Comments on: ISBW #63 – Having Fun http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/03/07/isbw-63-having-fun/ The podcast for wanna-be fiction writers Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Split Legend » Blog Archive » Writers must allow themselves to suck http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/03/07/isbw-63-having-fun/#comment-1466 Split Legend » Blog Archive » Writers must allow themselves to suck Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:55:50 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=186#comment-1466 [...] My first exposure to the suck came via I Should Be Writing. If you’ve never listened, it’s an excellent podcast on writing from the perspective of a wannabe (now published) writer. One of Mur’s best episodes (#63) couples having fun with the suck. [...] [...] My first exposure to the suck came via I Should Be Writing. If you’ve never listened, it’s an excellent podcast on writing from the perspective of a wannabe (now published) writer. One of Mur’s best episodes (#63) couples having fun with the suck. [...]

]]> By: Steven Klotz http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/03/07/isbw-63-having-fun/#comment-1380 Steven Klotz Fri, 30 May 2008 16:15:36 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=186#comment-1380 You got me thinking this morning. Thanks. http://mentatjack.com/2008/05/30/itty-bitty-robots/ Basically my decision after all the nostalgia was this: I should be writing. --Steven You got me thinking this morning. Thanks. http://mentatjack.com/2008/05/30/itty-bitty-robots/

Basically my decision after all the nostalgia was this: I should be writing.

–Steven

]]> By: Itty Bitty Robots « MentatJack http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/03/07/isbw-63-having-fun/#comment-1379 Itty Bitty Robots « MentatJack Fri, 30 May 2008 16:08:29 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=186#comment-1379 [...] morning, I was listening to I Should Be Writing. The topic was “fun.” My mind returned to my IBR novel, and I realized it could still [...] [...] morning, I was listening to I Should Be Writing. The topic was “fun.” My mind returned to my IBR novel, and I realized it could still [...]

]]> By: Natalie http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/03/07/isbw-63-having-fun/#comment-906 Natalie Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:00:08 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=186#comment-906 I recently did a podcast binge and caught up with this episode. I wholeheartedly agree with your comment about the need to bring fun into creative projects. In my own creative endeavors I have found that when I add fun into the equation, the results always turn out much better than expected. Adding fun can change a project from "eh, it's okay" into "damn! did I just do that??"<br/><br/>In fact, I am going to be so bold as to state that you must have at least some fun doing any creative work otherwise it isn't going to be as good as it could have been. Plus, what's the point in doing something if it isn't fun, eh? ;^)<br/><br/>Anyway, great episode! Thanks for the FUN reminder. I recently did a podcast binge and caught up with this episode. I wholeheartedly agree with your comment about the need to bring fun into creative projects. In my own creative endeavors I have found that when I add fun into the equation, the results always turn out much better than expected. Adding fun can change a project from “eh, it’s okay” into “damn! did I just do that??”

In fact, I am going to be so bold as to state that you must have at least some fun doing any creative work otherwise it isn’t going to be as good as it could have been. Plus, what’s the point in doing something if it isn’t fun, eh? ;^)

Anyway, great episode! Thanks for the FUN reminder.

]]> By: Tim http://isbw.murlafferty.com/2007/03/07/isbw-63-having-fun/#comment-887 Tim Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:50:09 +0000 http://isbw.murlafferty.com/?p=186#comment-887 Mur,<br/><br/>Just listened to this episode while walking the dog yesterday morning, and it really struck a chord. I'm 62000 words into my second novel, and lately I've had a lot of trouble motivating myself to write (like, right now, for instance). It occurred to me as I listened to you that one reason for my lack of motivation is that the novel now feels like a school assignment, not something fun. I started my first novel with a clear idea of the direction it would follow; this one hasn't been like that, and ideas have been hard to come by.<br/><br/>This week, I'm resolved to find some way to make this book fun to work on, even if the idea is something so absurd that it'll never survive the first re-write. Thanks for the inspiration!<br/><br/>The temperature in upstate NY is supposed to hit the high 40's today, meaning the snowbanks may melt down to eye level. Now <b>that's</b> something to celebrate!<br/><br/>Tim Mur,

Just listened to this episode while walking the dog yesterday morning, and it really struck a chord. I’m 62000 words into my second novel, and lately I’ve had a lot of trouble motivating myself to write (like, right now, for instance). It occurred to me as I listened to you that one reason for my lack of motivation is that the novel now feels like a school assignment, not something fun. I started my first novel with a clear idea of the direction it would follow; this one hasn’t been like that, and ideas have been hard to come by.

This week, I’m resolved to find some way to make this book fun to work on, even if the idea is something so absurd that it’ll never survive the first re-write. Thanks for the inspiration!

The temperature in upstate NY is supposed to hit the high 40′s today, meaning the snowbanks may melt down to eye level. Now that’s something to celebrate!

Tim

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