So here's a great idea. My friend P. who works in a real estate office, has always wanted to write a romance novel. So she and another woman at her work decided to buddy up. They had a "Binder sesh", where they put together their 3-ring binders with all the sections they wanted, including one at the end called "Feedback."
Every three weeks, on Friday, they trade binders. They take the weekend to read their partner's new material. In the Feedback section, they write their comments, encouragement, hits, thoughts, inspirations. On Mondays, they trade binders back and head into the next 3 weeks.
Isn't this great? A strong support mechanism, that dovetails with the actual flow of life, uses the people you already know, and doesn't take much time. I found a friend, we're going to try it out. We're calling ours, "Odd Tuesdays," because we decided to swap binders -- well, e-binders, in our case; most likely Word docs -- every other Tuesday.
Tuesday, I found from years of software development, is the best day to make a deliverable due. You have most of the week to work on it... you have the weekend... and if you're not quite done, you finish up on Monday and bam, you hit Tuesday right on time.
Ever since I met with Nancy, the Life Coach, I have been realizing how much structured support around tasks would help me. This is a form which will help me now.
2 comments:
Not exactly but close enough - when I was in Junior High School I had a friend that wanted to be a writer, so she started to write her own stories. We kind of did the same thing but on a two different levels.
1. She wrote, I edited (yeah I know, we were young) and a friend of ours illustrated.
2. We had a book that we took turns adding to the story. We would edit the previous two chapters and then add our own.
I think it is a lovely idea - it is almost instant feedback.
that is a brilliant idea ... hehe even if it wasn't yours, i'm glad you shared it. i've always wanted to write a novel... i mean i will write a novel but now i have a good way of getting started. :)
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