tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post5431859167803103018..comments2023-12-29T12:27:36.793-05:00Comments on Pondering blather: Writer's blockOdysseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-63800290266965241002009-01-19T14:49:00.000-05:002009-01-19T14:49:00.000-05:00DrDrA,Perhaps I should wait for you to finish your...DrDrA,<BR/>Perhaps I should wait for you to finish your series on writing. I wouldn't want to send out a manuscript that wasn't the best it could be. :-)Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-11767997771979314772009-01-19T13:24:00.000-05:002009-01-19T13:24:00.000-05:00OH man do I get this one!! Just have to grit your ...OH man do I get this one!! Just have to grit your teeth and get it done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-67015893086004792912009-01-13T15:49:00.000-05:002009-01-13T15:49:00.000-05:00I'd go for 'interesting' over publishable anytime....I'd go for 'interesting' over publishable anytime....:-)JollyRgrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551395470416349174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-67956066678442552402009-01-13T08:04:00.000-05:002009-01-13T08:04:00.000-05:00PiT and JLK:Reading with chocolate! Plus a race (s...PiT and JLK:<BR/>Reading with chocolate! Plus a race (see below).<BR/><BR/>JollyRgr and Arlenna:<BR/>I've tried writing with beer before. It wasn't publishable. Interesting to read, but not publishable...<BR/><BR/>Goose:<BR/>At least it was accepted. And you did have extenuating circumstances.<BR/><BR/>Milo:<BR/>Alright, let's race! My 2/3 of a paper to write versus your one paragraph. First to submit buys the beer next time we meet up.Odysseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589096873729951466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-36207619961981094912009-01-13T01:55:00.000-05:002009-01-13T01:55:00.000-05:00This might sound stupid, but I think reading is th...This might sound stupid, but I think reading is the best cure for writer's block. If I have to write a research paper and can't get off the ground, I read other, midly related articles or articles by authors who just write really well.JLKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05396471022931966499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-91861357449103408302009-01-12T20:36:00.000-05:002009-01-12T20:36:00.000-05:00Oooh, alternating coffee and beer sounds like a gr...Oooh, alternating coffee and beer sounds like a great idea!!!<BR/><BR/>I have no good tactic--I too have a paper from my UNDERGRAD days that never quite made it in... that was about ten years ago...Arlennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199564304824250359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-6434937793272550512009-01-12T17:42:00.000-05:002009-01-12T17:42:00.000-05:00Think of everything you have to look forward to wi...Think of everything you have to look forward to with your new research program, and just write the darn thing! Of course, I've just got the last paper from my PhD accepted... Not a great role-model.Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742954248021961242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-23591317866867642922009-01-12T17:11:00.000-05:002009-01-12T17:11:00.000-05:00I have no idea....you could try alternating coffee...I have no idea....you could try alternating coffee and beer......you never know...:-)JollyRgrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17551395470416349174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-8560654616892159902009-01-12T16:25:00.000-05:002009-01-12T16:25:00.000-05:00you're asking the guy who has an 8 year old manusc...you're asking the guy who has an 8 year old manuscript sitting on his desk waiting for one more paragraph to be added to the discussion?<BR/>Good luck...Jeff Sealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678369475998558178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019181.post-24448832558702761502009-01-12T16:08:00.000-05:002009-01-12T16:08:00.000-05:00Chocolate always works for me. Well, actually it d...Chocolate always works for me. Well, actually it doesn't help writers block at all ... but it does make me feel better :)Professor in Traininghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903558307394806532noreply@blogger.com