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Writing Backwards
6 Dec 2008 05:03 pmI'm writing backwards today. Well, actually it started last night in Barnes and Nobles. (Shreveport's nightlife consists of smokefilled bars in casinos or coffee at B&N and has all the culture of a petri dish) I've hit such a mental rut in my writing that I don't know how to get past it, but I know where I want to go.
So last night I purchased another small ecojot notebook, which would be my ...fifth... and started to ramble some notes about a chapter oh, let's say a good five or six chapters away from the rut. It interested me. And usually when I can muster up some interest it comes across a page. I notice that in a lot of other writer's works. You can tell when someone's 'phoning it in' which coincidentally has nothing to do with the phone-in option from LJ. (And I loved Lariope's phone in it was beautifully poetic) Sorry, tangents happen...
Anyway, so now I'm writing a chapter WAY out of sequence because it's flowing at this point. Now I just have to wrap up these thoughts and hopefully go back and connect them. Damn thing's written in my head, it's sensible and sounds good, and it's a pretty pink color wiht a slight golden aura. Now only if I can translate that to the page with the same results.
Oh, and never fear intrepid readers, the chapters I'm referring to are about 50,000 words away from where I've last posted.
Though I am fearful that I'll run out of wiggle room and get to the point where I'll not be able to update regularly because I'm still writing. Damn. I hope that doesn't happen. I'm not a fast writer. But breaking the mental roadblock should go far in that direction.
So, today I'm writing backwards. Oh, and sewing a French styled Manteau de Lit for the 18th Century impression. Just look at any Chardin painting, it's what all the ladies wear. Sorry, tangents again.
So last night I purchased another small ecojot notebook, which would be my ...fifth... and started to ramble some notes about a chapter oh, let's say a good five or six chapters away from the rut. It interested me. And usually when I can muster up some interest it comes across a page. I notice that in a lot of other writer's works. You can tell when someone's 'phoning it in' which coincidentally has nothing to do with the phone-in option from LJ. (And I loved Lariope's phone in it was beautifully poetic) Sorry, tangents happen...
Anyway, so now I'm writing a chapter WAY out of sequence because it's flowing at this point. Now I just have to wrap up these thoughts and hopefully go back and connect them. Damn thing's written in my head, it's sensible and sounds good, and it's a pretty pink color wiht a slight golden aura. Now only if I can translate that to the page with the same results.
Oh, and never fear intrepid readers, the chapters I'm referring to are about 50,000 words away from where I've last posted.
Though I am fearful that I'll run out of wiggle room and get to the point where I'll not be able to update regularly because I'm still writing. Damn. I hope that doesn't happen. I'm not a fast writer. But breaking the mental roadblock should go far in that direction.
So, today I'm writing backwards. Oh, and sewing a French styled Manteau de Lit for the 18th Century impression. Just look at any Chardin painting, it's what all the ladies wear. Sorry, tangents again.
