Posted by trouble on March 8, 2002, at 12:46:41
In reply to Ja ne citaju Vojnu i mir » trouble, posted by christophrejmc on March 7, 2002, at 17:20:58
> May I ask you how much your internal flow matches the finished product? In other words, do you have to re-think parts (to make them "fit" better aesthetically and/or grammatically), or do you simply transfer your thoughts to paper?
Hi Christophre,
I'll answer you if you tell me what yur heading means.
The essays, like the stuff I've been putting on PSB seem to come spontaneously, but then why does it take me four hours to finish one? See, I'm clueless about my own process!!
Basiclly there's the draft, which comes out as a rush, and then comes the tinkering, the spell-check and double-doubting dictionary searches. Then you know how you find a word in the dictionary that reminds you of another word or one you've heard before and always wondered what it meant so you look that up too, then you're even more confused so you go get your books on English usage and are shocked to find that somehow, somewhere in time the word became accepted as both noun AND verb, then you pour a glass a wine and ponder whether you approve of that or not. It's easy to get bogged down over what most people might think of as little things, like word flow and stuff, but that's the fun part, once the meat is already done.BTW, I'm never satisfied w/it. Normally I spend days and days on something before sharing it w/ others but here I've been promiscuous b/c I feel that the PSB community is my true support group, from stem to stern, I can say anything to you guys and no one's going to come back and say your writing blows tiger chunks, even when it does. Yay!
One reason I question my innate creative abilities is that when I try to write a short story there's nothing in me, zilch, this spontaneous flow only happens when I'm spewing complaints, opinions, bitterness and angry memories. I've been in this mode for over a decade now and it's losing its charm. Where are my characters, dagnabbit?
I enjoy your posts too, BTW, it's nice to meet someone who agonizes over theirs as much as I do mine. Is there anyone out there who types in fury then hits the send button w/out a care in the world? Sar? If so, I'll have what she's having, and make mine a double.
trouble
I usually have to rewrite each paragraph several times before I'm satisfied with it (this is my second time rewriting this one). Anyway, thanks.
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