tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post1946822710315975960..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Deadlines are a girl's best friendAlly Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-90745245266352710722013-07-25T10:16:51.017+10:002013-07-25T10:16:51.017+10:00Ah, those deadlines keep us honest, don't they...Ah, those deadlines keep us honest, don't they? One of life's sweet moments, I find, is when I come in early on the deadline -- a definite coffee and cake moment. :-)<br /><br />Enjoy the deadline, Emmie, and good luck!Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-10940599833107460722013-07-25T09:12:46.419+10:002013-07-25T09:12:46.419+10:00Good luck with the deadline, Emmie. I've got o...Good luck with the deadline, Emmie. I've got one too - next week. The world is narrowing to the pages of my ms right now. It's a change, isn't it, writing to a set timeframe, compared to writing almost for pleasure when unpublished?Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-19947931287980777832013-07-25T09:06:54.481+10:002013-07-25T09:06:54.481+10:00About to come in early on a deadline - woot!
:-)About to come in early on a deadline - woot!<br />:-)Amy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-17658786363535783612013-07-24T21:39:24.925+10:002013-07-24T21:39:24.925+10:00Thanks for the great post, Emmie. I love a good d...Thanks for the great post, Emmie. I love a good deadline. Best motivation in the world. Jennifer St Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115014191040562984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-24369434348806891942013-07-24T17:30:50.419+10:002013-07-24T17:30:50.419+10:00I'm a pantser too, Emmie, but I also love a de...I'm a pantser too, Emmie, but I also love a deadline because I'm a goal-oriented structured person too. I have tried doing the structured thing with my writing - planning out everything. But then when I write, none of that happens, so now I just go with it. But having a goal/deadline to aim toward just helps push me along that meandering path a lot faster.Leisl Leightonhttp://www.leislleighton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-37723107440927444552013-07-24T12:23:40.097+10:002013-07-24T12:23:40.097+10:00Dora -- that's a great way of thinking about i...Dora -- that's a great way of thinking about it! Perhaps I should start calling myself the structure-loving pantser!! Emmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944794518661335215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-37550572211731993712013-07-24T12:20:02.579+10:002013-07-24T12:20:02.579+10:00Sue, I think I'm with you!! I sometimes like t...Sue, I think I'm with you!! I sometimes like to think that I could win a gold medal in the procrastination Olympics! Emmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944794518661335215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-77980055177806533712013-07-24T12:19:04.138+10:002013-07-24T12:19:04.138+10:00I know you love structure, Ebony! You must be rubb...I know you love structure, Ebony! You must be rubbing off on me -- I think I'm starting to get it! Emmiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944794518661335215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-57270192269178297602013-07-24T12:11:07.909+10:002013-07-24T12:11:07.909+10:00Hi Emmie,
As you're a self confessed pantser,...Hi Emmie, <br />As you're a self confessed pantser, I wonder about this structure loving side of yours. So having a structure for the task of writing, is what keeps the pantsing moving along. I like it!<br />DoraDora Bramdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545796343158151862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-17885786745137041562013-07-24T10:53:39.896+10:002013-07-24T10:53:39.896+10:00Emmie, if I didn't have deadlines I'd neve...Emmie, if I didn't have deadlines I'd never get anything done. I tend to leave things until the last possible moment - or month in the case of writing my books - and then panic like crazy. If not for deadlines I'd be known as "never finished Sue".Sue MacKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475372981173809219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-26740285031448324442013-07-24T10:06:11.897+10:002013-07-24T10:06:11.897+10:00Hooray for structure.
I think deadlines do make us...Hooray for structure.<br />I think deadlines do make us more disciplined. Well, I need them at any rate. It's all about time management and feeling like everything is under control.<br /><br />And then panicking as it all gets crazy.Ebony McKenna.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02724727996270658767noreply@blogger.com