Comments on: Coffee Writing http://www.mattcolville.com/coffee-writing/ A Fantasy Novel, Hard-boiled Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:57:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: wonder http://www.mattcolville.com/coffee-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-42 wonder Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:37:31 +0000 http://www.mattcolville.com/?p=31#comment-42 good lord, thanks to ian for this. i snorted in laughter more than once. huzzah i say! i hope you publish these moments once your fictional book becomes all famous and stuff. good lord, thanks to ian for this. i snorted in laughter more than once. huzzah i say! i hope you publish these moments once your fictional book becomes all famous and stuff.

]]> By: Ross A. Isaacs http://www.mattcolville.com/coffee-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Ross A. Isaacs Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:57:48 +0000 http://www.mattcolville.com/?p=31#comment-24 @Hyrum: I am totally ripping that off! @Hyrum: I am totally ripping that off!

]]> By: admin http://www.mattcolville.com/coffee-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-21 admin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:28:30 +0000 http://www.mattcolville.com/?p=31#comment-21 @Ross: yeah when I was doing Audio Production at Pandemic I'd talk to an engineer and say "how long with it take you to do this?" And then listen patiently to the answer and then ask "Ok, now how long will it take you to do AND check your email and attend meetings and deal with all the shit that comes up in the meantime." Everyone would say "no one has ever asked that before," and I'd look around at the game and say "Yeah, I can tell." @Ross: yeah when I was doing Audio Production at Pandemic I’d talk to an engineer and say “how long with it take you to do this?” And then listen patiently to the answer and then ask “Ok, now how long will it take you to do AND check your email and attend meetings and deal with all the shit that comes up in the meantime.”

Everyone would say “no one has ever asked that before,” and I’d look around at the game and say “Yeah, I can tell.”

]]> By: Hyrum http://www.mattcolville.com/coffee-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Hyrum Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:33:41 +0000 http://www.mattcolville.com/?p=31#comment-20 Awesome story. :) FWIW my laptop is Nyrlathotep and my desktop is Cthulhu. And since I got my first iPod I started naming any storage device I have after famous computers, AI's, or droids. My current iPhone is Cortana. Yeah, I'm such a geek. Awesome story. :)

FWIW my laptop is Nyrlathotep and my desktop is Cthulhu. And since I got my first iPod I started naming any storage device I have after famous computers, AI’s, or droids. My current iPhone is Cortana.

Yeah, I’m such a geek.

]]> By: Ross A. Isaacs http://www.mattcolville.com/coffee-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Ross A. Isaacs Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:51:54 +0000 http://www.mattcolville.com/?p=31#comment-17 If you think injesting caffeine like that is bad, don't ever try what PK Dick did. I find tthe process of writing to be quite enjoyable. I think it's easier for me to write stream of consciousness, actually writing down why such-and-such is happening, so that I can keep track of my decisions. Then, when everything is said and done, I go through the document and delete all my "thoughts". Every writer whose book on writing I've ever read says the same thing: Having a distinct time and place to write is vital to getting things done. You train your subconscious to be creative on demand. "Ok, it's 9 am and we're at Starbucks with a frappucino, so it must be time to be creative!" it says. It's a lesson I need to learn. The worst part about working for LUG/WotC/Decipher was that I'd check my e-mail first thing in the morning. By the time I'd responded to everything, a couple of hours had passed and my creativity was spent. I'd already written my word quota for the day, only in e-mails! Then it was time to be creative, and I struggled to write. Good that you got away from the home machine. =) Oddly, I refer to my laptop as Lappy, too! If you think injesting caffeine like that is bad, don’t ever try what PK Dick did.

I find tthe process of writing to be quite enjoyable. I think it’s easier for me to write stream of consciousness, actually writing down why such-and-such is happening, so that I can keep track of my decisions. Then, when everything is said and done, I go through the document and delete all my “thoughts”.

Every writer whose book on writing I’ve ever read says the same thing: Having a distinct time and place to write is vital to getting things done. You train your subconscious to be creative on demand. “Ok, it’s 9 am and we’re at Starbucks with a frappucino, so it must be time to be creative!” it says. It’s a lesson I need to learn.

The worst part about working for LUG/WotC/Decipher was that I’d check my e-mail first thing in the morning. By the time I’d responded to everything, a couple of hours had passed and my creativity was spent. I’d already written my word quota for the day, only in e-mails! Then it was time to be creative, and I struggled to write. Good that you got away from the home machine. =)

Oddly, I refer to my laptop as Lappy, too!

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