Comments on: Derailed! http://nerdflood.com/2008/09/25/derailed/ the online home of nathaniel payne Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Harl Delos http://nerdflood.com/2008/09/25/derailed/#comment-4155 Harl Delos Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:13:08 +0000 http://nerdflood.wordpress.com/?p=800#comment-4155 <i>Writing is work. Let no one ever tell you any different.</i> I beg to differ. It's not work, it's ****ING HARD work. I'm not kidding. Scientists have determined that you get more exhausted from four hours of writing than from twelve hours of chopping wood. If you think about it a little, you'll realize why so many famous authors were alcoholics or drug addicts. It's because aspirin isn't strong enough.... Just remember Ben Jonson's Law: "None but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money." And the writing that pays best is ransom notes.... Writing is work. Let no one ever tell you any different.

I beg to differ. It’s not work, it’s ****ING HARD work.

I’m not kidding. Scientists have determined that you get more exhausted from four hours of writing than from twelve hours of chopping wood.

If you think about it a little, you’ll realize why so many famous authors were alcoholics or drug addicts. It’s because aspirin isn’t strong enough….

Just remember Ben Jonson’s Law: “None but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.” And the writing that pays best is ransom notes….

]]> By: J.C http://nerdflood.com/2008/09/25/derailed/#comment-4154 J.C Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:18:59 +0000 http://nerdflood.wordpress.com/?p=800#comment-4154 Good luck getting back on track with the novel! Sometimes what seems like a good idea just doesn't pan out that way. Maybe in future you can look at those pretty shiny ideas waiting to be written as incentives to get your work done so you can move onto them rather than letting them tempt you into putting the current project on hold? I find that works for me quite well. Anyways, best of luck :-) I hope you can dive right back and it all goes well. Good luck getting back on track with the novel! Sometimes what seems like a good idea just doesn’t pan out that way.
Maybe in future you can look at those pretty shiny ideas waiting to be written as incentives to get your work done so you can move onto them rather than letting them tempt you into putting the current project on hold? I find that works for me quite well.
Anyways, best of luck :-) I hope you can dive right back and it all goes well.

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