tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post8735269979433233931..comments2023-09-11T09:19:38.384-05:00Comments on Sarah Ahiers Writes: In Which I EditSarah Ahiershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-21774862113014638742010-10-20T08:41:15.301-05:002010-10-20T08:41:15.301-05:00Kodas - oh yeah. No one can read your stuff unless...Kodas - oh yeah. No one can read your stuff unless you give it to them. No worries there, because we're all writing some sort of crap in November<br /><br />Elana - that's cuz you're a CRAZY PANTSER!<br /><br />Kittie - Hah! the spreadsheet helps me fight laziness<br /><br />Yokohama - YAYAY! i was pretty sure about my answer, but since i don't speak more that a teensy bit of japanese, i wasn't sure<br /><br />Melissa - all my excel knowledge is self taught. Once i was like you and would have fainted at the site of this spreadsheet. And thanks about the hat! It seems to be pretty popularSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-6332264758207572852010-10-19T21:51:37.794-05:002010-10-19T21:51:37.794-05:00I wish I could make a spreadsheet! I can't eve...I wish I could make a spreadsheet! I can't even really read the one you have here properly... Or maybe I'm over complicating it, I don't really know. <br /><br />Also, I just want to say, (since I'm new) that I wish I had your steampunk writing hat! Serious.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096764010151024050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-57740861498461570522010-10-19T21:03:25.342-05:002010-10-19T21:03:25.342-05:00Hi--thanks for commenting on my Miyazaki query! L...Hi--thanks for commenting on my Miyazaki query! Lovely to find another fan:)) And--you pretty much had the answer! You totally get a notebook ("Dauntless!") :))yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-51266201557685379512010-10-19T19:49:21.999-05:002010-10-19T19:49:21.999-05:00Holy moley, a spreadsheet! You're so super or...Holy moley, a spreadsheet! You're so super organized if I didn't love ya I'd be jealous!Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-41241558851809074152010-10-19T14:00:23.672-05:002010-10-19T14:00:23.672-05:00Oh my heck. I think I just broke out into a tiny r...Oh my heck. I think I just broke out into a tiny rash. I so don't do things like this--but I'm glad it works for you!<br /><br />And good luck with NaNo--I may or may not participate.Elana Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877856005992028912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-21892142831498764332010-10-19T13:17:02.332-05:002010-10-19T13:17:02.332-05:00Question for you, Sarah! Can you use nano as just ...Question for you, Sarah! Can you use nano as just a writing tool and somehow keep others from reading your stuff (your total crap)? I really want to try it, but don't want others to read my stuff yet. I would like to use it as a training / discipline tool.KodasTotemshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081678525389986802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-62686398397594049842010-10-19T12:46:14.568-05:002010-10-19T12:46:14.568-05:00Hart - i still have some big changes to make, but ...Hart - i still have some big changes to make, but i just couldn't concentrate on them while there were typos and junk<br /><br />Teebore - phsaaa, you've got plenty of time still. It took me like a few hours to really get a handle on my NaNo piece. All i have to do now is make a scene list which i plan to do on SundaySarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-33994780971055474122010-10-19T10:07:17.800-05:002010-10-19T10:07:17.800-05:00NEEEEERRRRRDDDDD!!!!
(and that's coming from ...NEEEEERRRRRDDDDD!!!!<br /><br />(and that's coming from ME). <br /><br />I'm totes not ready for NaNo. Seriously dreading it, at this point. <br /><br />Hoping to do some major snowflaking this weekend.Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-38547535669996352242010-10-19T08:28:48.748-05:002010-10-19T08:28:48.748-05:00Yes and yes!!! I've been editing, but the step...Yes and yes!!! I've been editing, but the step before you are at--I've been doing a cold read after it has sat for about 6 months and I am taking notes on big things to change and doing a broad eval. <br /><br />I can't help myself, so HAVE been marking edits too, but not the microscopic level... that will come in December after I do the BIG fixes. (though I've also done some of those big fixes as I go... have about 15 new pages...<br /><br />Totally ready to get back to writing, but I am only half way through the read through, thus far...Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-12556455426275584202010-10-19T08:24:19.783-05:002010-10-19T08:24:19.783-05:00Holly - they are fun! I never knew this until i wa...Holly - they are fun! I never knew this until i was forced to make some for my job<br /><br />Yokohama - Ha! oh definitely "fearless determination DAUNTLESS!"<br /><br />Janine - hmmm, that sounds like something i need to check out like RIGHT NOW<br /><br />Vegas - i'm just worried that if i don't get the line edits done before NaNo, that i won't get them done ever<br /><br />Kelly - Oh they're super easy. I mean, you can make them more difficult if you want, but just a regular plain one is easy peasySarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-46640890334674656472010-10-18T21:08:58.896-05:002010-10-18T21:08:58.896-05:00I have no idea how to make a spreadsheet. You are...I have no idea how to make a spreadsheet. You are awesome and way organized.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-89025749009827587282010-10-18T20:42:18.742-05:002010-10-18T20:42:18.742-05:00Not ready for NaNoWriMo! I have way too many proje...Not ready for NaNoWriMo! I have way too many projects. I'm not editing anything yet, but I am rushing to get my current w.i.p. draft finished. Good luck with your edits. I love your spreadsheets!Nataschahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15971236835645904189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-45876596551970651192010-10-18T18:52:23.262-05:002010-10-18T18:52:23.262-05:00You should check out the AutoCrit Editing Wizard. ...You should check out the AutoCrit Editing Wizard. It's great if you like numbers as a motivator :-)Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272527704400070501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-58664393588600484902010-10-18T18:43:25.693-05:002010-10-18T18:43:25.693-05:00Sorry to post twice--just realized that this week&...Sorry to post twice--just realized that this week's Manglish is notebooks. I should send you one:)) Do you want "usable in various uses" or "a look of fearless determination DAUNTLESS"? ;-)yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-3087089164588432142010-10-18T16:14:45.686-05:002010-10-18T16:14:45.686-05:00Anne - LOL
Spreadsheets are fun.Anne - LOL<br /><br />Spreadsheets are fun.Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539290964546504171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-40103277695416570182010-10-18T15:42:08.688-05:002010-10-18T15:42:08.688-05:00Alex - YAYAY!
