tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post7214900725765051727..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: Bludgeoned into meaningFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-34093154317333137082016-07-13T00:08:16.103-04:002016-07-13T00:08:16.103-04:00Bludgeon the fucke out of that motherfucker! Bludgeon the fucke out of that motherfucker! Comradde PhysioProffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-22878687042624785172016-07-11T17:58:59.643-04:002016-07-11T17:58:59.643-04:00This is all helpful. I am one of those who hates r...This is all helpful. I am one of those who hates revision, but of course, I know it's necessary and definitely makes for better work. It's just not as exciting as the drafting part for me, which is probably another reason putting all these papers together into a book is an intimidating slog for me. But knowing my hang up is important so I can fight against it! <br /><br />I think I might have delayed jet lag or something. I have been utterly exhausted for two days, and that doesn't make for great motivation unfortunately. With summer winding down, I really want to make some progress so I better figure out my motivation! Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-4290595946221067342016-07-11T16:34:47.803-04:002016-07-11T16:34:47.803-04:00Fie:
That's real writing! Keep it up!
I thin...Fie:<br /><br />That's real writing! Keep it up!<br /><br />I think the key here is understanding where your writing neuroses and anxieties lie, and finding strategies to work around them. I have friends who haaaaaaate revision, or have a hard time with completion (but who can generate text like nobody's business). For them maybe having a complete draft isn't such a milestone because that's not where their particular problems creep in. I'm sure that they, too, have developed good coping strategies, but I don't know what they'd be since that's not my writing/psychological profile.<br /><br />What I think I'm realizing is that I'd been assuming that all second-book struggles have the same root: that everyone who has a hard time making progress or finishing is suffering from the same thing--the lack of structure/pressure (no dissertation to start with, no tenure clock or immediate peer pressure to keep the fire lit). But since there are different writing personalities, and they interact differently with external factors, including prior successes or failures, it makes sense to tailor one's coping strategies to one's specific anxieties and weaknesses. <br /><br />(I know your book is a first book, so not all of the above is a direct response to you--just me continuing to think out loud about this stuff in this post!) Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-17046021641184579862016-07-11T07:55:55.581-04:002016-07-11T07:55:55.581-04:00This gives me so much hope and makes me feel not a...This gives me so much hope and makes me feel not as bad about my book that is taking/will take forever to get done. I've been using conferences as opportunities to make "some" progress, even if only ten pages at a time. But it's been four years since I started doing that. I have lots of conference papers, but no "chapters" per se. But still, at least I have things I'm trying to cobble together. <br /><br />Keep fighting the good fight. I'm hoping that not being chair this year will give me more time to work on research, especially since I get to keep my course release in the fall and I'm teaching Shakespeare in the fall too. Fie upon this quiet life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12047096700049201873noreply@blogger.com