While rereading the Seasons & Elements trilogy (unfinished), book 1 and
book 2, I kept wondering, how did I write this or that, to fit so
nicely?
Starting book 3, I added a new scene at the beginning, a mere day after
the end of the 2nd book. Well, at least the start of a scene, around 500 >words, man that was _hard_.
I'm not sure it's particularly interesting either. While rereading book
1 and 2 I collected some ideas for what else to add, but right now I'm
more wondering how I wrote the rest.
Maybe I think too much. (Haaaaahaaaaaa.)
I'm not alone, right? :)
On 14 Feb 2019 "A. Tina Hall" <A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote:
While rereading the Seasons & Elements trilogy (unfinished), book 1
and book 2, I kept wondering, how did I write this or that, to fit
so nicely?
Starting book 3, I added a new scene at the beginning, a mere day
after the end of the 2nd book. Well, at least the start of a scene,
around 500 words, man that was _hard_.
I'm not sure it's particularly interesting either. While rereading
book 1 and 2 I collected some ideas for what else to add, but right
now I'm more wondering how I wrote the rest.
Maybe I think too much. (Haaaaahaaaaaa.)
I'm not alone, right? :)
I'm constantly amazed that parts flow so well and fit so seamlessly
whenever I reread the parts I do by 'automatic writing' (i.e. a first sentence comes to me, I write it down, and a second one just seems to
follow of its own accord without my having to wrench it from its
lair, beat it into submission, and then cram it into whatever
odd-shaped hole I've created which needs plugging).
I believe every writer overthinks how/why their writing works (or
doesn't work). It's only a question of how far down the rabbit hole
you let it drag you.
On 18.02.19, Capuchin <NoReplies@jymes.com> wrote:
On 14 Feb 2019 "A. Tina Hall" <A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote:
What's with the top-posting?
I'm constantly amazed that parts flow so well and fit so seamlessly
whenever I reread the parts I do by 'automatic writing' (i.e. a first
sentence comes to me, I write it down, and a second one just seems to
follow of its own accord without my having to wrench it from its
lair, beat it into submission, and then cram it into whatever
odd-shaped hole I've created which needs plugging).
Me too, but now I forgot how I did that!
Rereading, or just while writing, sometimes I noticed stuff that had to
be fixed, like things coming out of the blue requiring me to add stuff
so it would not look like cheating or stupid characters not doing
something they should have.
So, how do I go about getting that method of writing back; just doing it >without thinking too much? Any idea?
On 18 Feb 2019 "A. Tina Hall" <A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote:
On 18.02.19, Capuchin <NoReplies@jymes.com> wrote:
What's with the top-posting?
Sorry. I didn't have time to reply when I saw your post, and then
(hangs head in shame) forgot to do it the next time. I was in five-minutes-before-the-computer-shuts-down-for-the-night mode when I remembered, so just blasted forward without thinking.
I'm constantly amazed that parts flow so well and fit so seamlessly
whenever I reread the parts I do by 'automatic writing' (i.e. a
first sentence comes to me, I write it down, and a second one just
seems to follow of its own accord without my having to wrench it
from its lair, beat it into submission, and then cram it into
whatever odd-shaped hole I've created which needs plugging).
Me too, but now I forgot how I did that!
I long ago accepted that I know nothing about good writing -- it
either happens or it doesn't. Enjoy it when it comes along, learn not
to dread the times it can't be found in a million words.
Rereading, or just while writing, sometimes I noticed stuff that had
to be fixed, like things coming out of the blue requiring me to add
stuff so it would not look like cheating or stupid characters not
doing something they should have.
I hate those times. It's like noticing that the fabric doesn't drape naturally on one of the Mona Lisa's arms and wanting to take the
supplies from a paint-by-numbers kit to fix it.
So, how do I go about getting that method of writing back; just
doing it without thinking too much? Any idea?
None. Sorry. If I know how to write well on command, I'd do it all
the time myself, and I'd never, never, never tell anyone the secret!
