tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post4115722945469572776..comments2024-01-03T04:03:15.300-05:00Comments on S.P. Bowers: How Low Can You Go?S.P. Bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-89367990322338344332012-02-17T12:58:22.206-05:002012-02-17T12:58:22.206-05:00Those reader letters have got to be great! I coul...Those reader letters have got to be great! I could see how they could get an author through a lot of discouragement.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-19939828271315921482012-02-17T12:57:29.348-05:002012-02-17T12:57:29.348-05:00Roller coaster of insanity. That's a great de...Roller coaster of insanity. That's a great description!S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-89412865336306780082012-02-17T12:56:31.436-05:002012-02-17T12:56:31.436-05:00That's true, we get stronger with each low poi...That's true, we get stronger with each low point and hopefully that strength helps so that each low point isn't as low as the previous one.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-7939574660896480592012-02-17T12:55:38.828-05:002012-02-17T12:55:38.828-05:00You do have to learn to work through both, and eac...You do have to learn to work through both, and each can be difficult in their own ways. The high is just more fun.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-78923364096441445052012-02-17T12:08:43.113-05:002012-02-17T12:08:43.113-05:00I don't think I could descibe the highs and lo...I don't think I could descibe the highs and lows better than you have here - this says it all!Sangu Mandannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464061265952789628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-67097213971695224682012-02-17T08:30:56.056-05:002012-02-17T08:30:56.056-05:00Oh yes, writing is most certainly a roller coaster...Oh yes, writing is most certainly a roller coaster. Add to that being published and then having the pressure of sales and producing new work... but then you get a lovely email from a reader, and it's all worth it.Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-16123477684305160892012-02-17T00:26:42.028-05:002012-02-17T00:26:42.028-05:00Being a writer is DEFINITELY a roller coaster of i...Being a writer is DEFINITELY a roller coaster of insanity.<br /><br />But yes - the highs just have to pull us through the lows..Jolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809468564016928636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-29999657492563329722012-02-16T22:06:22.427-05:002012-02-16T22:06:22.427-05:00I really like what Joanne said. There's defini...I really like what Joanne said. There's definitely something to be learned from the low points. If we think of it as a relationship, for every low point that we work through with writing it makes us stronger than ever before. The high points are so wonderful, but the low points are (unfortunately) needed, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146136846875431598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-25866970478175315052012-02-16T19:22:22.957-05:002012-02-16T19:22:22.957-05:00Oh, so true! Sometimes when I feel like I'm sc...Oh, so true! Sometimes when I feel like I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel, something amazing will come along and I'm back on top again. You learn to work through both. ^_^Laura Josephsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239501665574945313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-75568463473896113832012-02-16T11:11:13.010-05:002012-02-16T11:11:13.010-05:00Good point. We do learn more at the low points. ...Good point. We do learn more at the low points. We search more anyway.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-51627867300160429422012-02-16T08:21:50.688-05:002012-02-16T08:21:50.688-05:00I think there's something to be learned from t...I think there's something to be learned from those low points, too. It makes us scrutinize our work and find a way back to the good writing place.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972054718663959694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-42974520766865242362012-02-16T07:02:05.296-05:002012-02-16T07:02:05.296-05:00Glad you're in a happy place. There may be a ...Glad you're in a happy place. There may be a time in the future where it's right to pull the old MS out and fix it, but for now enjoy the high!S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-76579226096503508482012-02-16T03:47:10.102-05:002012-02-16T03:47:10.102-05:00I wouldn't mind to be off balance with more hi...I wouldn't mind to be off balance with more highs than lows. But you're right, we do enjoy the highs more when we know the lows so well. <br /><br />I've been in a low spot for a while and finally decided to do just what you suggested to Shelley. I put my raked-across-the-coals MS away and started on a new, shiny story. And now I'm in a happy place. :)Ruth Jossehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664678990038670303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-11594683346759614122012-02-15T21:02:27.992-05:002012-02-15T21:02:27.992-05:00lol. By the way, you don't suck.lol. By the way, you don't suck.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-68498040697788150482012-02-15T20:47:21.570-05:002012-02-15T20:47:21.570-05:00Balance is definitely the key. I don't know if...Balance is definitely the key. I don't know if the highs quite cancel the lows, though. I love writing and do it because I have to, cos otherwise I'd explode, but argh! I suck!<br />And yet... shiny new idea!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-28673480896863675822012-02-15T19:33:53.092-05:002012-02-15T19:33:53.092-05:00Sorry to hear you've been in the lows. Is it ...Sorry to hear you've been in the lows. Is it time to put the MS away for a couple weeks and do something that will give you that high again? Just enough to remember why you write. Whatever you do good luck.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-30286827076433850192012-02-15T13:52:05.352-05:002012-02-15T13:52:05.352-05:00Thank you for this perspective! Lately I've b...Thank you for this perspective! Lately I've been in the "low" camp. I've worked so, so hard on one of my manuscripts, but it just doesn't seem good enough. But that "high" feeling you get when something goes right? Nothing can compare.Shelley Slyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981620646634240160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-20502603296129734502012-02-15T13:36:38.150-05:002012-02-15T13:36:38.150-05:00We do need to find that balance so one side or the...We do need to find that balance so one side or the other doesn't consume us.S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83528601653366510.post-31432805877546427572012-02-15T13:11:24.716-05:002012-02-15T13:11:24.716-05:00Sara,
You nailed it--balance is the key. But it ta...Sara,<br />You nailed it--balance is the key. But it takes both parts of the cycle to reach it.Zan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13403563510118660546noreply@blogger.com