Comments | meredith_wood: Why the rush?

meredith_wood

Why the rush?

Feb 04, 2009 09:45

I'd spent the day cleaning and while doing so enjoying my characters in my head. I went to bed wanting to clean some more today and wanting to write. And yeah, with the internal battle going on the guilt and stress started up. I wanted to do it all. The thing is I can't write a few words and walk away. It takes a lot of concentration from me ( Read more... )

the confusing craft of writing, kibitz

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robinellen February 4 2009, 20:20:00 UTC

LOL -- no deadlines here, either ;) I also like to create stories in my mind -- and yeah, writing them down is Work. Sometimes I really enjoy the Work. Other times, not so much.

meredith_wood February 4 2009, 21:07:45 UTC

I think it's mostly the getting started that I don't like. Once I'm well into the writing, I'm fine and happy--unless interrupted. lol. It just takes so much to get the paragraphs flowing at first, though. :-(

akabins February 5 2009, 03:03:12 UTC

Well said! Writer's Block is my enemy and best friend. While I'm not able to write, I have the mental time to come up with a zillion new ideas that end up making the story much better! And I really do love my characters.

meredith_wood February 5 2009, 14:54:57 UTC

*G* They become our best friends don't they?

daydreammuse February 5 2009, 15:17:13 UTC

I feel the same way. Writing as a process is not the most pleasurable thing in the world, for my fingers or for my mind, wracking it for the right words, but as a creating process I love it. I don't have a deadline either, but I like to finish as much as possible, because you never know what might happen, good or bad, and because I think I am a careerist. Anyways I have so many fanfic stories I enjoy!! Insane really and I don't write them for the same reason. I like living with them.

PS: I updated with the icestorm thing. Glad you survived, which explains, why you mysteriously disappeared. *hugs sweetness*