tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post3503813133249911920..comments2023-10-21T07:30:22.394-04:00Comments on A Million Blogging Monkeys: Crank Up the GeneratorAlan Orloffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-8007066833068285462009-12-02T19:42:44.527-05:002009-12-02T19:42:44.527-05:00I'll give you a built-in one, takes up a lot o...I'll give you a built-in one, takes up a lot of space: I left an award for you on <a href="http://southerncitymysteries.blogspot.com/2009/12/honest-scrap-oh-thankyouthankyouthankyo.html" rel="nofollow">my blog</a>!<br /><br />Michele<br /><a href="http://southerncitymysteries.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">SouthernCityMysteries</a>JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-69378191211222608682009-12-02T16:18:49.007-05:002009-12-02T16:18:49.007-05:00Like you, brainstorming has always been the most e...Like you, brainstorming has always been the most enjoyable process I look forward to in making creative projects. What I find fascinating about it is how one person's idea can spur others to generate so many more ideas.distresseddamselhttp://www.cheaptramadolonline.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-61979176791210878702009-12-02T16:03:35.255-05:002009-12-02T16:03:35.255-05:00Elizabeth - My corporate experience helped me unde...Elizabeth - My corporate experience helped me understand that I didn't want to be in the corporate world.<br /><br />Elspeth - Who says that? I have personally thought up millions of bad ideas. (I once made fish pie for my roommates in grad school. THAT was an extraordinarily bad idea!)<br /><br />Galen - Thanks for some good ideas. I'll have to cogitate on them and, uh, brainstorm some answers.<br /><br />Laura - I just spew out ideas, good or bad. (I guess you could pretend there was someone else in the room spewing ideas--attribute all the bad ones to him/her.) Then I winnow them down, massaging them, changing them, adapting them, until they fit my purposes. I guess it takes a little practice. <br /><br />I've read some good books on writing that discuss plotting--unfortunately, I can't think of those titles right now! Maybe the Breakout Novel book by Maass.Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-72174790419479775862009-12-02T15:23:16.302-05:002009-12-02T15:23:16.302-05:00Oh, great suggestion about a tiered system for age...Oh, great suggestion about a tiered system for agents. Gonna do that for sure. Thanks, Alan.<br /><br />Best Regards, Galen<br /><br /><a href="http://www.galenkindley.com/blog.htm" rel="nofollow">Imagineering Fiction Blog</a>joe doaks-Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283066862112820202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-56213157477869307622009-12-02T15:06:55.355-05:002009-12-02T15:06:55.355-05:00I'd like to hear more about how writers brains...I'd like to hear more about how writers brainstorm by themselves -- the actual, physical process they use. I've seen how it works with a group of writers brainstorming together, where one person's idea feeds off another's, but I don't have anybody to do that with, and I'm not very good at doing it all by myself. So I come up with a premise for a book and then can't get any farther (further?) than that. (I.e., I SUCK at plotting.) So I'd really appreciate hearing how other writers do this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658965317864885221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-22011635935763383142009-12-02T14:55:53.936-05:002009-12-02T14:55:53.936-05:00Ideas. Hmmm. Well, sure. How about your road to...Ideas. Hmmm. Well, sure. How about your road to publication, broken down into snippets. How and why you chose to become a fiction writer. What your writing goals are. What’s the best lesson you’ve learned about: Writing, publication, idea generation. Why you do or don’t outline, If you do or don’t use writing software, and why or why not. Gee, I could go one, but that’s more than you wanted, I’m pretty sure. HA!<br />Best Regards, Galen<br /><br /><a href="http://www.galenkindley.com/blog.htm" rel="nofollow">Imagineering Fiction Blog</a>joe doaks-Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283066862112820202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-16483123143385833802009-12-02T13:58:42.712-05:002009-12-02T13:58:42.712-05:00Why do people say "There's no such thing ...Why do people say "There's no such thing as a bad idea"? Because there is. <br /><br />Brainstorming can be fun. Best of luck. Bring an umbrella.<br /><br />ElspethElspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3632878082669459487.post-6486139231173425202009-12-02T10:09:20.471-05:002009-12-02T10:09:20.471-05:00I think it's interesting that your corporate e...I think it's interesting that your corporate experience has helped you in your creative experience. I wouldn't have thought it would have given you anything but fodder for victims for your books. :)<br /><br />I'd like a post on how you got interested in pursuing the creative life. Because your dichotomy of interests and abilities is interesting...<br /><br />ElizabethElizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com