http://odeo.com/channels/40325-be-the-story TimK no the blog about writing stories and being a better writer the blog about writing stories and being a better writer the blog about writing stories and being a better writer en 40 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:11:46 -0800 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:11:46 -0800 http://odeo.com/episodes/25077369-Write-Every-Day-What-Does-that-Mean-Why Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be start... Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be starting a new book. (And as it’s turning out, I’m probably not going to “win.” But that doesn’t bother me so much.) -TimK Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be starting a new book. (And as it’s turning out, I’m probably not going to “win.” But that doesn’t bother me so much.) -TimK tag:odeo.com,2008-11-14,25077369 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:11:46 -0800 no be the story Writing, writing life http://odeo.com/episodes/23622042-Write-Every-Day-What-Does-that-Mean-Why Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be start... Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be starting a new book. (And as it’s turning out, I’m probably not going to “win.” But that doesn’t bother me so much.) -TimK Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be starting a new book. (And as it’s turning out, I’m probably not going to “win.” But that doesn’t bother me so much.) -TimK tag:odeo.com,2008-11-14,23622042 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:11:46 -0800 no be the story Writing, writing life http://odeo.com/episodes/23773097-Write-Every-Day-What-Does-that-Mean-Why Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be start... Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be starting a new book. (And as it’s turning out, I’m probably not going to “win.” But that doesn’t bother me so much.) -TimK Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show . Here’s my audio response. I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers do write every day. Maybe you don’t always write words for your novel, but you write something that isn’t email. Maybe it’s an article, or an editorial, or maybe it’s pre-writing for your novel. Or maybe “writing” just means planning on your novel–although I’d be very careful with that one, because “planning” can be a wonderful source of procrastination, which is not writing. In short, I think it’s much more important to maintain a sustainable pace and to adopt an effective writing process. That said, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year, but only because I just coincidentally happen to be starting a new book. (And as it’s turning out, I’m probably not going to “win.” But that doesn’t bother me so much.) -TimK tag:odeo.com,2008-11-14,23773097 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:11:46 -0800 no be the story Writing, writing life http://odeo.com/episodes/1198933-My-Interview-at-The-Writing-Show tag:odeo.com,2006-05-16,1198933 Tue, 16 May 2006 04:53:05 -0700 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/1198932-Setting-the-Mood-With-Conflict tag:odeo.com,2006-05-15,1198932 Mon, 15 May 2006 15:29:39 -0700 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/1105787-Spotlight-The-Notebook-the-movie tag:odeo.com,2006-04-27,1105787 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 04:01:19 -0700 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/1089745-Setting-the-Mood-With-Milieu tag:odeo.com,2006-04-24,1089745 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:01:19 -0700 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/1089744-Setting-the-Mood-With-Expectations tag:odeo.com,2006-04-17,1089744 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 04:01:41 -0700 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/1089743-Spotlight-Holly-Lisle%E2%80%99s-Website tag:odeo.com,2006-04-06,1089743 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:01:42 -0700 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/983930-The-Storyteller-and-the-Wordsmith tag:odeo.com,2006-04-03,983930 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:01:05 -0700 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/979427-Spotlight-Smilla%E2%80%99s-Sense-of-Snow-the-movie tag:odeo.com,2006-03-30,979427 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:01:10 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/964748-Anatomy-of-a-Story-Game-2 tag:odeo.com,2006-03-27,964748 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:01:42 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/937381-Spotlight-A-Certain-Slant-of-Light tag:odeo.com,2006-03-23,937381 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 05:01:34 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/897596-Spotlight-Walk-Two-Moons tag:odeo.com,2006-03-16,897596 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:01:11 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/888191-Anatomy-of-a-Story-Game tag:odeo.com,2006-03-13,888191 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:01:04 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/852235-Spotlight-Because-of-Winn-Dixie tag:odeo.com,2006-03-09,852235 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:01:59 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/842689-How-to-Spin-a-Yarn-Conflict-Resolution-and-Story-Arc tag:odeo.com,2006-03-06,842689 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:01:14 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/815854-Spotlight-Ender%E2%80%99s-Game tag:odeo.com,2006-03-02,815854 Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:01:36 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/813135-Favorite-Classic-Story-Games tag:odeo.com,2006-02-27,813135 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:01:29 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/775837-Spotlight-The-Goat-in-the-Grey-Fedora tag:odeo.com,2006-02-23,775837 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:05:23 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/757639-Great-Characters-and-How-to-Make-Them tag:odeo.com,2006-02-20,757639 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:57:10 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/728915-Spotlight-City-Lights tag:odeo.com,2006-02-16,728915 Thu, 16 Feb 2006 06:27:12 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/717666-Feeling-the-Romance-and-Keeping-it-Real tag:odeo.com,2006-02-13,717666 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:16:02 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/706114-Spotlight-Heartbeat tag:odeo.com,2006-02-09,706114 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:14:00 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/685264-Pulling-Us-Into-Your-World tag:odeo.com,2006-02-06,685264 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:55:25 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/663889-Spotlight-Peanut-Butter-and-Tofu-on-Jewish-Rye tag:odeo.com,2006-02-02,663889 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:58:12 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/663888-Stupid-Story-Mistakes tag:odeo.com,2006-01-30,663888 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:10:05 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/630870-Spotlight-Gilmore-Girls tag:odeo.com,2006-01-26,630870 Thu, 26 Jan 2006 06:53:51 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/630869-The-Telling-of-Tom-Sawyer tag:odeo.com,2006-01-22,630869 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:01:06 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/605671-Spotlight-Storyteller tag:odeo.com,2006-01-18,605671 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:01:32 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/602479-The-Power-of-Sympathy tag:odeo.com,2006-01-15,602479 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:01:35 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/593772-Spotlight-Tales-of-Pirx-the-Pilot tag:odeo.com,2006-01-11,593772 Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:01:54 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/591906-The-Investigation-by-Stanislaw-Lem tag:odeo.com,2006-01-08,591906 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 21:01:07 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/591905-Spotlight-east-of-the-web tag:odeo.com,2006-01-04,591905 Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:01:17 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/582645-Internal-and-External-Conflicts tag:odeo.com,2006-01-01,582645 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 21:01:07 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/577517-Spotlight-Firefly-and-Serenity tag:odeo.com,2005-12-28,577517 Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:01:02 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/575503-Three-Things-to-Make-Your-Audience-Adore-You tag:odeo.com,2005-12-25,575503 Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:01:28 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/574068-Spotlight-Psychonauts tag:odeo.com,2005-12-21,574068 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:01:50 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/550743-IFComp-2005 tag:odeo.com,2005-12-18,550743 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:01:33 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/496923-The-Alchera-Project tag:odeo.com,2005-12-11,496923 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:01:21 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/481526-The-Sisterhood-of-the-Traveling-Pants tag:odeo.com,2005-12-04,481526 Sun, 04 Dec 2005 19:46:39 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/454004-Layered-Stories tag:odeo.com,2005-11-27,454004 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:00:54 -0800 no be the story http://odeo.com/episodes/431048-Storyline-Patents tag:odeo.com,2005-11-20,431048 Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:00:40 -0800 no be the story