Comments on: Super Sad True Habits of Highly Effective Writers: Part Two http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15284/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-two.html Home of the magazine, the books, and the conference Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Nathan S. http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15284/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-two.html#comment-12489 Nathan S. Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:30:09 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15284#comment-12489 I think that my ritual is quite simply that I cannot sit still when I am writing. I fervently oppose the "apply butt to seat" method of writing often taught in schools. For me, writing is active; it's alive, and if I'm not getting out of my seat to celebrate the intensity, or to scrape up some more energy, I'm not doing it right. I think that my ritual is quite simply that I cannot sit still when I am writing. I fervently oppose the “apply butt to seat” method of writing often taught in schools. For me, writing is active; it’s alive, and if I’m not getting out of my seat to celebrate the intensity, or to scrape up some more energy, I’m not doing it right.

]]> By: The Familiar Spirit of the Place « The Fossil Record http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15284/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-two.html#comment-11938 The Familiar Spirit of the Place « The Fossil Record Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:02:14 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15284#comment-11938 [...] They like routine, a predictable schedule. Many writers are like this, too. We each have our own idiosyncrasies that get us in the chair or, in the case of Nabokov, standing at the lectern, writing on index [...] [...] They like routine, a predictable schedule. Many writers are like this, too. We each have our own idiosyncrasies that get us in the chair or, in the case of Nabokov, standing at the lectern, writing on index [...]

]]> By: Jesse http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15284/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-two.html#comment-7905 Jesse Sat, 19 May 2012 01:31:33 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15284#comment-7905 At this moment I wasted my writing time reading what these other writers do....too, too little is said for the value of wasting time when writing. At this moment I wasted my writing time reading what these other writers do….too, too little is said for the value of wasting time when writing.

]]> By: MAY STUFF « chloe caldwell http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15284/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-two.html#comment-7904 MAY STUFF « chloe caldwell Fri, 18 May 2012 20:39:39 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15284#comment-7904 [...] I was included in this write-up on Tin House about The Sad and True Habits of Highly Effective Writers. [...] [...] I was included in this write-up on Tin House about The Sad and True Habits of Highly Effective Writers. [...]

]]> By: Jessica http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15284/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-two.html#comment-7901 Jessica Fri, 18 May 2012 17:03:42 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15284#comment-7901 1)Find a bar where writers congregate. 2)Have the most accomplished or promising one take me home. 3)Steal their work while they sleep. 4)Publish it as my own. 4)Repeat 1)Find a bar where writers congregate.

2)Have the most accomplished or promising one take me home.

3)Steal their work while they sleep.

4)Publish it as my own.

4)Repeat

]]> By: Morning Bites: Fred Perry’s Birthday, Bad Habits, Steinbeck’s Letters, and More | Vol. 1 Brooklyn http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15284/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-two.html#comment-7899 Morning Bites: Fred Perry’s Birthday, Bad Habits, Steinbeck’s Letters, and More | Vol. 1 Brooklyn Fri, 18 May 2012 11:45:58 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15284#comment-7899 [...] Lynne Tillman, Adam Levin, Chloe Caldwell, Darin Strauss, and other writers tell Tin House about bad habits. [...] [...] Lynne Tillman, Adam Levin, Chloe Caldwell, Darin Strauss, and other writers tell Tin House about bad habits. [...]

]]> By: Deborah http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/15284/super-sad-true-habits-of-highly-effective-writers-part-two.html#comment-7893 Deborah Thu, 17 May 2012 17:01:46 +0000 http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/?p=15284#comment-7893 So, you're saying published writers don't just wake up, go to a desk in a garret, pick up a quill feather pen, dip it in a bottle of ink, ponder their muse (briefly), then write page after page of perfect prose? Major illusion shatterment here. So, you’re saying published writers don’t just wake up, go to a desk in a garret, pick up a quill feather pen, dip it in a bottle of ink, ponder their muse (briefly), then write page after page of perfect prose? Major illusion shatterment here.

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