Lola - pshaa. The only reason i lik...Alex - YAYAY!<br /><br />Lola - pshaa. The only reason i like spreadsheets is because they appeal to both my creative and my organized brain. I can make fun formulas to do the math for me, and then i get to make it pretty. It's full of winSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-22683447953179089382010-10-18T15:33:37.122-05:002010-10-18T15:33:37.122-05:00OMG my head just exploded!
You have a spreadsheet...OMG my head just exploded!<br /><br />You have a spreadsheet for editing???!? (and first drafts?)<br /><br />Dude, I don't even know HOW to make a spreadsheet, because I've never been in the least interested or motivated to make one. I make handwritten to-do lists each day and that is the extent of my life's organizing. <br />(you already know I don't outline) <br /><br />Wow. <br />Um, I'm going to go ruminate on the fact that you have a spread sheet for editing. <br /><br />Do you iron your underwear?<br /><br />Love,<br />LolaLola Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14394765053485642935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-21641110041404100992010-10-18T12:10:47.800-05:002010-10-18T12:10:47.800-05:00I'm ready with my outline!I'm ready with my outline!Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-65773155340248574692010-10-18T11:30:59.138-05:002010-10-18T11:30:59.138-05:00Jamie - spreadsheets are so much fun!
Laura - usu...Jamie - spreadsheets are so much fun!<br /><br />Laura - usually i just edit whenever i want, but i'm trying to finish up before Nano<br /><br />Talli - so i've been told. Though i'm pretty sure i coudl be WAY more organized if i wanted <br /><br />Shannon - Spreadsheets FTW! they're so much fun to makeSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-87722885529109067922010-10-18T11:27:24.381-05:002010-10-18T11:27:24.381-05:00I love this idea! =) I have a spreadsheet for just...I love this idea! =) I have a spreadsheet for just about everything in my life (bill, chores, work tasks, blogging). I think I need a new one! =)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11640509596922335617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-43525990086529212542010-10-18T11:09:20.309-05:002010-10-18T11:09:20.309-05:00Dear Lord, you are super organised! Wow! I'm i...Dear Lord, you are super organised! Wow! I'm impressed.Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-80873408980277790612010-10-18T10:53:32.814-05:002010-10-18T10:53:32.814-05:00I'm planning my NaNo novel now. I'm excite...I'm planning my NaNo novel now. I'm excited!<br /><br />I love the idea of keeping track of your editing process on a spreadsheet. It's super organized!Laura S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13934230198562773803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-43047090141498835592010-10-18T10:14:37.729-05:002010-10-18T10:14:37.729-05:00Very cool :D I'm a big fan of spreadsheets too...Very cool :D I'm a big fan of spreadsheets too :D<br /><br />I like the organization of the edits you got going on :)Jamie Gibbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168603412367448706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-6313124162907919622010-10-18T08:42:43.295-05:002010-10-18T08:42:43.295-05:00Hannah - sometimes that's what you need to do....Hannah - sometimes that's what you need to do.<br />I'll add a post about that spreadsheet closer to Nano<br /><br />Anne - no YOU'RE the nerd!<br /><br />Yokohama - i wish i could pull out a lot of money, because that would be awesomeSarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439499929311889062.post-647941160144597792010-10-18T07:52:04.266-05:002010-10-18T07:52:04.266-05:00Wow! Who knew that with a hat like that, you coul...Wow! Who knew that with a hat like that, you could produce a spreadsheet like that! Amazing! What else can you pull out of that awesome hat?:))yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.com