Comments on: First novel http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/ A journal of the creative writing process. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nick Enlowe http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2870 Nick Enlowe Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:57:26 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2870 So true. I've had to abandon many of them and say, "Sorry, maybe next novel." BTW I really like your 'Looking at the Workings' series of posts. So true. I’ve had to abandon many of them and say, “Sorry, maybe next novel.”
BTW I really like your ‘Looking at the Workings’ series of posts.

]]> By: stu http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2869 stu Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:32:04 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2869 No first novel in the history of the universe has ever been clean and simple. There are always all the things you've been coming up with for years fighting for a place. No first novel in the history of the universe has ever been clean and simple. There are always all the things you’ve been coming up with for years fighting for a place.

]]> By: Nick Enlowe http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2862 Nick Enlowe Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:51:25 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2862 @RG: Well ... I'm overdramatic sometimes ;P You can do it too. @Cassie: Nice to meecha. Love your site, Grats again on the recent publication! Anyway, the going is still slow, but thanks for the motivation. I really appreciate it. @RG: Well … I’m overdramatic sometimes ;P
You can do it too.

@Cassie: Nice to meecha. Love your site, Grats again on the recent publication!

Anyway, the going is still slow, but thanks for the motivation. I really appreciate it.

]]> By: Ryan G. Sanders http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2849 Ryan G. Sanders Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:58:04 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2849 You're scaring me ;) I've taken a good couple of weeks off from my manuscript and am going to start going over the editing process soon, but I concede it's a somewhat daunting/apprehension-inducing notion to go over an entire book and pick it apart, before gluing it all back together again. You can do it! You’re scaring me ;)

I’ve taken a good couple of weeks off from my manuscript and am going to start going over the editing process soon, but I concede it’s a somewhat daunting/apprehension-inducing notion to go over an entire book and pick it apart, before gluing it all back together again.

You can do it!

]]> By: Cassie http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2829 Cassie Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:21:37 +0000 http://5-rings.com/blog/2010/02/first-novel/#comment-2829 It's a big thing to tackle a complex project when you're still learning, so kudos to you for sticking with it and continuing to work on it rather than putting it to the side. I definitely found that my first novel was a LOT simpler than any of the ones that came after, but at the time, that's all that came to mind. Just shows you are a big thinker - keep at it :-) It’s a big thing to tackle a complex project when you’re still learning, so kudos to you for sticking with it and continuing to work on it rather than putting it to the side.
I definitely found that my first novel was a LOT simpler than any of the ones that came after, but at the time, that’s all that came to mind. Just shows you are a big thinker – keep at it :-)

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