Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(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, Feb 19 2014
On the rails, between the rails, outside the rails, straight ahead
I've been occupying a vast space between the extremes of monkey-typing and overthinking each phrase of writing the last couple of weeks. I'm making better progress. I have increased freedom from my inner editor, but I'm also taking brief pauses to think about sentence structure a bit as I go. A train track of extremes might appeal to some, but getting real work done in my reality seems to require keeping watch on a bit of passing scenery on the way to my planned destination.
posted at: 09:40 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I've been occupying a vast space between the extremes of monkey-typing and overthinking each phrase of writing the last couple of weeks. I'm making better progress. I have increased freedom from my inner editor, but I'm also taking brief pauses to think about sentence structure a bit as I go. A train track of extremes might appeal to some, but getting real work done in my reality seems to require keeping watch on a bit of passing scenery on the way to my planned destination.
posted at: 09:40 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Mon, Feb 03 2014
Blithering now and editing later versus editing while write
I tried one of those little exercises that involves stream-of-consciousness writing for five minutes with disastrous results. I produced material that would have been worth editing only if I had been channeling the thoughts of a lower life form on crack. I rejected the process and went back to editing as I write. The problem is that I have trouble finishing a work in progress this way. There always seems to be a tension between the two extremes, so my latest tactic is to think a bit harder before I pound out a paragraph and then try to produce several paragraphs before I go back and edit. How is this working? We'll see in a few weeks, if I can last that long.
posted at: 07:53 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
I tried one of those little exercises that involves stream-of-consciousness writing for five minutes with disastrous results. I produced material that would have been worth editing only if I had been channeling the thoughts of a lower life form on crack. I rejected the process and went back to editing as I write. The problem is that I have trouble finishing a work in progress this way. There always seems to be a tension between the two extremes, so my latest tactic is to think a bit harder before I pound out a paragraph and then try to produce several paragraphs before I go back and edit. How is this working? We'll see in a few weeks, if I can last that long.
posted at: 07:53 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
