tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post4952540886383242987..comments2023-08-03T03:06:27.575+12:00Comments on Courtney Schafer: Life in Level 3Courtney Schaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00593975028655479293noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-25280329241774266722020-05-13T22:59:54.121+12:002020-05-13T22:59:54.121+12:00Re Level 2, I think what we have to hope is that t...Re Level 2, I think what we have to hope is that the govt has used Levels 3 and 4 to ramp up testing and contact tracing enough so that the health system can play "whack-a-mole" to good effect. And that people will still be responsible and not be idiots, which is what makes me nervous since anything that relies on people not being idiots must count as batting on a fairly sticky wicket. O-o.<br /><br />Re the words, I often feel like Penelope of Ithaca, with the work I've done one day having to be unravelled overnight. And I hear ya re the writing and rewriting to come at 'the right words in their right order', sufficiently so at any rate to enable the story to move forward. I hit one of those 'point non plus' moments about 10 days ago and it took me about a week to retrace my steps, find the glitch, fix it and rewrite forward to the point where I could advance the story again. It is frustrating, but I am (slowly) getting better at recognizing those points before I get too far down a track that isn't going to take the book where it needs to go.<br /><br />Btw, still apropos of writing, I liked this, seen on VE Schwab's Twitter:<br /><br />“Look, some days are typing days, and some days are deleting days, and some days are thinking days, and all of those are writing days. // I am posting this because I spent 5 hours staring at the place the wall meets the ceiling trying to figure out how stories work and I have to believe it was progress.”<br /><br />I liked these tweets a lot. :)Helen Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509185824465377150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-42753850332376685622020-05-13T18:46:00.766+12:002020-05-13T18:46:00.766+12:00Yes, very happy, especially for the kiddo's sa...Yes, very happy, especially for the kiddo's sake. He's been so good but I know it's been very tough for him not seeing his friends, especially since he's an only child. Like you, I very much hope NZ is ready...I do think we're in fairly good state going into it. Yet I know there's an element of luck, too. All it takes is one infected person in the wrong place at the wrong time, and all of a sudden you've got a big new cluster. Thankfully I feel fairly confident that NZ gov't has successfully increased their testing & tracing capabilities to the point they can quickly leap onto any new outbreaks. Fingers firmly crossed, anyway. <br /><br />I know just what you mean about the words vanishing the next day. I'm struggling through this one chapter at the moment that I swear I have re-done like 10 times now. Each time it gets closer to what I want, so it's not like I'm just wasting time, but ugh it can be soooo slow. I would push on, but I've learned the hard way that getting character relationships/conversations right in one chapter is key to making the next work. Anyway, sending you lots of sympathy and good wishes for your own struggle.<br /><br /> Courtney Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593975028655479293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-1419040083491068932020-05-13T18:36:11.797+12:002020-05-13T18:36:11.797+12:00Hope you do too, Paul!Hope you do too, Paul!Courtney Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593975028655479293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-49892794557463718712020-05-11T20:29:39.834+12:002020-05-11T20:29:39.834+12:00Hey Courtney, I'm guessing you're really h...Hey Courtney, I'm guessing you're really happy with today's Level 2 news, along with the whole country. Sure hope we really have done enough prep and can make this work.<br /><br />Your work sounds fascinating & also important so good news all round.<br /><br />The thing about those words, though, whether 500 per day or 7000 per day, is that they have to stay in the next day. And therein lies my writing rub... :-/ The important thing though is to Keep Going. (A little like sticking to the hard yards of lockdown.)Helen Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509185824465377150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650130703584309038.post-28134543137338159292020-05-10T04:49:36.849+12:002020-05-10T04:49:36.849+12:00Thank you for sharing your slice of life. Hope all...Thank you for sharing your slice of life. Hope all three of you stay safe and wellPaul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.com