tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post4539172586629273073..comments2024-03-29T09:55:28.798-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Eric Rickstad's prescription: Grab pencil & paper & GO!Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-40576516438948235932017-09-19T19:09:45.787-04:002017-09-19T19:09:45.787-04:00Yes, very similar process. Thanks! Will have to c...Yes, very similar process. Thanks! Will have to check out your series of books! ericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64994512751321936692017-09-19T18:36:02.781-04:002017-09-19T18:36:02.781-04:00Congratulations on the new release!
I'm with...Congratulations on the new release! <br /><br />I'm with you -- I fill at minimum two paper notebooks before moving to the computer, and even once I'm typing, I still keep a paper notebook with me to wrestle with plot problems. My brain doesn't work the same way on the computer. Gigi Pandianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378365974242102657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55165488511331527132017-09-19T17:05:12.151-04:002017-09-19T17:05:12.151-04:00Cool! Love her books, too. Cool! Love her books, too. ericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35827964149758096752017-09-19T16:59:29.534-04:002017-09-19T16:59:29.534-04:00You're not alone! Horrendous! Luckily I like t...You're not alone! Horrendous! Luckily I like to scratch and cross out and X ericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3814271777049835642017-09-19T16:28:50.905-04:002017-09-19T16:28:50.905-04:00Am I the only one who's noticed the sad declin...Am I the only one who's noticed the sad decline in the quality of pencil erasers? Nine times out of ten they're hard and don't actual erase anything. Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-540565214761767042017-09-19T16:27:26.796-04:002017-09-19T16:27:26.796-04:00Tess Gerritsen writes her first drafts longhand.Tess Gerritsen writes her first drafts longhand.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41140097398995786162017-09-19T16:26:59.119-04:002017-09-19T16:26:59.119-04:00Eric,
You aren't alone in your love of longha...Eric,<br /><br />You aren't alone in your love of longhand writing. Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson has a memoir coming out in October called "What Does This Button Do?" and he wrote it longhand in about 7 notebooks.Jay Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409350742317719903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49798177681405261582017-09-19T14:11:00.313-04:002017-09-19T14:11:00.313-04:00Making a note of that with a random Bic pen.
Making a note of that with a random Bic pen.<br />Pat Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732230586783432052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69189685139168269612017-09-19T14:10:24.149-04:002017-09-19T14:10:24.149-04:00I think John Updike wrote in longhand. Don't ...I think John Updike wrote in longhand. Don't know if it was pen or pencil!Ingrid Thofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04063912686011336076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54856079710253134522017-09-19T13:38:28.105-04:002017-09-19T13:38:28.105-04:00Ha! You do pretty well with that blown up brain! ...Ha! You do pretty well with that blown up brain! ericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91022169659499200342017-09-19T13:37:37.819-04:002017-09-19T13:37:37.819-04:00Wow, now that's a reason to use a pencil !Wow, now that's a reason to use a pencil ! ericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-58109297293007897282017-09-19T13:29:29.975-04:002017-09-19T13:29:29.975-04:00And there you have it. And John Grisham writes on...And there you have it. And John Grisham writes on a legal pad, I just heard him say at an event.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71058926869581369052017-09-19T13:28:51.555-04:002017-09-19T13:28:51.555-04:00I'm a lefty! I just turn the notebook. I tried...I'm a lefty! I just turn the notebook. I tried to use the notebook backwards, which I thought would make sense, but it blew up my brain.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24954389624701001642017-09-19T13:28:20.202-04:002017-09-19T13:28:20.202-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45132180654310807762017-09-19T13:27:23.382-04:002017-09-19T13:27:23.382-04:00Finding that!Finding that!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-41342469137783456112017-09-19T13:26:48.766-04:002017-09-19T13:26:48.766-04:00Mechanical pencils! Love. DO you know the yellow p...Mechanical pencils! Love. DO you know the yellow plastic kind?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-89043336240504819202017-09-19T13:26:10.148-04:002017-09-19T13:26:10.148-04:00Yes, I love nice pens. I use them at my desk, then...Yes, I love nice pens. I use them at my desk, then put them back in the little case. When you find a non-globby pen, its so nice.<br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33761936732347847002017-09-19T13:25:16.612-04:002017-09-19T13:25:16.612-04:00I will check those out! And yes, sometimes I have ...I will check those out! And yes, sometimes I have to re-write a word so I'll be sure to translate it. And WHY is it always the most important word? Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3880889531461394652017-09-19T12:59:46.330-04:002017-09-19T12:59:46.330-04:00 I may be incorrect, but I believe Joyce Carol Oat... I may be incorrect, but I believe Joyce Carol Oates writes with a pencil and a notebook, and someone at her publisher transcribes. So, quite the spectrum of abilities there!!! ericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33014254893837856732017-09-19T12:49:22.416-04:002017-09-19T12:49:22.416-04:00Diana Wynne Jones used to write her first drafts o...Diana Wynne Jones used to write her first drafts on a yellow legal pad.<br />She had wonderful stories about bits of what she was writing/creating happening just as she wrote it! Like the roof in the office collapsing. Had she been using her computer then, rather than the pad of paper in the living room, the roof would have fallen on her<br />Libby DoddUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03967590242114956411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57157505463560085022017-09-19T12:06:52.652-04:002017-09-19T12:06:52.652-04:00and I get to write outside, too! thanksand I get to write outside, too! thanksericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63461108658041149722017-09-19T11:44:11.365-04:002017-09-19T11:44:11.365-04:00I don't know that I've heard of an author ...I don't know that I've heard of an author who still writes with pencil and paper, but it obviously works well for you. That's all that is important. And you have an excellent point that you can't let e-mail and the internet distract you from writing if they aren't anywhere near you.Mark Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567392254011373198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7741307557717951852017-09-19T11:40:33.258-04:002017-09-19T11:40:33.258-04:00I'm a righty, but that's a clever work aro...I'm a righty, but that's a clever work around!ericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-19264902316306470562017-09-19T11:36:39.292-04:002017-09-19T11:36:39.292-04:00Tell me, do you write on the back of each page? N...Tell me, do you write on the back of each page? Notebooks would fill up faster if you didn't of course, but I'm thinking it would be best not to. I use to use marble notebooks for trip journals and I did write on the back of the page. I'm wishing now I hadn't.Judihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777683026890358953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57710890634453839832017-09-19T11:31:30.859-04:002017-09-19T11:31:30.859-04:00Thanks for the recommendation! And yes, print it o...Thanks for the recommendation! And yes, print it out and mark it up. So satisfying. thanks ericrickstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876900979640958253noreply@blogger.com