Comments on: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 30: The Most Important Thing Howard Learned In The Last Year http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/ Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shauna Black http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35379 Shauna Black Fri, 15 May 2009 15:21:15 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35379 First off, I just wanted to say how much I love your podcast. Since I discovered it at the first of this season, I've waited for each installment with bated breath. So many things you've said have helped me in my own writing! Next, I want to make a suggestion for a future podcast subject. I've been a long-time fantasy writer (though not published...yet), but I've recently started experimenting with fantasy humor for the first time. This episode of your podcast left me hungry for more information about writing humor; specifically, how to keep it from going over the top, devices the writer can use, how to weave humor successfully into the plot, etc. Thanks so much for a great podcast! --Shauna First off, I just wanted to say how much I love your podcast. Since I discovered it at the first of this season, I’ve waited for each installment with bated breath. So many things you’ve said have helped me in my own writing!

Next, I want to make a suggestion for a future podcast subject. I’ve been a long-time fantasy writer (though not published…yet), but I’ve recently started experimenting with fantasy humor for the first time. This episode of your podcast left me hungry for more information about writing humor; specifically, how to keep it from going over the top, devices the writer can use, how to weave humor successfully into the plot, etc.

Thanks so much for a great podcast!

–Shauna

]]> By: John Brown http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35324 John Brown Fri, 08 May 2009 04:44:05 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35324 Good job, Jeff! And hats off to Berin as well. Good job, Jeff!

And hats off to Berin as well.

]]> By: Mike Barker http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35314 Mike Barker Wed, 06 May 2009 12:24:31 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35314 One transcript while you wait... http://mbarker.livejournal.com/111478.html One transcript while you wait…

http://mbarker.livejournal.com/111478.html

]]> By: admin http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35309 admin Wed, 06 May 2009 04:20:28 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35309 Hey that's cool Ed, I'll add it to the sidebar. For those looking for the ad link it's been added under contact us on the left hand side. Hey that’s cool Ed, I’ll add it to the sidebar.

For those looking for the ad link it’s been added under contact us on the left hand side.

]]> By: Ed http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35308 Ed Wed, 06 May 2009 03:04:21 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35308 I WAS going to ask if there was a way to get an RSS feed for all comments posted on this site. Then I had a bit of a read, including this: http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Feeds and lo and behold, the URL to use is: http://www.writingexcuses.com/wp-commentsrss2.php It's a neat feature, and you might link it in the RSS links on the left. I WAS going to ask if there was a way to get an RSS feed for all comments posted on this site. Then I had a bit of a read, including this:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Feeds

and lo and behold, the URL to use is: http://www.writingexcuses.com/wp-commentsrss2.php

It’s a neat feature, and you might link it in the RSS links on the left.

]]> By: Berin http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35302 Berin Tue, 05 May 2009 16:04:29 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35302 I have a curse known as the perfectionist gene. This caused me to start many novels, only to stop after chapter three and go back to try to make everything perfect. Then I lost all momentum. I have to give credit to NaNoWriMo for helping me past the problem. It helped me to turn off my perfectionist/analytical gene and just write. Once I got a very rough novel hammered out, then I turned the perfectionism back on. I think of it like working with clay. You first need to get the lump of clay on the wheel so that you have something to work with. Then you can slowly take out the lumps and smooth things out. Of course, now my novel has been accepted for publication. I just hope it doesn't turn out to be an ash tray, like all my clay projects did when I was in school. I have a curse known as the perfectionist gene. This caused me to start many novels, only to stop after chapter three and go back to try to make everything perfect. Then I lost all momentum. I have to give credit to NaNoWriMo for helping me past the problem. It helped me to turn off my perfectionist/analytical gene and just write. Once I got a very rough novel hammered out, then I turned the perfectionism back on. I think of it like working with clay. You first need to get the lump of clay on the wheel so that you have something to work with. Then you can slowly take out the lumps and smooth things out.

Of course, now my novel has been accepted for publication. I just hope it doesn’t turn out to be an ash tray, like all my clay projects did when I was in school.

]]> By: Jeff Baerveldt http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35301 Jeff Baerveldt Tue, 05 May 2009 14:24:20 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35301 Hi Howard (since it's your podcast this week) - Great stuff. I started writing about five years ago, and almost immediately started analyzing my work too much instead of writing. I ended up frustrated after several years of on-again / off-again writing, then quit (this would have been the end of last spring, 2008). Finally, around Christmas, I realized I wanted to write more than anything . . . so using Brandon as a model, I decided to write five practice novels before even thinking about getting published. Guess what? I finished my first novel -- a 75,000-word crime novel -- on March 12 (I'll celebrate that day like it was one of my kids' birthdays . . . oh, wait, is it!), and I'm now just past the 50,000-word mark on an epic fantasy. I'm writing, I'm exploring, I'm loving it. I just wish I hadn't chased the bumblebee so soon. I'd be a lot father along in my craft than I am now. Thanks again for an excellent podcast! Regards, Jeff Baerveldt Hi Howard (since it’s your podcast this week) -

Great stuff. I started writing about five years ago, and almost immediately started analyzing my work too much instead of writing. I ended up frustrated after several years of on-again / off-again writing, then quit (this would have been the end of last spring, 2008).

Finally, around Christmas, I realized I wanted to write more than anything . . . so using Brandon as a model, I decided to write five practice novels before even thinking about getting published.

Guess what? I finished my first novel — a 75,000-word crime novel — on March 12 (I’ll celebrate that day like it was one of my kids’ birthdays . . . oh, wait, is it!), and I’m now just past the 50,000-word mark on an epic fantasy.

I’m writing, I’m exploring, I’m loving it. I just wish I hadn’t chased the bumblebee so soon. I’d be a lot father along in my craft than I am now.

Thanks again for an excellent podcast!

Regards,

Jeff Baerveldt

]]> By: Graham http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35293 Graham Mon, 04 May 2009 21:25:12 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35293 I'm interested in advertising with you guys, so I got pretty excited when you had your commercial for a commercial...I'm just shooting in the dark with regards to finding the link in either the right side or the left side or the right side ( :-P ) of the page...how would I go about doing that? Graham I’m interested in advertising with you guys, so I got pretty excited when you had your commercial for a commercial…I’m just shooting in the dark with regards to finding the link in either the right side or the left side or the right side ( :-P ) of the page…how would I go about doing that?

Graham

]]> By: Titus http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35292 Titus Mon, 04 May 2009 17:11:25 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35292 The ad was especially choice, and I'm sure that there was some useful writing advice in there somewhere. Yeah, there was definitely some good advice. The only problem I have with the advice given is that it requires work. ;) The ad was especially choice, and I’m sure that there was some useful writing advice in there somewhere. Yeah, there was definitely some good advice. The only problem I have with the advice given is that it requires work. ;)

]]> By: jfmiller28 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-35291 jfmiller28 Mon, 04 May 2009 15:20:17 +0000 http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/#comment-35291 I wish I could see Brandon’s response to this weeks writing prompt. p.s. Sorry for spamming Schlock with this comment. I wish I could see Brandon’s response to this weeks writing prompt.

p.s. Sorry for spamming Schlock with this comment.

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