Comments for Jordan Rosenfeld http://jordanrosenfeld.net Author | Editor | Writing Coach Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:41:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Trust the Timing by Susan Salluce http://jordanrosenfeld.net/trust-the-timing/#comment-622 Susan Salluce Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:41:45 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1409#comment-622 This is beautiful. Some days, I think, "Really, Susan, you are the most angst filled creature!" I guess it comes with the territory. As I shelve my second novel and do what I "HAVE TO DO," my character, the plot, even the tone of the story is shifting. I guess I am writing it...just not on paper :) Thanks, Jordan, for writing our thoughts! This is beautiful. Some days, I think, “Really, Susan, you are the most angst filled creature!” I guess it comes with the territory. As I shelve my second novel and do what I “HAVE TO DO,” my character, the plot, even the tone of the story is shifting. I guess I am writing it…just not on paper :) Thanks, Jordan, for writing our thoughts!

]]> Comment on Trust the Timing by Jordan http://jordanrosenfeld.net/trust-the-timing/#comment-621 Jordan Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:05:40 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1409#comment-621 It's hard to change tacks, Linda, no doubt about it. Trust is no small task, ironically. It’s hard to change tacks, Linda, no doubt about it. Trust is no small task, ironically.

]]> Comment on Trust the Timing by Jordan http://jordanrosenfeld.net/trust-the-timing/#comment-620 Jordan Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:04:56 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1409#comment-620 Brandi, trust me, you'll need to hear it again. We always need reminding. Brandi, trust me, you’ll need to hear it again. We always need reminding.

]]> Comment on Trust the Timing by Jordan http://jordanrosenfeld.net/trust-the-timing/#comment-619 Jordan Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:04:35 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1409#comment-619 Alegra--I know; it's my process too. It's this big sledgehammer made of clouds for me that things do not happen from a place of forced effort. TRUE effort is just The Work. Just Doing It. And there are, of course, tremendous highs and lows to that, and days of hair pulling, but in general, if I look at all my "success" and I mean all of it--none of it came because I beat my head against a wall or ran myself ragged. Even during those ambitious years. In fact a lot of it had a funny way of feeling "handed" to me because I was there when I needed to be. Alegra–I know; it’s my process too. It’s this big sledgehammer made of clouds for me that things do not happen from a place of forced effort. TRUE effort is just The Work. Just Doing It. And there are, of course, tremendous highs and lows to that, and days of hair pulling, but in general, if I look at all my “success” and I mean all of it–none of it came because I beat my head against a wall or ran myself ragged. Even during those ambitious years. In fact a lot of it had a funny way of feeling “handed” to me because I was there when I needed to be.

]]> Comment on Trust the Timing by Brandi http://jordanrosenfeld.net/trust-the-timing/#comment-618 Brandi Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:20:27 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1409#comment-618 Love this for so many reasons Jordan! I agree that unlike other forms of work, writing harder doesn't necessarily get you great results. I was just at this place a few weeks ago, struggling, forcing, and trying to make things fit when it just didn't. Wish I had read this then. =) Love this for so many reasons Jordan! I agree that unlike other forms of work, writing harder doesn’t necessarily get you great results. I was just at this place a few weeks ago, struggling, forcing, and trying to make things fit when it just didn’t. Wish I had read this then. =)

]]> Comment on Trust the Timing by Alegra Clarke http://jordanrosenfeld.net/trust-the-timing/#comment-617 Alegra Clarke Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:45:56 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1409#comment-617 Like many writers out there I’ve been through my “ambitious” stage, a decade and a half of driving, working, “efforting” my way toward success and publication. And yes, I published articles, essays and some stories, even two non-fiction writing guides. Yet I believed that this sweaty-brow and bruised-butt kind of work was somehow going to flower open into an easy, effortless place of publishing, and then I would just then get to sit back and reap the rewards. I thought, mistakenly, that if I just worked hard enough for a long enough period of time, the joy would come later. It would all be worth it eventually. You’re laughing with me, now, right?" Laughing because you just summarized my process for the last four years until I tripped over my own efforts and ended up in a bewildered pile on the floor. Like many writers out there I’ve been through my “ambitious” stage, a decade and a half of driving, working, “efforting” my way toward success and publication. And yes, I published articles, essays and some stories, even two non-fiction writing guides. Yet I believed that this sweaty-brow and bruised-butt kind of work was somehow going to flower open into an easy, effortless place of publishing, and then I would just then get to sit back and reap the rewards.

I thought, mistakenly, that if I just worked hard enough for a long enough period of time, the joy would come later. It would all be worth it eventually.

You’re laughing with me, now, right?”

Laughing because you just summarized my process for the last four years until I tripped over my own efforts and ended up in a bewildered pile on the floor.

]]> Comment on Trust the Timing by Linda C. Wisniewski http://jordanrosenfeld.net/trust-the-timing/#comment-616 Linda C. Wisniewski Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:27:20 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1409#comment-616 The key word is Trust. In writing and in life, the hardest part is remaining open for what comes when we show up for it. I've mostly been a "forcer." Thanks for reminding me to let go and listen. The key word is Trust. In writing and in life, the hardest part is remaining open for what comes when we show up for it. I’ve mostly been a “forcer.” Thanks for reminding me to let go and listen.

]]> Comment on One Thing at a Time by Alegra Clarke http://jordanrosenfeld.net/one-thing-at-a-time/#comment-610 Alegra Clarke Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:29:27 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1382#comment-610 Yes! Yes!

]]> Comment on The Write Work by Dwayne http://jordanrosenfeld.net/the-write-work/#comment-608 Dwayne Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:07:07 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1358#comment-608 Great post! Super motivational. I will try to tap into those alternative wells of inspiration from now on. Often I find that when I'm writing, time sort of disappears and the challenge of writing a great scene or a great paragraph really drives me, and makes me feel full when I'm done. Now I will cherish those moments even more now. Thanks, Dwayne. Great post! Super motivational. I will try to tap into those alternative wells of inspiration from now on. Often I find that when I’m writing, time sort of disappears and the challenge of writing a great scene or a great paragraph really drives me, and makes me feel full when I’m done. Now I will cherish those moments even more now. Thanks, Dwayne.

]]> Comment on The Write Work by Jordan http://jordanrosenfeld.net/the-write-work/#comment-605 Jordan Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:01:22 +0000 http://jordanrosenfeld.net/?p=1358#comment-605 Martha, I don't know what happened to it, but I'm in contact with her daughter, Nyla, and several of the writers who were one of her longtime writer's groups, so I will ask. She was quite a special writer! Martha, I don’t know what happened to it, but I’m in contact with her daughter, Nyla, and several of the writers who were one of her longtime writer’s groups, so I will ask. She was quite a special writer!

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