Comments on: Multiple projects and productivity http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:52:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Eric http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-994 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:03:18 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-994 I probably wouldn't be able to work on several projects if they were unrelated... but since my 3 stories take place in the same world and some of the events overlap, it works out nicely that ideas I have for one story usually affect the others in interesting ways, so I get a nice ping-pong creative effect that keeps me plugging along. The more I think about it, without that bouncing of ideas between stories I don't think I could do multiple projects at once. In a way, since they're all so related it's like working on one big project instead of three. I probably wouldn’t be able to work on several projects if they were unrelated… but since my 3 stories take place in the same world and some of the events overlap, it works out nicely that ideas I have for one story usually affect the others in interesting ways, so I get a nice ping-pong creative effect that keeps me plugging along.

The more I think about it, without that bouncing of ideas between stories I don’t think I could do multiple projects at once.

In a way, since they’re all so related it’s like working on one big project instead of three.

]]> by: Jack slyde http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-989 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:42:33 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-989 Thanks for tips guys. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one whose writing habits are a work in progress. I posted recently about wanting to try NaNoWriMo, but not having enough time, however It looks like I might have more time than i thought so maybe I will give it a go after all. Thea I like the idea of managing your energy to coincide with various writing tasks. Thanks for tips guys. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one whose writing habits are a work in progress.

I posted recently about wanting to try NaNoWriMo, but not having enough time, however It looks like I might have more time than i thought so maybe I will give it a go after all.

Thea I like the idea of managing your energy to coincide with various writing tasks.

]]> by: thea mcginnis http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-986 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:48:53 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-986 i'm always interested in reading about successful authors' writing habits and the more prolific ones really do seem to be able to work on more than one project at a time. other ideas are to work on projects that require your highest level of creativity when you are not tired. and fill in with your business of writing work, proofreading, etc. in between. but the answer is and always will be: discipline. i’m always interested in reading about successful authors’ writing habits and the more prolific ones really do seem to be able to work on more than one project at a time. other ideas are to work on projects that require your highest level of creativity when you are not tired. and fill in with your business of writing work, proofreading, etc. in between. but the answer is and always will be: discipline.

]]> by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-985 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:54:23 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-985 I've tried to do this too. But it never works. I can be thinking about a new project, but that's about as far as I can get. For me, I've gotta be consumed by the current project to get anything at all accomplished. Sad, no? I’ve tried to do this too. But it never works. I can be thinking about a new project, but that’s about as far as I can get. For me, I’ve gotta be consumed by the current project to get anything at all accomplished. Sad, no?

]]> by: Bren http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-984 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:30:24 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-984 I focus on one project at a time. I've tried to work on more than one and usually end up not accomplishing much. I put off writing my next book until I finished editing the last one. It's kind of my "carrot in front of the donkey", the donkey being me. That has worked well. I focus on one project at a time. I’ve tried to work on more than one and usually end up not accomplishing much. I put off writing my next book until I finished editing the last one. It’s kind of my “carrot in front of the donkey”, the donkey being me. That has worked well.

]]> by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-983 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:03:52 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-983 I think anyone who blogs should get points for being able to successfully do more than one thing at a time. ;) I don't know if NaNoWriMo would work for me, but I need to look into it, Eric. Good luck with that outlining. I think anyone who blogs should get points for being able to successfully do more than one thing at a time. ;)

I don’t know if NaNoWriMo would work for me, but I need to look into it, Eric. Good luck with that outlining.

]]> by: Melissa Marsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-982 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:49:05 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-982 Lately I haven't been working on more than one thing - I've just been trying to get the novel done. But I want to start writing a few short stories again and some more history articles. Lately I haven’t been working on more than one thing - I’ve just been trying to get the novel done. But I want to start writing a few short stories again and some more history articles.

]]> by: Eric http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-981 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:13:16 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/09/26/multiple-projects-and-productivity/#comment-981 Since my novel is part of an interconnected trilogy I'm often doing work on more than one of the novels at a time, although my primary focus is on one of them. With NaNoWriMo coming up, I need to start furiously outlining the 2nd novel as that's what I'm going to draft for the contest. Yeah, I'm absolutely crazy. Since my novel is part of an interconnected trilogy I’m often doing work on more than one of the novels at a time, although my primary focus is on one of them.

With NaNoWriMo coming up, I need to start furiously outlining the 2nd novel as that’s what I’m going to draft for the contest.

Yeah, I’m absolutely crazy.

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