Comments on: Saturday Chit-Chat with Cindi Myers!

By: kim h

kim h — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:16:47 +0000

love your blazes cindi. Hi cindi. good to see u here. How are u

By: Cindi Myers

Cindi Myers — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:56:46 +0000

I agree you need more uninterrupted time for revisions. Once the draft is finished, I put it aside for a little bit, and I can usually see my way to scheduling time for the revisions.

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:04:58 +0000

Patricia, after 25+ books, I can tell you that to me, revisions CAN’T be done this way. At least, I can’t do them this way. I need to be totally uninterrupted so I can get into the groove. That’s why revisions are so hard…I rarely get that much uninterrupted time!

By: PatriciaW

PatriciaW — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:58:40 +0000

I learned these things the hard way this past summer and it worked for my first draft. What I haven’t figured out is how to do revisions in the same kind of short spurts. It’s a different type of thought process, I believe. I’m working on it.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:13:35 +0000

Thanks for the great advice Cindi! I’ve often thought if I don’t have a good chunk of time to write, then I may as well wait until I do, so that I don’t get started and then have to stop. But every little bit adds up, and from your success, pretty quickly, so thank you for sharing your strategies.
And I would love to hear your plotting workshop too!

Thanks again!

By: Cindi Myers

Cindi Myers — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:13:35 +0000

Thanks, Janelle! (And Carly and anyone else)

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:11:48 +0000

Hey, Cindi — I just friended you over at MySpace

By: Cindi Myers

Cindi Myers — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:52:32 +0000

Way to go, Carly. I really don’t know that I’m an expert on plotting. I do have a process I’m happy to share some time, though.

I spent all day making a My Space page — too many choices for me. I spent literally hours changing the background over and over. If anyone is interested, they can see the results at myspace.com/CindiMyers

By: Carly

Carly — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:23:45 +0000

Cindi I took your advice and used the Alphasmart today while my daughter had an appt!

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:26:43 +0000

Cindi, thanks again for coming today!

Number Three is the one I have the most trouble with. I used to be able to tune into my book 24/7, but lately, I’m having a big problem with that. I tend to resist, and I’m not sure why. It makes it harder when I finally get my short time at the computer. I’m going to make it a point to work on this this week.

Thanks for the invaluable information!

And I agree with Janelle…you have to come back some time and talk about plotting!