Howard Hughes vs. Her Last Scrap of Humanity

[greygirlbeast]

Remember when people "had time" to read online journals? Before the instant gratifications and endless blither buffet of Twitter and Facebook, I mean. Wow. Technology. LJ automatically capitalizes "facebook," unless I force it not to, at which point I'm told it's misspelled. Talk about kissing the ass of your undoing

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[greygirlbeast]

I actually find your writing about writing interesting rather than frustrating because I keep getting the annoying refrain of "you need to write a rough draft, then a final draft" when it comes to people trying to help me with my writing in general (both academic and fiction) and I just don't...work that way.

Not sure why, but there exists an actual prejudice against those who work that way. I think we are seen as slackers. But the whole "Don't be afraid to write a first draft" thing is bullshit. And glad to be of service.

Thanks for the preorder.

[nihilistic_kid]

I work the same way-people seem to think that we're bragging, or that one draft writing is "easier" which it clearly isn't.

[greygirlbeast]

Yup. I have been accused of bragging to my face. What? It's my fault I work three or four times as hard to get it right the first time? It's my fault this is the only way I know how to write?

[greygirlbeast]

People for some reason just don't get that it's not fun to just stare at a word processor for minutes at a time and struggle to come up with just the right phrase.

Nope. They do not. I hear some people actually enjoy writing. I just don't happen to number among them.