Comic: The Four Stages Of Writing
Debbie Ohi on Jan 15 2011 | Filed under: Humor
I’ll be attending the SCBWI conference in NYC at the end of the month — hope to see some of you there!
Debbie Ridpath Ohi is a writer and illustrator who lives in Toronto, Canada. Illustrator of I'M BORED, a picture book by Michael Ian Black (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Sept/2012), her blog, Inkygirl.com, is an illustrated guide for those who write and draw for young people. Her book, THE WRITER'S ONLINE MARKETPLACE, was published by Writer's Digest Books. Twitter: @inkyelbows.
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Go Debbie! Once again, you have caught the whole story in your cartoon images!
Patricia
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Have you been spying on me? Good job!
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Great comic! As always, your cartoons tell it exactly like it is.
(p.s. I’ll be at SCBWI too. Can’t wait!)
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Yup. That about sums it up!
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This is the perfect comic for me today. Thanks, Debbie!
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That’s all within five minutes, right?
Very cute!
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LOL and then lol again at Tracy’s comment! Oh y’all, we are so crazy.
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It’s just like the four stages of leaving a blog comment!
1. I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t already been said–blog post is great.
2. I might have something to add…maybe?
3. Yes! I have created a brilliant response to the brilliant, wonderful post!
4. I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t already been said–
THE BLOG POST WAS GREAT! I love the cartoon. Spot on. =)
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Far too true. Same can be said for editing, I reckon.
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This comic rings true for me. Although the second “it sucks” usually comes when I get stuck, not when I read the final manuscript. Of course, that might be because I haven’t finished writing a novel yet.
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bahaha This comic made my day. Thanks Debbie! :)
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OMG, I just went through all these stages this morning! LOL X infinity!!!!
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Heh, seems like I’m not the only one who goes through these stages. :-D
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LOL That perfectly captures it.
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Oh it’s so sad how true this is. At least we now know we’re not alone. Next time I go through the “This writing sucks” phase I’ll remember this comic ;)
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Hey, were you spying on my writing session today? *-)
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[...] ending with comic relief from Debbie Ohi at Writer Unboxed on The Four Stages of Writing. Award-winning writer Edie Ramer is funnier on the page than in real life. She loves her cat so [...]
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Perfection! And I needed the laugh — thank you.
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Good one Debbie. A good cartoon captures complex feelings and compresses them into a small space with a few lines and your drawings always do that. Love them!
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Why is it that nasty inner critic can always manage to drown out every other voice? Love this, Debbie. Thanks for the smile.
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Hee. Too true! Love Tracy H-B’s rapid-cycler comment, too.
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A-ha-ha! This is SO true. Just when I think I’m on the right track and I’ve finally written something good, I pick up an amazing book…by someone else. And I think, This is so much better than my manuscript. I’ll never be this good.
At least I know I’m not the only one! Thanks for making me laugh about it. :-)
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Humorous. I love art that represents daily life! A great portrayal of what goes on in my head daily..Thanks for sharing!
Bill Scher
http://onthewallpoetry.com
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funny, but this is true, the cartoons emphasize what’s really happened to the writer.
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