Comments on: Worthy Wednesday Meets International “It’s Hard Out Here for a Writer” Week http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/ Jennifer Escalona tells it like it is Tue, 03 Jan 2012 01:03:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jenn Escalona http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Jenn Escalona Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:47:31 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-358 You are so right. Sadly, when I first started writing fiction, I had a much easier time of it because I hadn't yet built up that internal critic. I could write chapters and chapters in a day. Now days I obsess over single pages because the internal editor has me in her grasp. This whole line of thought reminds me of a couple of quotes, too: A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas Mann Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. - Gene Fowler You are so right. Sadly, when I first started writing fiction, I had a much easier time of it because I hadn’t yet built up that internal critic. I could write chapters and chapters in a day. Now days I obsess over single pages because the internal editor has me in her grasp.

This whole line of thought reminds me of a couple of quotes, too:

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. – Gene Fowler

]]> By: Natalia Maldonado http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Natalia Maldonado Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:16:24 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-356 I thought the same thing about the book/column but I've been watching the show lately and she goes like 5 seasons before publishing that book! Funny thing about people thinking writing is easy: They're usually the first to admit they're terrible writers! But there's that misconception that writers are writers because the words just flow out of them, that it comes naturally or that it's just easy for them. I always find my best works are those pieces that are hardest to write. .-= Natalia Maldonado´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.nmaldonado.com/blog/?p=161" rel="nofollow">If your writing’s your baby, revise with a firm hand</a> =-. I thought the same thing about the book/column but I’ve been watching the show lately and she goes like 5 seasons before publishing that book!

Funny thing about people thinking writing is easy: They’re usually the first to admit they’re terrible writers! But there’s that misconception that writers are writers because the words just flow out of them, that it comes naturally or that it’s just easy for them. I always find my best works are those pieces that are hardest to write.
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]]> By: Jenn Escalona http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Jenn Escalona Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:44:07 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-354 Rachel - I know, right? It's probably the first time in the history of the internet that someone posted links and said not to read them. :) Natalia - I'm so glad you're finding "It's Hard Out Here for a Writer Week" refreshing! I just had to vent about some of the silliness going on lately. (I was also thinking about Carrie from Sex in the City the other day wondering how she got by on one column.Then I remembered she turned it into a book. But still... one book? Who can live in NY like that?) People do think writing is easy, but you can usually get through to them when you get a chance to talk to them. The downside of that is that you often don't get a chance to talk to them. After all, if its taught to everyone in 1st grade, how hard can it be? Rachel – I know, right? It’s probably the first time in the history of the internet that someone posted links and said not to read them. :)

Natalia – I’m so glad you’re finding “It’s Hard Out Here for a Writer Week” refreshing! I just had to vent about some of the silliness going on lately. (I was also thinking about Carrie from Sex in the City the other day wondering how she got by on one column.Then I remembered she turned it into a book. But still… one book? Who can live in NY like that?)

People do think writing is easy, but you can usually get through to them when you get a chance to talk to them. The downside of that is that you often don’t get a chance to talk to them. After all, if its taught to everyone in 1st grade, how hard can it be?

]]> By: Natalia Maldonado http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-353 Natalia Maldonado Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:07:21 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-353 Jenn, funny enough, "It's Hard Out Here for a Writer Week" is not at ALL a downer. It's refreshing to get some realistic discussion going. What's a downer to me is the hype and glamour that people often project onto our profession. You don't know how many times I've had people say: "You're a freelance writer? Like Carrie in Sex in the City?" It makes me want to say, no, not at all (she only had one column!). I think one of the hardest parts of being a writer is wading through the people who think writing is easy and therefore don't think they should have to pay very much for a good writer, and those who know the value of good writing. As Bruce Campbell said in Burn Notice: "I work hard, I just make it look easy." .-= Natalia Maldonado´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.nmaldonado.com/blog/?p=161" rel="nofollow">If your writing’s your baby, revise with a firm hand</a> =-. Jenn, funny enough, “It’s Hard Out Here for a Writer Week” is not at ALL a downer. It’s refreshing to get some realistic discussion going. What’s a downer to me is the hype and glamour that people often project onto our profession. You don’t know how many times I’ve had people say: “You’re a freelance writer? Like Carrie in Sex in the City?” It makes me want to say, no, not at all (she only had one column!).

I think one of the hardest parts of being a writer is wading through the people who think writing is easy and therefore don’t think they should have to pay very much for a good writer, and those who know the value of good writing. As Bruce Campbell said in Burn Notice: “I work hard, I just make it look easy.”
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]]> By: Rachel http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Rachel Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:16:29 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-352 I'll be sure to avoid those links! Especially the one with Debt in the heading... .-= Rachel´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PenMeetsWallet/~3/JV0dD1AGvA8/researching-for-ehow-article-topics-and.html" rel="nofollow">Researching for eHow Article Topics and Keywords</a> =-. I’ll be sure to avoid those links! Especially the one with Debt in the heading…
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]]> By: Jenn Escalona http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Jenn Escalona Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:03:31 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-349 I am so glad to hear it, Kathryn! I was hoping "It's Hard Out Here for a Writer Week" wouldn't be a downer for anybody. You keep on keeping on! I am so glad to hear it, Kathryn! I was hoping “It’s Hard Out Here for a Writer Week” wouldn’t be a downer for anybody. You keep on keeping on!

]]> By: Kathryn Lang http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Kathryn Lang Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:02:07 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-348 It's tough out there for everyone! Writing just allows me to be insulated from the rest of you and focused on how tough MY life is. :D Despair can be so easy find and hope can be so illusive. I think I will continue to pursue my sunrise despite the clouds. .-= Kathryn Lang´s last blog ..<a href="http://successfulfreelancewriter.com/beckoning-the-elusive-muse/" rel="nofollow">Beckoning the Elusive Muse</a> =-. It’s tough out there for everyone! Writing just allows me to be insulated from the rest of you and focused on how tough MY life is. :D Despair can be so easy find and hope can be so illusive. I think I will continue to pursue my sunrise despite the clouds.
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]]> By: Jenn Escalona http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Jenn Escalona Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:25:46 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-347 They are. They absolutely are. All we can do until then is hang on until they do and maybe reread some of these depressing stories from time to time to cheer us up because at least is isn't THAT bad. They are. They absolutely are. All we can do until then is hang on until they do and maybe reread some of these depressing stories from time to time to cheer us up because at least is isn’t THAT bad.

]]> By: Margaret Montet http://blog.jennescalona.com/2009/08/12/worthy-wednesday-meets-international-%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-hard-out-here-for-a-writer%e2%80%9d-week/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Margaret Montet Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:22:25 +0000 http://blog.jennescalona.com/?p=871#comment-346 This post matches my mood. It IS hard out here for a writer! I'm glad I still have my day job even if it does suck the life and charm out of me. Things are going to get better soon, though, right? .-= Margaret Montet´s last blog ..<a href="http://margaret.blogspot.com/2001_05_06_archive.html#3604470" rel="nofollow"></a> =-. This post matches my mood. It IS hard out here for a writer! I’m glad I still have my day job even if it does suck the life and charm out of me. Things are going to get better soon, though, right?
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