tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post5218073427319540113..comments2024-03-20T07:59:31.684-04:00Comments on Jennifer Lane Books Blog: #IWSG Controversial Topics and First Draft AngstJennifer Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13300124780126853962noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post-48551522501609123832015-03-14T14:02:27.227-04:002015-03-14T14:02:27.227-04:00Thanks for stopping by, Chanpreet! Yep, I've w...Thanks for stopping by, Chanpreet! Yep, I've written five chapters of Aced and hope to release it by the end of the year if all goes well.Jennifer Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300124780126853962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post-13252125187804743232015-03-14T13:56:31.298-04:002015-03-14T13:56:31.298-04:00You've started writing the sequel to Blocked. ...You've started writing the sequel to Blocked. YAY! Confessions of a YA and NA Book Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397701715635712468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post-14783254848109571702015-03-04T22:21:44.854-05:002015-03-04T22:21:44.854-05:00My first drafts suck. Always. Period. The first fe...My first drafts suck. Always. Period. The first few revisions of my first drafts still suck, so I keep on. Before I know it, one version stands out and sings to me like a church chorus under heavenly lights. <br /><br />I once saw a friend of mine paint a scenery in three days. Day one, after two hours, the painting looked like it could have been painted by a kindergartner. Day two, another two hours, looked better but she wasn't quite there yet. Day three, last two hours, the painting looked amazing. <br /><br />Art is done with iterations. For some more than other, but iterations nonetheless. Even the greatest writers wrote crappy first drafts. Makes me feel better. :-)Tanya Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993489244795453045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post-79147023423429155702015-03-04T14:42:50.430-05:002015-03-04T14:42:50.430-05:00My first draft is rough but I enjoy it more than w...My first draft is rough but I enjoy it more than writing the subsequent drafts. During the first draft, I'm filled with incredible energy, almost like I'm drowning is visions and under the control of the muse's passion. It's a time of magical discovery. However, at the same time, I'm thinking about what I'll do when the editing begins. Sometimes I can't wait to finish the first draft and I'll go back and massage some minor point. It's chaotic, spontaneous, fascinating to see the story evolve to something grander than I had initially imagined.F. Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16241888058278268890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post-32367033662573137212015-03-04T11:27:06.025-05:002015-03-04T11:27:06.025-05:00I hate doing the first drafts. I like it when I fi...I hate doing the first drafts. I like it when I finish and I have something to work with.<br />My tackling of those differences has been very subtle in my books.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post-31576778635422712222015-03-04T11:20:51.929-05:002015-03-04T11:20:51.929-05:00I'm in the editing stage of a project I'll...I'm in the editing stage of a project I'll be releasing under a new pen name - so that's exciting. And I have a book releasing next week (squee!) and another in June (double squee). Problem is, I got nothing going for after that. Time to get busy writing!<br /><br />Good luck with Aced. LOVE the cover for Blocked. Holy Abs Batman.Kai Strand, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012304963642303041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post-64701034826513479442015-03-04T10:18:01.584-05:002015-03-04T10:18:01.584-05:00My first draft is crap. Aren't they all? Chara...My first draft is crap. Aren't they all? Characters are all over the place and things keep changing but that's a first draft for ya! Hopefully it'll improve on the second, third and forth draft. The trick is not to be deterred... it shall come together!!! BTW... that guy on the Blocked cover should be illegal. Damn! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1868326771039467931.post-57662758917227577412015-03-04T08:49:43.059-05:002015-03-04T08:49:43.059-05:00First drafting is so haaard - that blank page is i...First drafting is so haaard - that blank page is intimidating. But knowing I can and will change so much on following drafts helps me to get it out. I have NO idea how guys like Hemingway & Fitzgerald did it without word processors. I can't imagine the stacks and stacks of paper & I'd have gone through. <br /><br />Debra cracks me up! Nicki Elsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412032684225126973noreply@blogger.com