Comments on: A 2Summers Memoir Progress Report https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/ An American in Quirky Johannesburg Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: saree https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134873 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:04:17 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134873 Mother nature loves back all. Loved your writing.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134733 Wed, 26 May 2021 04:14:43 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134733 In reply to Jane.

Thanks Jane. I’m sure I did cry when I first wrote this down (it was many years ago actually).

]]> By: Jane https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134728 Tue, 25 May 2021 21:09:07 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134728 Reading part of the memoir really evokes some sort of hurt that I haven’t even experienced yet of losing a loved one and a very dear loved one. I wonder if you were not teary as you wrote this. It’s absolutely beautiful and hurtful

Ooh. I hope I will also adopt your daily challenge to finish the memoir into my own writing ????????

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134727 Tue, 25 May 2021 18:48:04 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134727 In reply to Hitekani Mbatsana.

Thanks Hitekani ????

]]> By: Hitekani Mbatsana https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134726 Tue, 25 May 2021 18:45:44 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134726 Beautiful. Keep at it, looking forward to reading more.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134725 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:41:36 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134725 In reply to Stan Morrison.

Thanks Stan!

]]> By: Stan Morrison https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134724 Tue, 25 May 2021 17:39:07 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134724 Heather, may I quote the successful Irish author Jean Grainger who has published something like 22 top sellers in 8 years. Her principle is to write 2000 words per day without considering the quality. She says that “if you haven’t written it, you can’t edit it.” Then she re-visits it many times over, until it comes right for her. She does not agonize over a blank piece of paper trying to find a good starting passage.
To me that seems a reasonable way to create quality work, and I think you are already on that path. You are also sincere in everything you write and that certainly keeps me looking forward to reading every word of it.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134721 Tue, 25 May 2021 14:07:57 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134721 In reply to David Bristow.

PS, in response to your first point: interestingly I’m finding it easier to write this memoir since my new relationship started. Thorsten is so supportive and encouraging and that really helps! In fact he was the one who convinced me to start writing every day with a specific word goal.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134720 Tue, 25 May 2021 13:52:45 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134720 In reply to Lani.

Thanks Lani!

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134719 Tue, 25 May 2021 13:52:22 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134719 In reply to David Bristow.

Thanks David. I feel like I need to add the qualifier that lots of times my word count is augmented by blog posts/journal entries that I’ve already written and am just pasting into the text. But it’s still hard somehow.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134718 Tue, 25 May 2021 13:49:41 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134718 In reply to AutumnAshbough.

That is a really nice compliment you just gave me. Thank you.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2021/05/25/a-2summers-memoir-progress-report/#comment-134717 Tue, 25 May 2021 13:48:50 +0000 https://430779ae203f.xneelosites.com/?p=33256#comment-134717 In reply to Ruth.

Thanks Ruth, it sounds like you’re also making great progress. Good luck to both of us 🙂

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