Comments for Kirsten Alexander http://kirstenalexander.com Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:27:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The Waiting Game by kirstenalexander http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/02/21/the-waiting-game/#comment-406 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:27:51 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-406 It really is lovely isn’t it? Calming. All the best with your meditating and writing.

]]> Comment on The Waiting Game by Melissa Rymer http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/02/21/the-waiting-game/#comment-405 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:12:06 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-405 beautiful clip- so quiet and lovely- makes me want to sit in a white room and meditate for a while…and then maybe do some writing…
thank you for that

]]> Comment on The Waiting Game by Siobhan Argent http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/02/21/the-waiting-game/#comment-349 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:10:04 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-349 I don’t know if it’s that hard. If you do it free-form I don’t think it would be too bad, and as long as you don’t expect to pound out 3,000 words in one sitting. Half the time I just want to rectify something in my characterisation, and I start writing, and it’s only 500 words but it’s better than nothing and it’s easy to do that regularly. By forgetting about it being perfect or even usable I’ll hopefully be able to cut away the crap and find something useful. Always a bit of a gamble though, isn’t it? You never know what you’ve got until you sit down and look at it.

]]> Comment on Missing Our Monster by kirstenalexander http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/01/18/missing-the-monster/#comment-312 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:52:50 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.com/?p=601#comment-312 Hi John. I’m very sorry to hear about Coal. I grew up with animals around me (not camels, I should add, though they sound fascinating) and have a lot of respect for them. Badger has been a challenging companion but I’ve learned a lot from being with him. We have another dog who is an entirely different creature – a canine version of Bambi – so I know they are, like us, unique. And, for reasons I don’t entirely understand, Badger has changed since his illness. I wouldn’t suggest he has any great awareness of his mortality or that he has finally realised I’m on his side, but he’s a whole lot calmer and kinder. Good for all of us. Hope another dog finds its way into your life.

]]> Comment on The Waiting Game by kirstenalexander http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/02/21/the-waiting-game/#comment-311 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:47:24 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-311 Thanks for all of that Siobhan. Always a miracle to know anyone is out there reading. Must remember that when I write…
I enjoyed that article by Sophie Cunningham too – it’s great, but I slump at the thought of writing 300,000 words. I slash away at my writing mercilessly but to generate that much, ever, is daunting.
All the best with your writing.

]]> Comment on The Waiting Game by Siobhan Argent http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/02/21/the-waiting-game/#comment-309 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:43:29 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-309 It’s so true – you really can’t achieve anything by sitting around waiting for something to happen, but you often can’t start writing on nothing, either. Usually I overcome writer’s block with a mix of things that counteract these two problems – I think of a question to ask myself about the writing/characters/development, and then literally start writing whatever comes into my head. After a while, something useful comes out.

I read an article on Sophie Cunningham in Arts Hub earlier this year about the way she writes her novels. She said for a 100,000 word book, she writes 300,000 and deletes two thirds, culling it down to only the absolute best. So I’ve adopted that method and don’t worry so much if what I write is two-thirds crap!

Anyway, good post. Very cheerful and inspiring :-)

]]> Comment on Missing Our Monster by John http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/01/18/missing-the-monster/#comment-305 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:58:54 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.com/?p=601#comment-305 Hi, I am from Melbourne.
Please find an introduction to a completely different dog, and a unique understanding of the non-humans altogether.
http://sacredcamelgardens.com

]]> Comment on The Waiting Game by kirstenalexander http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/02/21/the-waiting-game/#comment-292 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:05:30 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-292 It’s so lovely isn’t it? I’m glad your daughters enjoyed it, too.

]]> Comment on The Waiting Game by Melita http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/02/21/the-waiting-game/#comment-291 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:35:24 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-291 Also, I watched this with my daughters and they loved it. They wanted to watch it a few times and this morning one of them said, “I would like to do that fish artist for news”.

]]> Comment on The Waiting Game by Melita http://kirstenalexander.com/2012/02/21/the-waiting-game/#comment-290 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:23:43 +0000 http://kirstenalexander.wordpress.com/?p=631#comment-290 The painting of that tail was exquisite. Thank you for sharing this.

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