Comments on: Motivation: What It Is, and Why It’s So Freaking Hard to Write http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/ Sonja Foust is an author of contemporary category-length romance novels with smart, funny heroines and the (rich) men who love them. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:46:30 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Skye http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Skye Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:57:05 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1411#comment-1925 That Sprite commercial is one of my favorite of all time. Topped only by the Snapple commercial where the fruits went to India. Thanks for sharing that :)<br><br>oh, and when someone kicks your sister (sorry, Joanna), do you feel it? :) That Sprite commercial is one of my favorite of all time. Topped only by the Snapple commercial where the fruits went to India. Thanks for sharing that :)

oh, and when someone kicks your sister (sorry, Joanna), do you feel it? :)

]]> By: Sonja http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/comment-page-1/#comment-1924 Sonja Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:34:16 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1411#comment-1924 I'm glad I didn't traumatize you too much. :) I'm glad I didn't traumatize you too much. :)

]]> By: Joanna http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 Joanna Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:28:04 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1411#comment-1923 Just catching up on blogs on my snow day. :) My freshman year sucked majorly too. I didn't remember that about high school, so no worries I guess! Just catching up on blogs on my snow day. :) My freshman year sucked majorly too. I didn't remember that about high school, so no worries I guess!

]]> By: Skylar http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Skylar Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:37:00 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1411#comment-1921 I didn't know you were a twin! Me too! I so understand the comments about twins, and it was always consolation that I had someone to pal around with...since we didn't fit into any cliques. <br><br>As for motivation, you can have multiple layers of it, but overall you have to have enough to sustain the length of the book. Sure it can have twists and turns like a plot, but at the characters core there has to be something that sustains your hero or heroine that can't be extinguished until the very end. Almost like a goal that needs to be met, but on a deeper level. :0) I didn't know you were a twin! Me too! I so understand the comments about twins, and it was always consolation that I had someone to pal around with…since we didn't fit into any cliques.

As for motivation, you can have multiple layers of it, but overall you have to have enough to sustain the length of the book. Sure it can have twists and turns like a plot, but at the characters core there has to be something that sustains your hero or heroine that can't be extinguished until the very end. Almost like a goal that needs to be met, but on a deeper level. :0)

]]> By: Beth C. http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Beth C. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:15:41 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1411#comment-1920 I think as a writer GMC is one acronym I never want to hear again or see written on a critique. I can deal with PoV or Show don't Tell but so far GMC is this big mountain I have no idea how to climb. <br><br>I don't know what my characters goals are or what motivates them. And while I can do external conflict, I still have a big problem with internal conflict. Like knowing what it is for my characters. Really, I just want to tell a nice story in this made up world and get on with life. Why do I need this stuff? (Yes, I know why...so our readers can connect with the characters....doesn't mean I like it.)<br><br>Umm, okay...still upset over trashing a story because the motivation sucked. I just have to remember when I rewrite the story it should be better if I get the motivation right. I think as a writer GMC is one acronym I never want to hear again or see written on a critique. I can deal with PoV or Show don't Tell but so far GMC is this big mountain I have no idea how to climb.

I don't know what my characters goals are or what motivates them. And while I can do external conflict, I still have a big problem with internal conflict. Like knowing what it is for my characters. Really, I just want to tell a nice story in this made up world and get on with life. Why do I need this stuff? (Yes, I know why…so our readers can connect with the characters….doesn't mean I like it.)

Umm, okay…still upset over trashing a story because the motivation sucked. I just have to remember when I rewrite the story it should be better if I get the motivation right.

]]> By: Sonja http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 Sonja Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:38:55 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1411#comment-1919 Haha! I'd add food to that list, maybe. Or beer. Haha! I'd add food to that list, maybe. Or beer.

]]> By: Lisa http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 Lisa Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:33:19 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1411#comment-1918 BTW, a divorce lawyer once told me that men are only motivated by two things: money and sex. BTW, a divorce lawyer once told me that men are only motivated by two things: money and sex.

]]> By: Lisa http://sonjafoust.com/2010/01/29/motivation-what-it-is-and-why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-write/comment-page-1/#comment-1917 Lisa Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:16:33 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1411#comment-1917 Good post. :) Good post. :)

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