tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post6535401280551493660..comments2024-03-09T02:15:11.120-08:00Comments on Eric W. Trant: When do you ~CREATE~?Eric W. Tranthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842968931062056407noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-1749137131328686162010-08-25T15:52:13.833-07:002010-08-25T15:52:13.833-07:00Great post. Whenever I'm blocked in my writing...Great post. Whenever I'm blocked in my writing, I think of my plot problem at night and more often than not, I have a dream related to it...just like Coleridge or Robert Louis Stevenson!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-76234982389451186702010-08-10T08:31:04.161-07:002010-08-10T08:31:04.161-07:00Hi,how are you today?I have surfed your blog serve...Hi,how are you today?I have surfed your blog serveral times, thanks for your information and photos. I will go on to follow your blog. If you have time, you can come to my blog and feel free give me some comment, more important thing is be follower! <br /><br />(My blog is <a href="http://share-how-why.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">share-how-why.blogspot.com</a>)無糖甜點https://www.blogger.com/profile/03265596225084694336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-55956193159626614912010-08-10T06:15:43.370-07:002010-08-10T06:15:43.370-07:00Interesting perspective, Eric. I used to be a lot ...Interesting perspective, Eric. I used to be a lot more creative, but this whole working/mom/wife/dog mother/den leader/etc. life is just sort of sucking that out of me.<br /><br />Which is why I rely on you to challenge me from time to time and add a little spark to that sleeping subconscious of mine.<br /><br />Also, I want to let you (and your readers) know that I'm having a <a href="http://thewritershole.blogspot.com/2010/08/finally-contest.html" rel="nofollow">100 Followers Contest</a> with some great prizes, and I'm also hosting a <a href="http://thewritershole.blogspot.com/2010/08/announcing-rainy-day-blogfest.html" rel="nofollow">Rainy Day Blogfest</a> on the 25th. August has been so hot and miserable here on the east coast that I'm longing for some relief, even if it's only fictional.<br /><br />Thanks, and have a great day!Nighfalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745824744507928211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-4461239070528330462010-08-09T12:58:33.324-07:002010-08-09T12:58:33.324-07:00Wow, you guys are all so creative! I actually do m...Wow, you guys are all so creative! I actually do most of my imagining while I'm typing. Ihave a story idea and break it down into bits...then just start typing. I'm kinda boring compared to all of you. =(<br /><br />I don't generally remember my dreams and when I do I suspect I've been dosed with something because they're incoherent flashes cribbed from movies and daily life. If I wrote them down I'd be looked at askance by many, Im sure.<br /><br />I remember reading your entry about the thirteen foot blue face and the naked angel...I was kind of riveted by the complete Dali-esque feel to it.Raquel Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12870113745683162915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-81578211470737594182010-08-09T07:37:58.783-07:002010-08-09T07:37:58.783-07:00My books all played out like movies in my head lon...My books all played out like movies in my head long before I ever began writing any of them. When I go to bed, while I'm driving - anytime my brain has room to roam.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-26880406420009228262010-08-08T12:55:15.370-07:002010-08-08T12:55:15.370-07:00Great post Eric - creating is very different from ...Great post Eric - creating is very different from writing. I tend to create in that I-should-be-sleeping time too. I don't always consciously think of my story, but once the characters are in my head, I let them just walk around in my brain for a while - getting to know them.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-47113198832098362152010-08-06T20:52:08.014-07:002010-08-06T20:52:08.014-07:00I create in my head long before my fingers hit the...I create in my head long before my fingers hit the keyboard--for the first time. Then my writing usually flows from beginning to end. The longest it's taken me to finish my completed manuscripts is 24 days. <br /><br />Others never get finished, but I'm a firm believer that sometimes we just need to get stuff out of the way. And it's great practice for our other writer. <br /><br />Great topic. My first paid gig was a dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-41400283742746627162010-08-05T19:26:05.518-07:002010-08-05T19:26:05.518-07:00Mes: I'm as scatterbrained as you are, I think...Mes: I'm as scatterbrained as you are, I think. I'm a bit-n-pieces writer as well.<br /><br />Olivia: See, if you think about it, nurturing that morning time might be GREAT for your evening writing. That's my point -- we make time for writing, but we don't make time for ~CREATING~!<br /><br />Crimey: I sleep through my best stories. If I can remember them the next day, then they're worth writing.<br /><br />Jai: I create a lot in the car and in the evenings falling asleep. I just went to Houston and back today, from Dallas (long drive!), and for most of the trip I worked on my novel...