Comments on ROW80-2 checkin 4/18 - more than a writerTypePad2012-04-19T14:21:46ZRavenshttps://www.ravensview.ca/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.ravensview.ca/2012/04/row80-2-checkin-418-more-than-a-writer/comments/atom.xml/Ravens commented on 'ROW80-2 checkin 4/18 - more than a writer'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83455a07e69e201676574599f970b2012-04-20T16:52:19Z2012-04-24T22:30:08ZRavenshttp://profile.typepad.com/ravensThx Ninj - bit of a balancing act at times, but more fun that just standing firmly on the ground....<p>Thx Ninj - bit of a balancing act at times, but more fun that just standing firmly on the ground.<br />
Geeez- feeling poetic this afternoon - good time to tackle another flash fiction! </p>Ravens commented on 'ROW80-2 checkin 4/18 - more than a writer'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83455a07e69e2016765745528970b2012-04-20T16:49:40Z2012-04-24T22:30:08ZRavenshttp://profile.typepad.com/ravensEllis - thx - part of the challenge is in finding goals that give us enough of a push to...<p>Ellis - thx - part of the challenge is in finding goals that give us enough of a push to get us going, without pushing us over the edge. I agree ROW80 - and the people I have met through here - has been great for this. <br />
I certainly don't intend to spend 10,000 hours mastering anything, but I do get his point, that we part of success at something is just putting in the hours and working at it. That - and having some talent to begin with, to build on. Which is why I think we all need to try our hand at many different things in life, to find where that talent lies, to find our passion. Or passions. <br />
I do like your loose criteria for deciding what to include in those 10,000 hours - all for analysis, design, marketing research. </p>Ninjagal commented on 'ROW80-2 checkin 4/18 - more than a writer'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83455a07e69e20167657069a3970b2012-04-20T09:43:34Z2012-07-11T00:27:44ZNinjagalhttp://profile.typepad.com/ninjagalMike - these are great goals! I wish you the best in accomplishing them. I know you can pull it...<p>Mike - these are great goals! I wish you the best in accomplishing them. I know you can pull it off. :) <br />
And yeah, ten hours a day.. wow! Maybe write up a schedule of sorts.. :) </p>L.S. Engler commented on 'ROW80-2 checkin 4/18 - more than a writer'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83455a07e69e20168ea67331a970c2012-04-19T17:15:44Z2012-04-19T17:15:44ZL.S. Englerhttp://lsengler.comThose are such great, solid goals, and it looks like you're doing great at them, too. It's always important to...<p>Those are such great, solid goals, and it looks like you're doing great at them, too. It's always important to give ourselves that little extra push; RoW80 has really been a blessing in that respect. I could stand to keep up with Flash Fiction challenges better, though....</p>
<p>10 hours a day <i>does</i> seem a lot. I wonder if we can count "plotting" (aka daydreaming) or "market research" (aka reading and/or investigating "other media" aka blogs and TV shows and movies) in those 10 hours? In which case it just gets much easier. I've recently dedicated myself to the task of treating my writing like a real job, and even after six hours, interspersed with a little bit of reading and games on my Kindle here and there, I start getting restless...10 hours just makes me think, "Oof."</p>
<p>Anyway, keep up the great work, Mike. I'm glad I finally got a chance to swing by your blog and comment. :)</p>