tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post3421779938401722036..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Viehl on Fighting FatigueLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-25069321844405650702010-06-29T10:20:25.175-04:002010-06-29T10:20:25.175-04:00I try very hard not to look at my old drafts once ...I try very hard not to look at my old drafts once I'm done with them. They tend to depress me.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-4916972007976940942010-06-28T11:17:57.367-04:002010-06-28T11:17:57.367-04:00Loren. Yeah, For example, from this: (translated, ...Loren. Yeah, For example, from this: (translated, of course): "The man wore a blue jumpsuit with googles and a viking sword", was born the foirst draft of my personal homage tu pulp heroes like The Spider.<br /><br />The second draft was better and the ultimate, thank god.Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-85830230369750421782010-06-28T10:30:08.317-04:002010-06-28T10:30:08.317-04:00Deka,
Scrounging up incidentals (such as bits of ...Deka,<br /><br />Scrounging up incidentals (such as bits of characters and striking titles) sounds like a good idea. Those little pieces can often be motivators for larger works.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-75094997088692688002010-06-28T10:29:08.073-04:002010-06-28T10:29:08.073-04:00Sam,
That podcast looks rather interesting! I thi...Sam,<br /><br />That podcast looks rather interesting! I think I'll go ahead and download it.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-24805008164562612062010-06-25T12:15:34.163-04:002010-06-25T12:15:34.163-04:00well, i have another "trick": Fridays 8d...well, i have another "trick": Fridays 8don't ask why, simply is the day i choose) only write ideas for characters, senteneces what sounds good, titles ... things like that...<br /><br />Ollwen, i also make a bit of exercise. Well, in fact, i take a walk every day. You know, is no good stay all day indoors. And since i live in a rural zone, with plenty of trees and stuff like that, well, miss it could be a bad idea.Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-67415369074571579382010-06-25T12:10:16.188-04:002010-06-25T12:10:16.188-04:00I find after a long day of brain work, some body w...I find after a long day of brain work, some body work (exercise/yardwork) is certainly emotionally satisfying, of not always immediately creatively energizing. I do enjoy the mindless body tasks that allow for working and daydreaming at the same time though. Those are good for the creative side.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stannespub.com/thecellar/04/" rel="nofollow">This</a> is maybe a little dated, but pretty good audio on the subject of fatigue:<br /><br />That V poster was hilarious. My problem is that I only ever write in my head. I was always afraid I was forgetting some line or stage direction, also cannot play chess, and probably will never make a good Samurai.ollwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235752166509157510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-73552679846917304342010-06-25T11:22:20.342-04:002010-06-25T11:22:20.342-04:00XDDD How the people came wth this type of idea?XDDD How the people came wth this type of idea?Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-56043091909431508332010-06-25T08:21:12.092-04:002010-06-25T08:21:12.092-04:00B.,
Ditto for me both on the mental-writing and c...B.,<br /><br />Ditto for me both on the mental-writing and chess fronts.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-5914454739977829582010-06-25T08:20:41.916-04:002010-06-25T08:20:41.916-04:00Deka,
Speaking of the vuvuzela, I rather like thi...Deka,<br /><br />Speaking of the vuvuzela, <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AaoPbpzgw3Q/TCFNs9WSFZI/AAAAAAAABuA/YtFiHEH_mw0/s1600/VUVU.jpg" rel="nofollow">I rather like this picture</a>.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-33726832639499282162010-06-24T17:56:50.453-04:002010-06-24T17:56:50.453-04:00When I was in practice on the stage, I could hold ...When I was in practice on the stage, I could hold big chunks of dialogue and cues and staging with little difficulty. However I can't mentally create more than 2-3 sentences and remember them with any accuracy unless I record them. <br /><br />I also can't play chess.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-30507312562879828552010-06-24T11:06:19.183-04:002010-06-24T11:06:19.183-04:00Really? Thanks! I must recognizemy english is self...Really? Thanks! I must recognizemy english is self-taught (with a little help from my wonderful girlfriend).<br /><br />By the way, i'm from Spain (and sick of the cursed soccer horns), if you weant to know. About the words... is all practice,like a samurai and his sword ;)Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-35271274888960255132010-06-24T08:35:12.538-04:002010-06-24T08:35:12.538-04:00Deka,
Whatever your mother tongue, you're doi...Deka,<br /><br />Whatever your mother tongue, you're doing far better with English than many native speakers I know!<br /><br />Six-hundred words a pop? Wow. I'm pretty impressed by that.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-16626071481913773402010-06-24T08:34:17.600-04:002010-06-24T08:34:17.600-04:00Patti,
I'm discovering that good, solid physi...Patti,<br /><br />I'm discovering that good, solid physical exertion helps clear my mind. I've started doing some yard work in the evenings (only time when the sun doesn't broil me alive), and it seems to help my mental state. Gets me over office fatigue.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-3087395380818514662010-06-23T13:09:12.237-04:002010-06-23T13:09:12.237-04:00Lenght you say? Well, about in portions (sorry, i ...Lenght you say? Well, about in portions (sorry, i don't know if is the correct word. English is not my native language)of more or less 600 words. More if i'm in the mood.Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-51716635938860619292010-06-23T10:12:03.977-04:002010-06-23T10:12:03.977-04:00Like Deka I am always writing in my mind although ...Like Deka I am always writing in my mind although I am not conscious of it until I sit down and these words come out without much thought. I know my mind has been at work even when my body was not. <br />But I do get the tired thing too. I spend so much of my life in front of a computer, just my butt on the chair grows tired.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-8972095152093432002010-06-23T09:02:47.643-04:002010-06-23T09:02:47.643-04:00I like the idea of writing in one's mind. Tell...I like the idea of writing in one's mind. Tell me, how far (in terms of length) are you able to get with it? I know Solzhenitsyn wrote entire plays in his head while in the gulag, but I tend to lose track three or four sentences in.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-14092078937451218062010-06-22T14:35:49.218-04:002010-06-22T14:35:49.218-04:00I know sounds strange and weird. But i "write...I know sounds strange and weird. But i "write" in my mind. Thinking in a screen filling itself with the thing i wish/must write. Helps me to keep strong the typing muscle.<br /><br />About the caffeine, i only use it sometimes. But not in coffee form, i use it in soda form. Witout sugar. Or tea. I love tea.<br /><br />And the last resort, i take a walk, even if the gates of hell are open and is raining like Noak will show up in his Ark.Deka Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328847551867893941noreply@blogger.com