tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post4570906857788480215..comments2024-03-28T08:22:41.115-07:00Comments on Grow Wings -- the Journal of Laini Taylor: Berry Face + Writing in the Spirit of DiscoveryLaini Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-66869021690410289602010-07-18T04:46:11.932-07:002010-07-18T04:46:11.932-07:00Berry Berry Beautiful little girl you have.Berry Berry Beautiful little girl you have.Linda Mayhttp://llindylou.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-10895662683710941552010-07-03T20:38:43.762-07:002010-07-03T20:38:43.762-07:00I have waited and come back to read this when I do...I have waited and come back to read this when I don't have ADHD. LOL! Because I love when you play teacher. :) Thank you yet again.<br /><br />:) oxAmberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680903854519503303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-70228270658322285702010-07-03T12:06:08.154-07:002010-07-03T12:06:08.154-07:00I love the idea of discovering a story as you go. ...I love the idea of discovering a story as you go. I think the first time I was introduced to this idea was by you and the jungle path image. That has stuck with me. Thanks for the reminder. I tend to get bogged down figuring everything out instead of enjoying the journey.<br /><a href="http://wingedwriter.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Winged Writer</a>Catherine Dentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771249741266703689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-16585569850058113972010-06-29T21:02:32.010-07:002010-06-29T21:02:32.010-07:00Amy, love that list of "failures"! Thank...Amy, love that list of "failures"! Thank you! It's kind of unbelievable, all compiled together like that.<br /><br />Steph, I am thankful for your perfectionist brain too. Because your books are SO AWESOME!<br /><br />Tone, Clementine loves Magnus back :-) I can't wait until they get to play together some day!<br /><br />So glad these thoughts made some connections out there. Write away!Laini Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-6762299244546152412010-06-29T13:40:33.476-07:002010-06-29T13:40:33.476-07:00Oh God Laini, I so needed this post today. Thank y...Oh God Laini, I so needed this post today. Thank you so much for this awesome reminder that I don't have to tell the story, I can find it!<br /><br />YAY!!!!!Katie Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08067504634291164972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-11148183355466337532010-06-29T10:35:54.321-07:002010-06-29T10:35:54.321-07:00This is the second time your blog post has been ex...This is the second time your blog post has been exactly what I needed when I read it. Don't know how you're doing that, but thank you.Chandra Rooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14036054309635762089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-80834670763398617082010-06-29T09:59:18.197-07:002010-06-29T09:59:18.197-07:00There are so many points in this post when I want ...There are so many points in this post when I want to clap my hands and yell out, "Yes! That! That right there! That's exactly how I feel about writing!"<br /><br />Sometimes you just need to leave the trail and hack through the weeds a bit before you can stumble upon the waterfall.<br /><br />And that quote by Thomas Edison is one of my all-time favorites. :)persnickety_jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883152950008166713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-3412718688848380292010-06-29T00:09:18.960-07:002010-06-29T00:09:18.960-07:00I'm going to deny ever having said this but yo...I'm going to deny ever having said this but you and Clem make me want to have children! Hm maybe a boyfriend is necessary first. Don't tell anybody.<br /><br />Thanks for this post on writing today, it was exactly what I needed to hear, as I am struggling with this very thing and have a reocurring fear of writing wasted words. I can do a brutal chop later but in the moment it's so hard to motivate yourself to push forward when you know it's not going in the book, and you feel like such a time waster.,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289474479107522116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-18545543566711515812010-06-28T21:22:13.750-07:002010-06-28T21:22:13.750-07:00I am sooo much like you. Except I'm a newbie, ...I am sooo much like you. Except I'm a newbie, starting my first book. But everything you say resonates and I experience all the same things. Your advice is the absolute best. Thank you! Good luck with everything!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-56168860488801443302010-06-28T18:44:48.515-07:002010-06-28T18:44:48.515-07:00love this post. any advice you ever give my perfec...love this post. any advice you ever give my perfectionist-self always helps loads, i hope you know! Not For Robots has become a sort of Bible to me as of late! So thank you, thank you ever so much for your kind and patient wisdom :)Kayla Icehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668635597774890887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-56401305397600375022010-06-28T12:31:33.257-07:002010-06-28T12:31:33.257-07:00Awesome and inspiring post. Incidentally, you were...Awesome and inspiring post. Incidentally, you were spotted Saturday morning with supermodel, Alexandra Saperstein aka "Porkchop Saperstein." From what we could see, she was the only one doing any writing. You were gabbing up a tornado on the telephone and I could see her beautiful, luscious frame bending over her notebook, arms contorted over ears, struggling to drown out the chatter and write. Please don't disturb Porkchop again when she has pen in hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-9047210625107589542010-06-28T12:09:40.084-07:002010-06-28T12:09:40.084-07:00Your advice on writing is always, always useful. I...Your advice on writing is always, always useful. I'm also at a point where I've written many versions of a chapter, but just can't seem to get it right. Yet. I hope.<br /><br />Clementine, Magnus loves you.tone almhjellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213144552658031984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-70131332704562513642010-06-28T09:48:47.310-07:002010-06-28T09:48:47.310-07:00I recently found this fabulous list of failures an...I recently found this fabulous list of failures and musings on 'failures'<br /><br />http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/OnFailing.html#<br /><br />that has encouraged me so much. I'm writing a novel in verse, which presents special challenges...I've set aside 4 poems for every one I've kept. And it's my first, so the learning curve is almost inverted. Ah well. I also have a perfectionist's brain...need to learn when to let it off the leash and when it belongs in the kennel.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698556355844628737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-28357326588842104392010-06-28T08:59:44.007-07:002010-06-28T08:59:44.007-07:00I always love your posts about writing! Another gr...I always love your posts about writing! Another great one. :)<br /><br />(I am thankful for my perfectionist brain, too! Usually.)Stephanie Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327218987542530574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-35382268904354358982010-06-28T08:55:32.259-07:002010-06-28T08:55:32.259-07:00Yesterday I was thinking a lot about getting to kn...Yesterday I was thinking a lot about getting to know your characters and your setting before you can write about them. For the heck of it, I wrote a little 3 page description about a character who lives in a tree just so I could figure out if I wanted to write about her or not. Good to know the authors I love do that, too! (Clementine is adorable.)Olivia J.http://kidsturquoiselaw.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com