http://www.bitsofink.com/2006/10/24/50000-is-a-large-number-no/ parchment, pixels, and parody Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.bitsofink.com/2006/10/24/50000-is-a-large-number-no/#comment-566 Bat Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:38:00 +0000 http://www.bitsofink.com/blog/?p=345#comment-566 In architecture school we used to do these things called "charrettes", a tradition from the Academie des Beaux Arts in which one solves an entire project over one weekend, or a week, or a short period of time like that. <BR/>All the stuff about the intense creative process is really true, but you have to lock yourself in the studio for that period, if you really want that aura. However, it'd be interesting to see what it's like to keep your mind in the 2 different spaces of work/life and writing simultaneously.<BR/>...I think you should do it In architecture school we used to do these things called “charrettes”, a tradition from the Academie des Beaux Arts in which one solves an entire project over one weekend, or a week, or a short period of time like that.
All the stuff about the intense creative process is really true, but you have to lock yourself in the studio for that period, if you really want that aura. However, it’d be interesting to see what it’s like to keep your mind in the 2 different spaces of work/life and writing simultaneously.
…I think you should do it

]]> http://www.bitsofink.com/2006/10/24/50000-is-a-large-number-no/#comment-567 Ronn Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:49:00 +0000 http://www.bitsofink.com/blog/?p=345#comment-567 I started writing my novel over the summer but then I stopped and have been meaning to get back into it lately. Here's even more motivation. You should do it to. I started writing my novel over the summer but then I stopped and have been meaning to get back into it lately. Here’s even more motivation. You should do it to.

]]> http://www.bitsofink.com/2006/10/24/50000-is-a-large-number-no/#comment-568 Chaim Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:53:00 +0000 http://www.bitsofink.com/blog/?p=345#comment-568 I'll do it if you do it... I’ll do it if you do it…

]]> http://www.bitsofink.com/2006/10/24/50000-is-a-large-number-no/#comment-569 Stuart Wed, 25 Oct 2006 06:36:00 +0000 http://www.bitsofink.com/blog/?p=345#comment-569 Write the novel mad libs style with some friends. It's more entertaining that way....unless your friends don't know what an adverb is. Write the novel mad libs style with some friends. It’s more entertaining that way….unless your friends don’t know what an adverb is.

]]> http://www.bitsofink.com/2006/10/24/50000-is-a-large-number-no/#comment-570 Lauren Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:43:00 +0000 http://www.bitsofink.com/blog/?p=345#comment-570 I encourage you to do it precisely because, in some ways, it is both a brilliant and an incredibly stupid idea. Yes. Yes. No. No. No. Oscillate. Yes. No. I encourage you to do it precisely because, in some ways, it is both a brilliant and an incredibly stupid idea. Yes. Yes. No. No. No. Oscillate. Yes. No.

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