tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post3568604865054979812..comments2023-10-29T06:20:58.540-04:00Comments on This Too...: What Are You Writing?Melissa Sarnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11215683401795724259noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-51430547315267021922013-02-04T16:23:00.133-05:002013-02-04T16:23:00.133-05:00As everyone else, I can definitely relate. I try t...As everyone else, I can definitely relate. I try to stick to one statement and then when I get to end of the sentence I surprise myself by continuing on for an extended period of time. It's a strange out of body experience -- my brain is urging me to shut it, but I keep on, keepin' on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-15859970372907449202013-02-01T11:18:30.823-05:002013-02-01T11:18:30.823-05:00Definitely relate to this post. No matter what ans...Definitely relate to this post. No matter what answer I've practiced, my story always comes off sounding amateurish or weird -- and I'm left standing in its wake, those awkward words hanging in there, feeling like I don't deserve to give myself the "writer" moniker. I'd much rather <i>write</i> to tell you what I'm writing... that's how we roll, isn't it? :)Meg @ write meg!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15837479897570974834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-53313769670986164622013-02-01T09:16:22.777-05:002013-02-01T09:16:22.777-05:00I can relate! I need to sit on the couch and prac...I can relate! I need to sit on the couch and practice the one-sentence pitch. And then the second. And then nail it - maybe that would help even me know exactly what the book IS. Amy Makhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254187438354480256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-57530800830236544472013-01-31T16:18:26.122-05:002013-01-31T16:18:26.122-05:00I am terrible at pitches. Terrible.
When I finall...I am terrible at pitches. Terrible.<br /><br />When I finally got the nerve to tell my agent about my last manuscript over the phone, I mangled the pitch. She thought it was about Mayan pyramids. It wasn't. (You know it wasn't!)<br /><br />Writing out one and two sentence pitches -- and then practicing them out loud -- sounds like exactly the right thing to do. And I'll bet you'd be surprised how many writers have to do exactly that!Dianne K. Salernihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459839567235304842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-11444468656927422182013-01-30T22:17:24.257-05:002013-01-30T22:17:24.257-05:00Oh, THIS.
And what Kerri said above.
Why do we...Oh, THIS. <br /><br />And what Kerri said above. <br /><br />Why do we DO this to ourselves? <br /><br />If it helps, I do the same exact thing. All the time. It's awful. <br /><br />Working on this ....Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226691769768760275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-82463394491184908372013-01-30T19:07:15.152-05:002013-01-30T19:07:15.152-05:00sometimes i just hate the question, "so what ...sometimes i just hate the question, "so what do you do?"-<br />it used to just absolutely make me cringe. i would always downplay what it is i do--- almost acting embarrassed over it. finally, after several YEARS i was able to say confidently, and without apology "i'm a songwriter".<br /><br />now i'm trying to learn to say, "i repurpose vintage jewelry" b/c now THAT's where my passion is... but i feel like a fraud when i say it. eventually, hopefully i can confidently and unapologetically say it!! ;) b/c if I don't believe in it, then who will?!Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12758783620564553796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9060010344115435519.post-67922450352525211532013-01-30T17:56:24.501-05:002013-01-30T17:56:24.501-05:00Yep! I hate it, too, but it's easier with prac...Yep! I hate it, too, but it's easier with practice. I still remember one particularly painful experience where I was asked to explain not one, but TWO manuscripts to a friend, who then asked, "Okay--so the book is about a nun who wants to join the circus?" It was like he only heard random bits from two stories and mashed them together...to my great embarrassment. But I'm over that now. ;)Faith E. Houghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823750019164801104noreply@blogger.com