tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post7435780109752882608..comments2023-11-03T07:01:16.104-05:00Comments on C. Hope Clark: The Best Advice a Writer Can ReceiveHope Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-34285786999968012392013-05-28T15:29:40.706-05:002013-05-28T15:29:40.706-05:00And newspapers don't understand why they are d...And newspapers don't understand why they are dying. Congrats and good luck, Jordan.Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-58535073624015807062013-05-28T15:12:34.314-05:002013-05-28T15:12:34.314-05:00Thanks for the advice! It was very timely for me. ...Thanks for the advice! It was very timely for me. I just turned in notice at my full time staff writing job at a newspaper (I've been building up my freelance work for the past year), and my editor was both sarcastic and unbelieving that I would give up a full time job "in this economy." Yes, it was nice to have benefits, but the wages were on par with slinging burgers. Jordan Claryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00442889255566525395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-5630206318407839672013-05-28T10:42:46.583-05:002013-05-28T10:42:46.583-05:00Thanks, Rick. I think so.Thanks, Rick. I think so.Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-30226507843334507602013-05-28T09:47:36.498-05:002013-05-28T09:47:36.498-05:00Keep going. Oy! Why didn't I think of that? Ti...Keep going. Oy! Why didn't I think of that? Time to write that next work and then next sentence. I'll try a paragraph this afternoon. Tomorrow, a scene. Maybe next week, a chapter, and soon, soon, I'll have a book. I think that's how this works.<br /><br />It is a good list.Rick Bylinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10493557860835710721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-14188955570826258342013-05-25T13:13:53.751-05:002013-05-25T13:13:53.751-05:00Good advice! I don't write every day. Sometime...Good advice! I don't write every day. Sometimes I write so much when I'm trying to get something finished or working on numerous things, that I get burned out,and I just need a rest - whether it be a day or a week - and then I'm ready to jump back into it. Janethttp://creativewritingintheblackberrypatch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-70097092765799282472013-05-25T09:20:59.789-05:002013-05-25T09:20:59.789-05:00I like "write with joy." Be joyful you c...I like "write with joy." Be joyful you can write, be joyful you have a story to tell, be joyful in just piecing a sentence together. Nice.Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-78089539823003044392013-05-25T08:14:16.882-05:002013-05-25T08:14:16.882-05:00Great list! I'd like to add the advice I recei...Great list! I'd like to add the advice I received from Canadian author, Sheree Fitch: Write with joy. The subject matter does not need to be joyful, but you must have joy in whatever it is that you write, in the story you're telling, and in the process of writing. Susan Toyhttp://islandeditions.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-66303535293840910882013-05-25T04:40:13.108-05:002013-05-25T04:40:13.108-05:00Great list!
"Put a Bandaid on it and keep wri...Great list!<br />"Put a Bandaid on it and keep writing" is so true. Rejection is one of the hardest things we face as a writer, but everyone goes through it. <br />All your points are wonderful and good advice to all. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449176216941828281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-42795974195573096532013-05-24T20:51:33.950-05:002013-05-24T20:51:33.950-05:00You are quite welcome, Christine. I've used it...You are quite welcome, Christine. I've used it all at some point in my efforts, and continue to use them. Just wanted to share.Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-73644310655975330522013-05-24T20:43:06.209-05:002013-05-24T20:43:06.209-05:00Every little bit of advice here is AMAZING, Hope! ...Every little bit of advice here is AMAZING, Hope! Wow. Thank-you so much for this post! Christine Calderwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07283647903645505171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-51919704976756119282013-05-24T20:31:38.362-05:002013-05-24T20:31:38.362-05:00Writerdeman
So happy to help you in this transiti...Writerdeman<br /><br />So happy to help you in this transition. Sometimes deadlines are what we all need, ADD or not.Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-90606711659396790332013-05-24T15:13:11.936-05:002013-05-24T15:13:11.936-05:00Hope,
Thanks for this very important list. Today ...Hope, <br />Thanks for this very important list. Today I quit a newspaper column that I had written for three years. I hung in there probably longer than I should have because I am so deadline-driven. (If I don't have one, I don't do what I am supposed to do.) I am also A.D.D. Knowing this scares me and I have to find absolutes that keep me writing. Your timely advice may just be some of the best I've received! Thanks, I'm going to print them up and post them by my calendar.writerdemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593485912051639263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-52269913252022646932013-05-24T13:06:12.648-05:002013-05-24T13:06:12.648-05:00Thanks so much, friends. Yes, advice can be oh so ...Thanks so much, friends. Yes, advice can be oh so important, but sometimes we don't even see how important it is until so much later, too. Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-45449931114363461772013-05-24T10:02:47.765-05:002013-05-24T10:02:47.765-05:00Great list.
My faves are 4 and 5. And I love how t...Great list.<br />My faves are 4 and 5. And I love how they seem to be oppositional and yet oh-so-necessary together.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652044045731368037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-50269100489634817142013-05-24T06:53:43.165-05:002013-05-24T06:53:43.165-05:00Hope--It IS a good list. I think advice--if we'...Hope--It IS a good list. I think advice--if we're lucky--comes in waves, and if we're truly fortunate, the right advice comes during the phase in which we need it. Or, we pray we can remember the gems and hold onto them, and put them to use when we need them.<br /><br />It's not advice, but our critique group claims that "Friends don't let friends write crap." Thankfully, none of my critique group ever writes crap, so we've never had to sniff it and look at it and determine that it is, indeed, crap.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-71854465663740965202013-05-24T06:52:56.182-05:002013-05-24T06:52:56.182-05:00"Put a Bandaid on it and keep writing." ..."Put a Bandaid on it and keep writing." The sooner a writer learns this the better. Great tips, as usual.Linda O'Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982895073903619018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-62448799182094584812013-05-24T03:05:04.753-05:002013-05-24T03:05:04.753-05:00Nice list!
My favorite single piece of advice cam...Nice list!<br /><br />My favorite single piece of advice came very early in my career. I was at a writing conference and a multipublished mystery author (whose name I have sadly forgotten) told me "If you write a page a day, but the end of the year you'll have a book".<br /><br />I tried it and it worked. Then I asked myself, "What if I write TWO pages a day?"<br /><br />I also like Heinlein's Rules of Writing<br />http://www.sfwriter.com/ow05.htmSean McLachlanhttp://civilwarhorror.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com