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The Writing Process—Going from Idea to Finished First Draft

October 12, 2009 / Uncategorized / 18 COMMENTS


Young Girl Writing at her Desk with Birds--Henriette Browne (1829-1901) I know I’ve been bopping around from blog to blog lately. And…guess what? I’m doing it again today. :) I’m on A Good Blog is Hard to Find today with a post on the importance of developing a personal writing process, and sharing mine. I think that once we have a routine for approaching a new project, we don’t really have those ‘freak out’ moments with the blank paper (which I definitely used to have a lot more of.)

I also wanted to thank writer and librarian Stacy Post of A Writer’s Point of View for a really generous review and writer and news producer Michele Emrath of Southern City Mysteries for listing me with her ‘Friday Finds.’ I really do appreciate it!

  1. Good grief, Elizabeth – trying to keep up with where YOU are everyday is like trying to herd cats! OK, gimme a minute ‘n I’ll be over there. (wink)

    The Old Silly

  2. Ha! I know…I’m not sure how this happened. I must not have been looking at my calendar when I set these things up. I’m featured somewhere else tomorrow, then I have something special on Thursday. ACK! If it’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium…

    Elizabeth

  3. Jane–Thanks! Catch me if you can. :)

    Jemi–What a generous way of looking at it! Thanks.

  4. I love Marvin’s “herding cats” comment. It reminded me that I still have a bottle of wine I won in a raffle at last year’s Bouchercon. I just retrieved it from its place of honor on the kitchen counter. Its label reads “Herding Cats cabernet sauvignon/shiraz wine of south africa 2007” and features a gorgeous illustration of two big cats – cheetahs? jaguars? leopards? I’m not sure.

    What makes the wine super-special is that it was donated by Laura Lippman. I’m saving it for a super-special occasion in my writing career – not sure what exactly, but I’ll know when the time is right!

    Anyway, Elizabeth, I’ll try to find this post.

    Julie Lomoe’s Musings Mysterioso
    http://julielomoe.wordpress.com

  5. Stacy–Thanks for popping by today!

    Helen–That’s something I never thought I’d be called! :) I like it..

    Julie–I bet your time to open that bottle up is coming soon! I haven’t heard of the cab, but I’ll look for it. Always up for new wine discoveries. :)

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