On 19.02.19, Capuchin <NoReplies@jymes.com> wrote:
On 18 Feb 2019 "A. Tina Hall" <A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote:
On 18.02.19, Capuchin <NoReplies@jymes.com> wrote:
What's with the top-posting?
Sorry. I didn't have time to reply when I saw your post, and then
(hangs head in shame) forgot to do it the next time. I was in
five-minutes-before-the-computer-shuts-down-for-the-night mode when I
remembered, so just blasted forward without thinking.
Oh, ok.
You have a weird computer, with it shutting down just like that. :) Why
does it do that?
So, how do I go about getting that method of writing back; just
doing it without thinking too much? Any idea?
None. Sorry. If I know how to write well on command, I'd do it all
the time myself, and I'd never, never, never tell anyone the secret!
Rotfl. Right you are!
(Don't forget the getting stinking rich bit that'll make that plan >profitable. :) )
On 19 Feb 2019 "A. Tina Hall" <A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote:
On 19.02.19, Capuchin <NoReplies@jymes.com> wrote:
You have a weird computer, with it shutting down just like that. :)
Why does it do that?
It's a program that keeps me from sitting at the computer more than
two hours at a time or more than eight hours a day. It can be
overridden, but it gets really quite annoying if you try to game it.
I got a new heart valve a little over ten years ago (manufacturing
defect, but the original warranty expired (I blame my parent for
being too cheap to buy the extended warranty when I was born)).
The usual replacement rate is every eight years. I'm doing what
little things I can to try to string it out, and sitting at the
computer for long periods has been identified as a big no-no.
None. Sorry. If I know how to write well on command, I'd do it all
the time myself, and I'd never, never, never tell anyone the
secret!
Rotfl. Right you are!
(Don't forget the getting stinking rich bit that'll make that plan
profitable. :) )
I want to be rich, of course, but perhaps just as important is the
feeling that the time I spend writing is actually worth it. I
recently erased everything done in the last couple of months on one
story because I'd cobbled together a section to fill in where the
words didn't flow, and it led things down a dead-end path. Avoidng
situations like that is worth more than gold (well, at least little
dabs and bits of gold).
On 20.02.19, Capuchin <NoReplies@jymes.com> wrote:
I got a new heart valve a little over ten years ago (manufacturing
defect, but the original warranty expired (I blame my parent for
being too cheap to buy the extended warranty when I was born)).
That's too serious a subject to assume (without knowing better) that
you're joking about manufacturing defect and mean you were born with a
heart that needed some tweaking a while ago, rather than them indeed
being cheap and not buying the better tweak after you were born...
The usual replacement rate is every eight years. I'm doing what
little things I can to try to string it out, and sitting at the
computer for long periods has been identified as a big no-no.
Oh, wow. Is that the sitting around without any excercise?
I wonder whether it's not better though to write and then delete or at
least fix it throughoughly, or not write at all, worried it'll be no
good.
On 20 Feb 2019 "A. Tina Hall" <A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org> wrote:
On 20.02.19, Capuchin <NoReplies@jymes.com> wrote:
They did an EKG and an MRI and freaked. Next thing I know, I'm in an ambulance headed for a better hospital.
For many years, I drank a little excessively, smoked constantly, was overweight (not technically obese), didn't eat right, and carried on
at all hours of the night. Imagine my chagrin when the surgeon said
it was congenital, that nothing I'd done had made the slightest bit
of difference. All those years of debauchery were wasted!
It was actually for the best! They put in a 'bovine cardiac valve.' A
writer getting an added bit of bull has to be a good thing.
The warranty thing is one of my little (microscopic?) jokes. They say everybody blames their parents for their own shortcomings -- this is
my version of it.
I wonder whether it's not better though to write and then delete or
at least fix it throughoughly, or not write at all, worried it'll be
no good.
Not writing at all isn't really an option for me. Characters come
along and demand I write about them. I can usually send them to the
waiting room if I'm actually (or even supposedly) working on a
different story. When I don't have that as an excuse, they constantly
nag me.
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