Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Oct 28 2009
November issue of Deb's Monthly Review
The current issue of Deb's Monthly Review is now up for reading. I sent some fun extras to the folks who subscribe to the Notify Note, but you can find lots of festival fun at the web site.
posted at: 20:22 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
The current issue of Deb's Monthly Review is now up for reading. I sent some fun extras to the folks who subscribe to the Notify Note, but you can find lots of festival fun at the web site.
posted at: 20:22 | category: /Arts and Entertainment | link to this entry
Subconscious, back-of-the-mind, simmering, dammed-up writing
When you can't get to fiction writing because you're too busy with other writing and putting out fires, so to speak, it's difficult to keep the momentum going on a fictional piece. I'm trying my best to keep up the excitement for a piece or two by making a few notes and thinking about the projects while I wash dishes. (One actual advantage of living in a house without a dishwasher appliance is that you get to think while you do dishes yourself.)
I'm wondering how many things slip by when we could be giving them subconscious attention. How often do we go to bed with some problem or project on our minds, only to wake with a solution after our dreaming minds have worked on it for a few hours? Have you ever had your best writing ideas while shampooing your hair (when you can't write them on paper, of course)? Sometimes the best way to write when you know you can't actually write is to just carry the project in your mind as you go about other tasks. Trust me. At this point I'm preaching to me more than I am to the rest of you.
posted at: 08:13 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
When you can't get to fiction writing because you're too busy with other writing and putting out fires, so to speak, it's difficult to keep the momentum going on a fictional piece. I'm trying my best to keep up the excitement for a piece or two by making a few notes and thinking about the projects while I wash dishes. (One actual advantage of living in a house without a dishwasher appliance is that you get to think while you do dishes yourself.)
I'm wondering how many things slip by when we could be giving them subconscious attention. How often do we go to bed with some problem or project on our minds, only to wake with a solution after our dreaming minds have worked on it for a few hours? Have you ever had your best writing ideas while shampooing your hair (when you can't write them on paper, of course)? Sometimes the best way to write when you know you can't actually write is to just carry the project in your mind as you go about other tasks. Trust me. At this point I'm preaching to me more than I am to the rest of you.
posted at: 08:13 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