<br /><br />Theresa: Flashpoint of creation. I like that. Where's the ~flashpoint~ where your story was born. Not at the keyboard, I bet, and I'd ask this: Are you nurturing that flashpoint time as much as you care for your writing time?<br /><br />Tracy: Funny that you say you have journal. I have a little 3" notebook that I call my Little Ocean, and I jot down ideas as they come to me. I keep it in the car so it's always handy. It is absolutely full of stuff, so random I look at it and wonder who the hell wrote <i>that</i> down!<br /><br /> - EricEric W. Tranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842968931062056407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-69258291663466200112010-08-05T11:14:52.731-07:002010-08-05T11:14:52.731-07:00I also do a lot of writing in my head, but I'v...I also do a lot of writing in my head, but I've got post-its and tiny journals all around me to record it. I also run dialogue while in the shower, which confuses the people I live with to no end (that's just an added bonus)<br /><br />What I create when I sleep...<br /><br />I hate writing that stuff down. It feels like the worst parts of my fears and anxiety pop in while I sleep. When I'm awake, I can keep the demons at bay. When I sleep... I feel like I am defenseless.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477498671080132176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-92089929142040456232010-08-04T18:37:17.805-07:002010-08-04T18:37:17.805-07:00I'm a big time daydreamer and when an idea com...I'm a big time daydreamer and when an idea comes that way, I follow it through. Sometimes I don't make it to the end of the "dream" before I start recording it. Good post, Eric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-65894279554812401842010-08-04T13:48:04.432-07:002010-08-04T13:48:04.432-07:00I've gotten ideas for the beginnings of or con...I've gotten ideas for the beginnings of or continuations of stories in the shower, as a passenger in a car, watching TV, and dreaming. While much happens at the keyboard, my first flash of inspiration doesn't occur there.<br /><br />Nice to know about King and Misery.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-21687155266810032162010-08-04T11:26:00.430-07:002010-08-04T11:26:00.430-07:00Without a doubt I do a lot of writing in my head b...Without a doubt I do a lot of writing in my head before I even boot up my laptop. My first novel idea came to me one morning when I was one the verge of getting up. When I did wake up in bed I had the idea fully formed in my mind.<br /><br />I do a lot of writing in my head while I'm driving my car too. Lots of time to think in those silent moments.<br /><br />Great post, Eric. You got me trying to remember where I came up with a bunch of my other ideas too.<br /><br />JaiJai Joshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858987106548357551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-6211079311655081942010-08-04T11:16:30.352-07:002010-08-04T11:16:30.352-07:00Eric,
I suspect that most writers hammer out thei...Eric,<br /><br />I suspect that most writers hammer out their stories and come up with the ideas while doing mundane things such as drifting off to sleep, or washing the dishes, or grocery shopping, etc.<br /><br />Too bad getting that wonderfully crafted story out of our heads to the paper is another thing altogether.<br /><br />Personally I have a bad habit of waking up in the middle of the night and thinking through scenes. I would rather that inspiration strike at another time.About Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011023963327391019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-78932066122142046412010-08-04T09:26:20.875-07:002010-08-04T09:26:20.875-07:00I third what you two said. Some I get at night, al...I third what you two said. Some I get at night, all night. Some during morning sleep. That's the time after five or six a.m. when Bugsy wakes me up to go outside. During meditation. While driving. I actually get a lot while driving. When I'm randoming flipping around looking stuff up on the internet. Writing prompts from other people's blogs.<br /><br />But I seem to get most of it in the morning. And I write better at night. Hmm...<br /><br />Thanks for another provocative post, Eric.<br /><br />And, btw, I love your prose: "I hammered out the scene that had cleaved itself from the hard-packed earth and puked up a blue-faced flower."<br /><br />~<a href="http://thatrebelwithablog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">that rebel, Olivia</a>Olivia J. Herrell, writing as O.J. Barréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107021392937169669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5779183012658025206.post-41309185681820940372010-08-04T08:54:51.636-07:002010-08-04T08:54:51.636-07:00My stories always create themselves in fragments. ...My stories always create themselves in fragments. It happens anywhere, anytime. When I'm doing the dishes, typing up work reports, or simply daydreaming. Something pops in my head and says, "Wouldn't it be cool if..."<br /><br />And off I go. It's never linear, but mindless thought is how I create.Stephanie Loréehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03512485557711771802noreply@blogger.com