writing and reaping the just rewards. lub D
Lugh Posted April 7, 2007 Posted April 7, 2007 It typically takes me about 30 minutes to pound out a chapter... Wow... that explains soooooo much! anyway... I rarely get feedback -- good, bad, or indifferent. Then again, I don't rightly care any more. I can spend hours on picking ONE PERFECT WORD and no one comments... or I can vomit words on a page.. and no one comments... kinda over it. Lugh
Dio Posted April 17, 2007 Posted April 17, 2007 Wow... that explains soooooo much! anyway... I rarely get feedback -- good, bad, or indifferent. Then again, I don't rightly care any more. I can spend hours on picking ONE PERFECT WORD and no one comments... or I can vomit words on a page.. and no one comments... kinda over it. Lugh You've obviously neglected to use fantastic words like: 'cantankerously', and 'obdurate', then. Honestly. But let's be honest lughey, how many times can someone possibly tell you that you're the best writer on the planet? People just get tired of stating the obvious. lub D
Jack Scribe Posted April 18, 2007 Posted April 18, 2007 But let's be honest lughey, how many times can someone possibly tell you that you're the best writer on the planet? People just get tired of stating the obvious. This cracked me up. There have been times I've wished this was the case when there was a shortage of feedback on a particular chapter posting. Whoops...gotta go. Ricky Martin is performing on Ellen. I know - how shallow. But hey; I live in California...a free pass for shallowness. Just joking...bye. Jack
Empathy Posted May 18, 2007 Posted May 18, 2007 If only it did work that way. Sometimes I struggle and struggle with a chapter and notice no change in the feedback and other times feedback will increase for the oddest reasons.
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